Posted on 08/19/2015 1:07:25 PM PDT by george76
Public officials are in the process of eliminating Naegleria Fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm water, from another drinking water supply in Louisiana.
Naegleria Fowleri was detected during routine tests on Aug. 5 at a utility district in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, roughly 80 miles from New Orleans...
According to the local fire department, the Schriever Water System serves approximately 97,000 residents in the Houma area.
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While officials say the water is safe for drinking, residents are urged to use caution with the water, not letting it get into their nose. Humans are infected when water containing the amoeba travels through the nose and migrates to the brain, destroying the tissue.
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Don't laugh while you sip your ice water in Louisiana, it could result in voting democrat in the next election!
Bye golly that sounds whats wrong with most of Congress.
It also sounds to me that the governor, rather than mounting an absolutely meaningless and vain presidential campaign, needs to get his ass home and deal with this.
It does indeed.
It’s a possible explanation for the entire 0bama regime ...
Any way to pipe that water into the White Hut O’Muslims?
Oh, forgot, they’re already working without much brains.
So, you can drink it, but you can’t bathe in it, or even wash your hands and most certainly not your face.
That’s not good. You can buy bottled water to drink, but it’s very difficult to take a bath in.
They’ll starve to death in N’awlins.
Oh, yeah, I’ll drink that! The TV said it was OK.
For information.......
Ascension Parish and a site in St. Bernard Parish are the other two locations
not mentioned in the snippet.
I thought that brain-eating amoebas were found in public schools and universities. I know brain dead teachers and students are found there so I simply assumed.
That explains a lot.
If this amoeba found its way into the D.C. water supply, it would starve.
or the New York water supply.
How warm is warm?
I jumped of a boat into a lake in east Tenn. a couple weeks ago. The water went up my nose and THEN I remembered our friend with boundary issues, N. fowleri.
So my kids should be fine because I told them to hold their noses.
The water was a real pretty greenish color. How warm is warm?
The early symptoms of Naegleria fowleri infection are similar to those caused by other more common illnesses, such as bacterial meningitis . People should seek medical care immediately whenever they develop a sudden onset of fever, headache, stiff neck, and vomiting, particularly if they have been in warm freshwater recently.
Naegleria fowleri is a heat-loving (thermophilic) organism. It grows best at higher temperatures up to 115°F (46°C)
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/general.html
I doubt many people are swimming in 115 deg. water.
So, 100? 90?
It turns into a cyst at 50 deg. Can the cyst warm up in your body? Can it survive freezing?
Granted, it’s about as rare as rabies, and possibly more survivable. But at least you generally know with rabies that you’ve been bit.
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