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To: starfish923

I thought some might have your reaction but there are some good tips and things to watch for.

I did not know the treatment described for jellyfish stings, which I do know are very painful as my young brother suffered when we were children.

Hopefully, one person will read something here that will be helpful.

How lucky you are to already be so informed.


4 posted on 07/30/2005 6:30:42 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
How lucky you are to already be so informed.

I learned about jellyfish in 1970, in Matzalan.
There were red flags up on the beach, with jellyfish on them.
That was all that was needed.

I didn't and don't consider that luck. It was the hotels' business to warn the folks.

I don't mean to be deprecating but those with brains will figure it out. Those with none will figure it out after they get stung.
But, perhaps it was a slow day in the news.

Did YOU get stung?

9 posted on 07/30/2005 6:42:50 AM PDT by starfish923
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Oh yes, when I was a small child we lived in Florida for a few years. I was stung by pieces of jellyfish which you couldn't even see. I can still remember that to this day!!


10 posted on 07/30/2005 6:45:12 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Junebugism: "There is definitely a lot to it that will be understood down the road as it unfolds")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
We got stung a lot by sea nettles (AKA Jellyfish) as kids. That was just part of going swimming.

We had no pools but we had the Potomac and Wicomico to swim in. We always used bottom mud or sand and rubbed it on the sting. Mud was better, although I don't know exactly why.

Nasty critters....

13 posted on 07/30/2005 6:51:37 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

That info on jellyfish is helpful. I didn't know that, and I am taking my small grandkids to the beach in Florida sometime this month.


45 posted on 07/30/2005 7:29:04 AM PDT by auntyfemenist (Show me your papers...)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

good article, i forwarded it to some friends


47 posted on 07/30/2005 7:33:11 AM PDT by italianquaker (CONFIRM THE JUDGES BUSH=MANDATE)
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We had a lovely vacation on the Gulf in Florida last summer...until an afternoon storm stirred up a bazillion jellyfish. All of my kids got stung in multiple places, and that was wading in the surf barely waist-deep. One little girl near us apparently had a serious reaction because they had to send in a Life Flight helicopter to rush her to the hospital. (I didn't hear if it was from jellyfish stings or a stingray, which were also swimming in the surf only a few feet from shore.) One of my sons still has visible scars from the welts.

Also, a few miles over from where we were splashing about is where one kid was bitten by a shark this summer, again in waist-deep water.

It doesn't hurt to remind people to be careful.

53 posted on 07/30/2005 7:43:22 AM PDT by shezza (God Bless Our Troops)
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