Myrtle Beach Battles Back Against “Dirty Water” Claims
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Brad Dean obviously never read the investigative report by myrtlebeachsc.com or he would have known DHEC changed their language for both terms were used by DHEC as myrtlebeachsc.com even reported on at the time. Notice Dean never mentions that WMBF, WPDE, and WFXB wrote on the advisory calling it a no swim advisory or no swimming advisory but for some reason there is an obviously singling out of one news media. I am amazed that city leaders like Kruea and Dean don’t seem to have knowledge about DHEC nor what has been covered publicly. How can there be any confidence about the city’s leadership with they seem so removed by the facts?
The ocean is fine, but there are crabs all over the toilets. Wonder what it would look like in the rooms with csi type lights?
Your guy is just down the highway — look him up. In fact there is an article on Fitsnews about him and his cohorts: Edward Phipps, who might take it on as a public service.
Do they now have a T-bone Shitwater in MB ????
It would look a lot like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfU25vRpLxA
You showed me that before I think. Long time since I’ve stayed in a hotel-motel.
I have posted that before. I can watch that once a month and still laugh like Hell. I stay in hotels 4-6 times a year and TRY to stay in better corporate type ones but if I check in and don’t like the room I check right back out and sleep in my truck if needed.
I love it..!!
I would not refuse to go to Myrtle Beach because of microbes in the water, it is the vermin on the streets that bother me.
Give me the good ole Catawba any day. Kayak season is here and I just got a new Old Town fishing model. Going to camp on one of the little islands in Rock Hill this year.
Yeah I have always been partial to the hills and mountains for a get-a-way.
me, too — but I’ll make an exception when I date a girl who looks great in a bikini…
Wimins can wear bikinis in the mountains.
That cool, fresh air makes things stand up and out.
What MB needs is a PSA, funded by taxpayer dollars of course, to mitigate the issue of fecal bacteria in storm runoff flowing out into the ocean.
Because I’m a helper, I’d like to suggest the following for example:
“The taste of various coliform present from time to time in our lovely beach water can be washed away by gargling with beer.(don’t swallow it though!) If you have open sores or wounds, we’d recommend something a bit more stout, like Barcardi 151 poured directly on the sore/wound.”-MBACC
You can run this PSA on local radio stations and on taped loops on various hotel TV’s around the city.
Problem solved!
Can I get a consultation fee like Haley(LMC) from someone tied to MBACC now for my brilliant work?
Well, we now know that Fits is being read….
Wow, DHEC just threw the whole tainted beach water map right down the memory hole!
http://www.myrtlebeachsc.com/sc-health-department-wipes-clean-ocean-water-monitoring-map/
It’s funny to see how FITSnews has bureaucrats hopping around like headless chickens.
We come to the Royale Palms Hilton every august from ohio and have an open house for our kids and grandkids to come over during our 2 week stay. We’ve usually gone to clearwater in florida but the drive to myrtle is better for all. I started to follow this water quality issue only a couple of months ago, and maybe never would have known about this until a story popped up on a search for new fun stuff to do. I live in land locked central ohio, but have seen water quality issues on lake Erie go up and down with testing for a long time. It does not sound as though the powers that be in myrtle beach (horry county) have any desire on the scale necessary, to remedy the status quo!! Seeing the dates going back years w/no measurable improvments, is shocking when you think about this gift of a beautiful coastline driving your economy! Any water quality issues of any kind will drive us all away, even the red necks with little education will eventually opt for other
Beach towns when the infectious puss levels in their cellulitis reaches an unsafe level!!! I guess I would like to ask this publication or Anyone from the local community if they see things changing for the better anytime soon? We LOVE MYRTLE but this will drive us away !! And we and our friends and family spend a great deal of $$$$ when in town. Here’s hoping for a cleaner ocean off our FAVORITE BEACH!!!
Sadly, you won’t be able to avoid polluted beaches like Myrtle Beach, it’s a simple equation: more people and their support structures = more feces. Fecal coliform and other bacteria counts are a result of not just people but dog & cat feces, runoff from lawns that have been overfertilized to make them look better, old leaking septic tanks, and the lack of natural filters (i.e. wetlands) due to excessive development to accommodate (guess what???===more people!!!!)
The pollution levels can be reduced but it takes more work and guess what??? more money!!!!
With an ever increasing population concentrated in the coastal areas more of this “shit” can be expected in the future unless a conscious effort is made (and it ain’t free sister………….)
MB is one of the nastier beaches! About 11 years ago, MB built one $million+ outfall pipe to move the street wash out a few hundred yards into the ocean, but have not repeated it along the strand as per the plan. Tip: Never ever let your children play in any drainage flowing into the ocean at any beach! And, never swim in the ocean within a hundred yards or more of any of these drainage flows.