Update: These deaths can likely be attributed to strong currents. However, impairment from toxins may have contributed to an already difficult situation. See videos at bottom for information on scientific testing of crystal clear water along the Gulf that revealed the presence of toxic oil.
Tragedies are on the rise for swimmers in the Gulf of Mexico. My heart and prayers are with the families who have lost a loved one. Please let your friends and relatives know about the risks to swimmers in the Gulf.
Potential Health Effects of Oil Spill, KRIV Channel 26 Houston (Fox), June 22, 2010:
Dr. Harish Seethamraju is a pulmonary specialist at Methodist Hospital in Houston.
Seethamraju says potential problems include wheezing and asthma, but that’s not all. “If they take a swim in these waters, the toxic chemicals can cause pneumonia and respiratory failure.” …
“We have never seen such enormous amounts of exposure.”
Pelham woman drowns in Orange Beach, along with young girl, Shelby County Reporter, July 3, 2010:
A Pelham woman and a 2-year-old girl drowned in Orange Beach, Ala., the evening of July 2, according to the Orange Beach Police Department. …
The drownings occurred in the Gulf of Mexico close to Alabama 180, Pierce said. …
Members of the vacation group said they last saw the victims at about 3:30 p.m. July 2, and thought the two had returned to the group’s condominium or swimming pool.
Beach visitors told police they were pulling Gordon from the ocean when someone noticed the 2-year-old still in the water.
65-year-old drowns behind Hidden Dunes Resort (UPDATE), Walton Sun, June 28, 2010:
The South Walton Fire District units took the man to Sacred Heart Hospital in cardiac arrest, said Deputy Chief Sean Hughes in a media release.
“The incident is under investigation by the medical examiner’s office to determine the actual cause of death,” Hughes said. The suspected drowning is the first in Walton County this season.
Walton County Beach Safety Director Gary Wise stressed the importance of paying attention to the posted beach flags. He said he flew red flags before the conditions met the criteria.
“The beach flags are flying for a reason. It wasn’t even a very strong current today. It was a very mild red flag day today … a borderline yellow day,” Wise said.
Area Records 2nd Drowning In 4 Days, WJGH Channel 7 Destin, June 28, 2010:
The First Judicial Circuit Medical Examiner is investigating the apparent drowning death of a 65-year-old man in the Gulf At Santa Rosa Beach in south Walton today.
Drowning victim ID’d; Battery dead in defibrillator, Destin Log, June 29, 2010:
One of the doctors along with a beach vendor pulled Hess from the water, Pike said Tuesday. The vendor, 21-year-old Elliot Chlebowski, told the sheriff’s deputy that he thought he felt a faint pulse while rescuing the man, the report states. …
In addition to Pike, a doctor and a cardiologist took turns doing chest compressions, the report said. At one point, one of the doctors requested an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), and the deputy ran up to Hidden Dunes but could not locate one. …
Hess’ cause of death has not been determined, said South Walton Fire District Deputy Chief Sean Hughes. He said results from an autopsy could take a week.
Name of drowning victim released, Panama City News Herald, June 25, 2010:
Authorities have released more details of a drowning that took place in gulf waters off Panama City Beach Richard Allen Linn, 52, of Remlap, Ala., died Thursday despite rescuers’ attempts to revive him. …
Yellow flags were flying at the time, but Higgins noted that the undertow was strong, the report said. …
Higgins found Linn floating face down in the water between the two sandbars. He brought Linn to shore and began CPR. EMS arrived shortly thereafter.
When will these dumbasses learn to stay out of the water?
-John
http://www.suncoastnews.net
You do realize that these deaths were the result of people swimming in red and double red flag days do to extreme rip currents?
We live in Tampa. NO OIL, no damage to water. You’re idiots
I thought Obama said it was safe to swim in the oil and Corexit? And eat some seafood too yum….
This is VERY Irresponsible reporting. While I have no doubts that people will die from exposure to these chemicals, These people did not. They Drown. Idiots in the water when the red flags were out, and most beaches were supposed to be closed.
Shame on you.
Looks like all of them drowned. So what’s the problem? Six American soldiers were killed over the last few days in Iraq and Afghanistan. So what’s the problem?
Definitely the Corexit. Better move away like at least a hundred or few kilometres from the region before it evaporates or distributes into the local eco-system and crop or livestock.
Its Agent Orange all over again just via a different type of poison. That 20 billion from BP will not be able to counter the decades of cancers or even genetic damage to human and ecosystem. It’s like an irradiated area and will remain so for decades or even generations before the Corexit is synthesized by nature to harmless form.
Domestic Chemo-terrorism. Watch out for genetic bioterrorism next. Those GM crops are a longer term killer, effects aren’t surfacing just yet. Also fully expect that the GM bosses would have their own private crop fields and livestock that are fully organic and non-GMO . . .
People drown in Northwest Florida/South Alabama beaches all the time. I don’t see how this is directly related to the oil spill. A lot of people aren’t aware of the rip currents and/or don’t know how to handle them.
How many marine mammals, fish,and birds have died?
How many cubic meters of water has been contaminated?
How much COREXIT® has been pumped to hide the oil?
How many lies from BP & Barack Obama?
And by the way who is running the USA, the corporations or the government for “we the people”?
First of all, I would like to take all the above posters who repeat the same inane message and dump THEM into the ocean. Next, I would like all the idiots who insist on swimming in the poison to be shot first. Lastly, I would like to have it filmed for later enjoyment.
how is this related to the oil spill? These stories tell nothing but they drowned. People die in the water all the time? Are the incidents spiking? Your article really doesn’t do much for me and the headline is misleading!
All Pharmacueticals have psychological side effects. Must be the same with Corexit. Causing people to misjudge something.
BPs 3rd Oil Spill, The Big Red One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJEpxMkIn2c
The news reports for each of these deaths show that there were problems with riptides at the time. There is no evidence presented that directly or indirectly links the deaths to the oil spill.
THIS IS HYPE.
JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE DROWN ON THE GULF does NOT mean it is OIL related.
It is STUPIDITY related!
THere are DOUBLE RED FLAGS
in Orange Beach – I LIVE HERE!
THe woman who was in TOXIC WATER
with a CHILD is a MORON.
She was CRAZY to go off an OIL slick
beach and GO SWIMMING.
May she and the baby REST IN PEACE.
BUT
THIS
IS
NOT
OIL
RELATED.
THIS SUBJECT DOES NOT NEED ANY EXTRA HYPE – it has it’s own.
Sincerely,
Julia Lazare at the Gulf of Mexico in AL
I agree with july lazare, it’s the super poisonous corex 950.
you destroy your site’s credibility with deceptive twisting of information like this….
These are not oil spill related deaths…
You people had better “WAKE UP” and see the situation for what it is — EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I would NEVER swim in that water. Today a youtube video shows the toxic levels of Corexit in the “clear” beach water is 150 times the safe level for fish. Have you NOT “noticed” all the dead fish on the beaches? THERE IS DEFINITELY A “PROBLEM”!
There is a convergence of dark minded people, very rich who are invading this Country intelecually under the stamp of war and they are winning because we don’t know what I just said. Obama is in bed with the dark side of this war. He has financial interest in BP. He hates America.
I wonder if Charlie Crist has got a billion dollar personal injury liability insurance policy to cover his A$$ if someone vacations in Florida and becomes ill from the oil spill!…Shouldn’t all BP money go towards clean-up and for personal injury claims? AND how many other States received such large amounts of BP monies for advertising to entice people to vacation and play in a toxic environment? Such non-sense!
Chemical Constituents Commonly Found in Crude Oil fumes and solids: Benzene, Hydrogen sulfide, Ethyl benzene, Toluene aka Methylbenzene, Xylene, Naphthalene and Methylnaphthalene, Generic alkanes (including octane, hexane, nonane)
You can read the – “Table of Chemical Constituents Commonly Found in Crude Oil” at this site:
http://www.gulfoilspill.20megsfree.com
we will spread the ashes of our son michael 22 tomarrow.he to died on orange beach of drowning but no one there cared to tell us.
mike foote
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