Archive for October, 2009
Safe place to clean toons in the winter?
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I went out for a battery charge run today as it was sunny and 70 out. Water temps at my slip are about 67 degrees right now which, for me is a few degrees cooler than I’d like for swimming and cleaning the toons (I’m a stickler about this in the summer).
Anyway, on a whim, I went up a cove where our coal fired steam plant lets out and the water temps were in the high 80s. I tested with my hand and it was toasty.
Is there a health risk swimming in the outlet of a coal-fired plant. I’d only do it once a month during the winter for 15 minutes or so.
Plenty of people swim in the river just downstream from the plant. Your thoughts? Safe?
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