Thread: What did your boat dock..................
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Default What did your boat dock..................
On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:32:34 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:59:43 -0500, JohnH wrote:

Warnings are often put out locally for bathers to stay out of the Potomac
because of high fecal matter content.
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I am old enough to remember when touching the water in the Potomac was
considered nearly fatal.
Thank Lady Bird Johnson for starting the cleanup that eventually made
people think getting in the water was usually safe.

When I went to OCS at Ft. Belvoir, we did a night crossing of Pohick Bay.
One young man fell off his rubber raft and was immediately taken to the
hospital for a Tetanus shot. The Potomac was a filthy mess.
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John
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