Should I go to the Salton Sea today?

[XemaSab]

I feel really lazy and my knee hurts.

[livetohike]

1. It's too hot there for me right now so I voted no

:-), but maybe this winter.....

[joneschick]

2. well, not knowing anything about your knee or the Salton

I googled the Salton Sea. I tend to think any opportunity to "go to the sea" results in the affirmitive. Just my take. Have a great day in any case.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://parkerlab.bio.uci.edu/nonscientific_adventures/salton_sea.htm&h=2730&w=2222&sz=2179&hl=en&start=8&tbnid=Oi36P1pIWcfAnM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsalton%2Bsea%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

[Immad2]

3. It might not smell to good at the moment. Last week there was ...

lots of dead fish floating in the Sea that needed to be cleaned up. Here's a report about it. I see that they expect to have it cleaned up by Aug 19th. :dunce: :blush: :shrug: :dunce:
Salton Sea fish die off could be deadly to birds



Stella Inger NewsChannel 3
Local and state officials are removing millions of dead fish from the Salton Sea. Its one of the largest fish kills in years and could spell trouble for local birds. This week's die off of 3 million tilapia is the largest since 1999. 7 years ago 10 million fish...
Last Modified 08/15/2006 11:47:30 AM

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Salton Sea authorities blame both of the major fish kills on the rising algae growth that reduced the oxygen supply for the fish. They hope to finish the clean up by the end of Saturday.

[XemaSab]

4. So you're saying I should go before the boobies there die

due to the rotten fish? :shrug:

[Immad2]

6. Nope, just if you go it might be a bit pungent. The article said that it

would be cleaned up by the 19th of August so there probably won't be a problem. I live about 30 minutes from the Sea and it is a beautiful clear day today. It is going to be a bit hot so if you do go, take lots of water with you. Have a great day.

[XemaSab]

12. There was a bathtub ring

of dead tilapia in various states of dacay and dessication.

Good times.

[begin_within]

5. Sure, if you want to see scenes like this:

I was very disappointed in the Salton Sea, it seems to have suffered greatly by mankind's sloppiness, waste and greed. There was a line of foam all along the edge, which I assumed to be a mixture of chemicals from the runoff from the farms surrounding and to the south of the Sea in the Imperial Valley, and there were dead fish here and there which made the place smell bad. Also the New River flows from Mexico into the U.S., carrying all the untreated sewage and chemical waste from the maquiladoras into the U.S. from Mexico, and dumps it into the Salton Sea. Thanks, NAFTA! But if you're interested in sightseeing, how's about beautiful Bombay Beach, on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea:

[XemaSab]

9. I think I spent 2 hours

birding next to that bus. :(

Unsuccessfully. :(

[LSK]

10. thats not a bus, thats an airstream!

[XemaSab]

11. The shape it was in

It didn't really matter anymore. :P

[bertha katzenengel]

7. When the question is "should I go to the water," never ask merely

"should I go." Ask "WHEN should I go."

:hi:

[deucemagnet]

8. LOL. I thought you were talking about the movie!

But, Salton Sea with Val Kilmer gets a thumbs up from me! :thumbsup: