Our Junkanoo is already taking steps (feathers, glitter, sequins) to mirror these other festivals. Do we need another to blur the lines and rob the Bahamas of the only thing we can call our own? Please, I welcome angry additions to what tourists could perceive as truly Bahamian...
Every day I think that the Bahamas govt. can't get any dumber, and every day they outdo themselves. First the idea to dredge across Bimini's dive sites for a completely ludicrous cruise scheme and now this. Does Christie know we already have an incredible, unique and culturally relevant festival twice each winter? Why are we copycatting other nations? Aren't there more important things to focus on right now?
@concerned citizen: The Ruins at Atlantis is a fish-filled seawater snorkeling site - shallow, warm and loaded with fish waste which fuels algal and bacterial growth.
If you read the American victim's tripadvisor thread (pleading the Bahamas govt. to investigate!), he mentions he also swam in another very warm, poorly circulated, nutrient-rich body of water: "The Ruins" at Atlantis. Sounds like pretty good vibrio habitat to me...
If you read this guy's tripadvisor thread, he also snorkelled at one of Atlantis' fish-filled lagoons. This particular bacteria is fond of very warm, shallow, nutrient-loaded environments. Like, in Florida, estuaries or oyster-filled bays. Or a hotel pond...
These toads rode in legally in landscaping material from S. Florida, where they are well established. Remember when we didn't have house geckos? Pestiferous millepedes? Corn snakes? All hitchhiked in with Dade County palms and trees (okay, the geckos may have been in shipping containers). Until we start propagating our own (hopefully native) trees, this will continue to happen. Up next from S. Florida: African giant snails? Guinea rats? Reticulated pythons? Think about it...
These toads rode in legally on S. Florida landscaping trees (where they are already well established), just like the corn snakes and millipedes before them. Please, though, do dial 919 the next time you have a wealthy expat toad smuggler in your sights. I'm sure it happens all the time.
jt says...
Our Junkanoo is already taking steps (feathers, glitter, sequins) to mirror these other festivals. Do we need another to blur the lines and rob the Bahamas of the only thing we can call our own? Please, I welcome angry additions to what tourists could perceive as truly Bahamian...
On PM announces commission to create new festival
Posted 1 November 2013, 2:18 a.m. Suggest removal
jt says...
National Festival Commission? Unemployment among the young is at 30%. I can't even.
On PM announces commission to create new festival
Posted 31 October 2013, 2:04 p.m. Suggest removal
jt says...
Every day I think that the Bahamas govt. can't get any dumber, and every day they outdo themselves. First the idea to dredge across Bimini's dive sites for a completely ludicrous cruise scheme and now this. Does Christie know we already have an incredible, unique and culturally relevant festival twice each winter? Why are we copycatting other nations? Aren't there more important things to focus on right now?
On PM announces commission to create new festival
Posted 31 October 2013, 2:01 p.m. Suggest removal
jt says...
@concerned citizen: The Ruins at Atlantis is a fish-filled seawater snorkeling site - shallow, warm and loaded with fish waste which fuels algal and bacterial growth.
On Government investigates flesh-eating bacteria
Posted 23 October 2013, 8:23 p.m. Suggest removal
jt says...
If you read the American victim's tripadvisor thread (pleading the Bahamas govt. to investigate!), he mentions he also swam in another very warm, poorly circulated, nutrient-rich body of water: "The Ruins" at Atlantis. Sounds like pretty good vibrio habitat to me...
On Government investigates flesh-eating bacteria
Posted 23 October 2013, 1:39 p.m. Suggest removal
jt says...
If you read this guy's tripadvisor thread, he also snorkelled at one of Atlantis' fish-filled lagoons. This particular bacteria is fond of very warm, shallow, nutrient-loaded environments. Like, in Florida, estuaries or oyster-filled bays. Or a hotel pond...
On Bacteria victim calls on ministry to ‘take notice’
Posted 20 October 2013, 1:28 p.m. Suggest removal
jt says...
Does this Kokoski dinosaur own the Tribune or something? Why are his desperate, bigoted, out-of-touch letters always printed?
On Briefly
Posted 3 October 2013, 4:10 p.m. Suggest removal
jt says...
These toads rode in legally in landscaping material from S. Florida, where they are well established. Remember when we didn't have house geckos? Pestiferous millepedes? Corn snakes? All hitchhiked in with Dade County palms and trees (okay, the geckos may have been in shipping containers). Until we start propagating our own (hopefully native) trees, this will continue to happen. Up next from S. Florida: African giant snails? Guinea rats? Reticulated pythons? Think about it...
On 'Thousands' of cane toads found
Posted 27 September 2013, 4:28 p.m. Suggest removal
jt says...
The lionfish introduction was a well documented escape from Miami Seaquarium during Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
On Killer toad found in New Providence
Posted 7 September 2013, 5:30 p.m. Suggest removal
jt says...
These toads rode in legally on S. Florida landscaping trees (where they are already well established), just like the corn snakes and millipedes before them. Please, though, do dial 919 the next time you have a wealthy expat toad smuggler in your sights. I'm sure it happens all the time.
On Killer toad found in New Providence
Posted 7 September 2013, 3:47 p.m. Suggest removal