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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on August 19, 2020, 03:40:36 pm
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https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/urgent-warning-issued-dangerous-lions-18791819 (https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/urgent-warning-issued-dangerous-lions-18791819)
Urgent warning issued as dangerous Lion's Mane jellyfish spotted on popular Dublin beaches
Last week a curious dog became "violently" ill after getting too close to a dangerous Lion's Mane jellyfish on Portmarnock Beach
By Aakanksha Surve
06:30, 19 AUG 2020
Fingal County Council has issued an urgent warning after north Dublin beaches have been infested by the dangerous Lion's Mane jellyfish.
Swimmers and beachgoers have been warned to be extra vigilant as a sting from these sea creatures can cause serious injury to humans and animals.
Last week a curious dog became "violently" ill after getting too close to a dangerous Lion's Mane jellyfish that had washed up on Portmarnock Beach.
Even when dead, the jellyfish can still deliver their sting as the venom stays in their tentacles for a few days.
A sting from a Lion’s Mane jellyfish can cause nausea, sweating, cramps, headaches and other symptoms and severe stings should seek urgent medical attention.
Fingal County Council has issued a number of dos and don’ts for treating stings from a Lion’s Mane jellyfish.
First aid for the treatment of jellyfish stings:
• Ensure you don't get stung yourself when aiding others;
• Remove any attached tentacles with a gloved hand, stick, or towel (none of these available use the tips of your fingers);
• Do not rub the affected area (this may result in further venom release);
• Rinse the affected area with sea-water. When you get home, you can bathe/rinse the area in warm to hot water;
• Apply a ‘dry cold pack’ to the area (i.e. place a cold pack or ice inside a plastic bag and then wrap this package in a t-shirt or other piece of cloth);
• Seek medical attention if there is anything other than minor discomfort.
What not to do:
• Don’t rub the area;
• Don’t rinse with fresh water. Use sea water;
• Don’t urinate (pee) on the sting;
• Don’t use vinegar for the types of jellyfish stings that might happen in Ireland;
• Don’t use alcohol;
• Don’t put on a tight bandage.
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Was that a Lions Mane Jellyfish?
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That's what it says but watch out for these little fuckers too:
https://www.dublinlive.ie/whats-on/family-kids-news/weeverfish-dublin-beaches-warning-18791358 (https://www.dublinlive.ie/whats-on/family-kids-news/weeverfish-dublin-beaches-warning-18791358)
Warning to swimmers and paddlers after potentially deadly fish spotted at Donabate beach in north Dublin
The warning comes as incidents involving another piosonous sea creature - the Lion's Mane jellyfish - have spiked in recent days
By Aengus O'Hanlon
20:44, 18 AUG 2020 UPDATED14:47, 19 AUG 2020
Dangerous Lion’s Mane jellyfish have been swarming the capital’s coastal hotspots with hundreds of beachgoers and their dogs getting stung in recent weeks - but now there’s another nasty critter doling out pain on the sand along Dublin's strands.
Weeverfish - almost invisible little creatures that bury themselves in the shallows along the shoreline - with just their eyes and dorsal fin exposed - have begun popping up along the city’s coasts at low tide.
The fish - which are around 15cm long and are very hard to see because they camouflage themselves in the sand - have a black dorsal fin from which very sharp poisonous spines protrude that unsuspecting beachgoers have no way of seeing until they stand on one.
Weeverfish stings have been known to trigger heart attacks or cause a severe allergic reaction including anaphylactic shock - with deaths being attributed to the fish both in Britain and in Spain.
Dublin Live reader Gerry Murphy got in touch to say he’d seen weeverfish at Donabate, while Portmarnock Drainage Awareness, which is run by keen fisherman and naturist Philip Swan, also warned of sightings of the venomous fish along its Velvet Strand.
Philip posted a useful piece of information relating to the dangerous sea creatures on the PDA Facebook page.
The advice, which Portmarnock Drainage Awareness sourced from the National Poisons Information Centre, says: "The Weeverfish is found in all parts of the Irish coast but only in sandy areas, usually in warm shallow waters in the hour before and after low tide.
"They are difficult to see because they spend most of their time buried under the sand. The have sharp spines containing venom on their dorsal fin."
The memo also includes some advice on what to do if you get stung.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Standing on a Weeverfish results in immediate intense, burning pain.
The pain is most intense in the first 2 hours and can result in swelling, numbness and warmth.
WHAT TO DO
Seek assistance from a lifeguard, if available.
Submerge the affected limb or wound in hot water, as hot as can be tolerated for up to 90 minutes or until pain is easing.
As the sting can result in numbness, immerse the unaffected limb too, as this may prevent inadvertent scalding.
Cold applications may worsen the discomfort.
Paracetamol can be considered to relieve pain.
The puncture site should be examined and embedded spines removed.
Tetanus and/or antibiotics may be required.
Seek medical attention from a doctor, if necessary.
Call 01 8092166 if you have been stung by a Weeverfish.
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Immigrants?
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No passports on them....so i'd say it's a good possibility!!
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Quicksand at Baldoyle and Burrow beach too.
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/portmarnock-baldoyle-fingal-quicksand-18753191 (https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/portmarnock-baldoyle-fingal-quicksand-18753191)
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Dont ever let yur kids/ grandkids swim at burrow .....
The tide goes left to right as its facing north and dangerously fast and deceptive ....the channels and sand banks are meters apart.....
I seen 2 kids pulled out of it one day by the lifeguards inflatable ...I'll never forget it ...
RIP
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Just in case you evade the Jelly Lions and Weverfishes and haven't sunk in the quicksand:
https://www.thejournal.ie/do-not-swim-wexford-beaches-e-coli-5181123-Aug2020/ (https://www.thejournal.ie/do-not-swim-wexford-beaches-e-coli-5181123-Aug2020/)
Public advised against swimming at three Wexford beaches due to presence of E. Coli
‘Do Not Swim’ notices have been issued for Ballymoney North Beach, Duncannon Beach, and Booley Bay Beach.
1 hour ago
WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL has issued “Do Not Swim” notices at three beaches in Wexford after routine testing identified E. Coli in the water around the beaches.
The public is advised against swimming at Ballymoney North Beach, Duncannon Beach, and Booley Bay Beach.
Breaches of mandatory levels for E. Coli and Intestinal Enterococci were identified in the bathing water around the three beaches during tested conducted as part of the Council’s sampling programme.
Lifeguards at Ballymoney North Beach and Duncannon Beach will fly a red flag to indicate that swimming is prohibited.
Signs will be placed at Booley Bay to inform the public not to swim in the area.
Samples were also tested from 15 other beaches in Wexford, which presented no issues.
Council staff are currently investigating the presence of the bacteria at the three beaches.
Further water quality samples have been taken at the three affected beaches today.
The prohibition notices will be reviewed following the results from the new samples, which are expected on Saturday.
The source of the contamination has not been precisely identified, but it is expected that recent heavy rain may have contributed to higher levels of E. Coli and Instestinal Enterococci.
Heavy rain and winds were experienced across Ireland last night with the arrival of Storm Ellen.
Wexford was among counties which were issued with a Status Yellow wind warning from Met Éireann for the duration of the storm.
A ‘no swimming’ notice was issued for Duncannon Beach earlier this month on 12 August following test results that showed slightly elevated levels of microbiological contamination.
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Staycation?.... more like a vaccination!!
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It takes them the guts of a week to publish results of samples... I was swimming in the ocean on the Wild Atlantic Way myself last weekend.
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It takes them the guts of a week to publish results of samples... I was swimming in the ocean on the Wild Atlantic Way myself last weekend.
No wonder them whales are dead.
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I think the wildlife folk were planning a rescue operation when I was spotted sunbathing!
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Wonder if it's safe to paddle up at Sally's bridge?
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Wonder if it's safe to paddle up at Sally's bridge?
Ask that asian burd.
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Who's Sally and where's her bridge?
If it's on a beach I'd stay away... after all that rain there'll be all sorts of farm waste and suchlike in the water.
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Who's Sally and where's her bridge?
If it's on a beach I'd stay away... after all that rain there'll be all sorts of farm waste and suchlike in the water.
The one before The Barn.. :-X :-X :-X
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Right at the Headline and left after the Mosque... got it!
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It takes them the guts of a week to publish results of samples... I was swimming in the ocean on the Wild Atlantic Way myself last weekend.
No wonder them whales are dead.
There isn't room for the two species. 8)
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It takes them the guts of a week to publish results of samples... I was swimming in the ocean on the Wild Atlantic Way myself last weekend.
No wonder them whales are dead.
There isn't room for the two species. 8)
https://news.sky.com/story/whales-die-after-washing-up-on-beach-in-largest-live-stranding-in-irelands-history-12052589
Word gets around fast.
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Very sad
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it was a new moon super moon caused it ...there was a beaching in Scotland same day ....wen the moon and sun are aligned on a perigee and ther combined gravitational pull causes high tides and distorts / interferes with the earths magnetic fields and infra Sonics causing whales to basically become deaf and blind and incapable of navigating .....some believe the high tides traps them but I tink it's a load gick cause if yu put them back in the water they usually beach themselves again ......
Poor cnuts .....
I was to go bass fishin that day as it wud o bein mighty fishin but it was pissing rain and the kids wernt int to it .... ::sleep ::sleep
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it was a new moon super moon caused it ...there was a beaching in Scotland same day ....wen the moon and sun are aligned on a perigee and ther combined gravitational pull causes high tides and distorts / interferes with the earths magnetic fields and infra Sonics causing whales to basically become deaf and blind and incapable of navigating .....some believe the high tides traps them but I tink it's a load gick cause if yu put them back in the water they usually beach themselves again ......
Poor cnuts .....
I was to go bass fishin that day as it wud o bein mighty fishin but it was pissing rain and the kids wernt int to it .... ::sleep ::sleep
Did you know they're an optical illusion? The moon is always the same size in the sky, it seems it is a matter of perspective although scientists cannot explain exactly why it appears bigger sometimes, try to take a picture of a "big moon" it'll turn out exactly the same as when it's a little moon
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it was a new moon super moon caused it ...there was a beaching in Scotland same day ....wen the moon and sun are aligned on a perigee and ther combined gravitational pull causes high tides and distorts / interferes with the earths magnetic fields and infra Sonics causing whales to basically become deaf and blind and incapable of navigating .....some believe the high tides traps them but I tink it's a load gick cause if yu put them back in the water they usually beach themselves again ......
Poor cnuts .....
I was to go bass fishin that day as it wud o bein mighty fishin but it was pissing rain and the kids wernt int to it .... ::sleep ::sleep
Did you know they're an optical illusion? The moon is always the same size in the sky, it seems it is a matter of perspective although scientists cannot explain exactly why it appears bigger sometimes, try to take a picture of a "big moon" it'll turn out exactly the same as when it's a little moon
I tried to explain that to a friend of mine one night when fishing on a beach in wexford, i gave up after a while as he thought i was winding him up.
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i gave up after a while as he thought i was winding him up.
In fairness Tony!!
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i gave up after a while as he thought i was winding him up.
In fairness Tony!!
Yeah suppose
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it was a new moon super moon caused it ...there was a beaching in Scotland same day ....wen the moon and sun are aligned on a perigee and ther combined gravitational pull causes high tides and distorts / interferes with the earths magnetic fields and infra Sonics causing whales to basically become deaf and blind and incapable of navigating .....some believe the high tides traps them but I tink it's a load gick cause if yu put them back in the water they usually beach themselves again ......
Poor cnuts .....
I was to go bass fishin that day as it wud o bein mighty fishin but it was pissing rain and the kids wernt int to it .... ::sleep ::sleep
Did you know they're an optical illusion? The moon is always the same size in the sky, it seems it is a matter of perspective although scientists cannot explain exactly why it appears bigger sometimes, try to take a picture of a "big moon" it'll turn out exactly the same as when it's a little moon
I tried to explain that to a friend of mine one night when fishing on a beach in wexford, i gave up after a while as he thought i was winding him up.
Shud told him it's a bit like wen yur on top or shes on top .....
The higher up boobs look smaller ......
That's also impossibly to explain but it's TRUE ???
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Shud told him it's a bit like wen yur on top or shes on top .....
The higher up boobs look smaller ......
That's also impossibly to explain but it's TRUE ???
Funny that....cos i always feel harder when i find myself in that position!!
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Right at the Headline and left after the Mosque... got it!
Not ur end of Dublin
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it was a new moon super moon caused it ...there was a beaching in Scotland same day ....wen the moon and sun are aligned on a perigee and ther combined gravitational pull causes high tides and distorts / interferes with the earths magnetic fields and infra Sonics causing whales to basically become deaf and blind and incapable of navigating .....some believe the high tides traps them but I tink it's a load gick cause if yu put them back in the water they usually beach themselves again ......
Poor cnuts .....
I was to go bass fishin that day as it wud o bein mighty fishin but it was pissing rain and the kids wernt int to it .... ::sleep ::sleep
I take the girlfriend out every blue moon
She loves it
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/05/ukcrime (https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/05/ukcrime)
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I usually get the missus to chain me to the bed and show me some full moon fever!!
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I usually get the missus to chain me to the bed and show me some full moon fever!!
No try it with your wife and see what response she gives you.
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Swimming ban at Seapoint now according to the wireless. Hardly surprising, Ecoli doesn't sit still.