Another Amoeba Fatality

(monkey) · (monkey) **Join Date: Oct 2002** 04-07-2008, 4:05 PM

Says he was 43, and got sick all the way back in November.

http://cbs2.com/local/amoeba.parasite.Fire.2.675826.html

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(da_kamp) · (da_kamp) **Join Date: Jan 2008** 04-07-2008, 4:57 PM

good thing i don't ride down there......

(lfxstar) · (lfxstar) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 04-07-2008, 5:43 PM

if you ride in any fresh body of water over 37 degrees celsius, you can contract naegleria

(kinger) · (kinger) **Join Date: Jun 2007** 04-08-2008, 7:34 AM

It doesn't say what water he was at. Does anyone know?

(monkey) · (monkey) **Join Date: Oct 2002** 04-08-2008, 2:24 PM

I was wondering the same thing. The last one I read about said Havasu, but that was a different guy.

(andy_nintzel)

Freaky! Thank god for lakes that freeze over in the winter.

(kko13) · (kko13) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 04-08-2008, 8:23 PM

you have better odds of wining the lotto and getting hit by lightning in the same day. i have lived in fla all my life and spent 99% on the water every so often they hype this crap up and people freak. im sorry to hear the man died. but the fact is the chances of this are so slim its insane they get so worked up about it.

(dkmode34) · (dkmode34) **Join Date: Mar 2004** 04-08-2008, 8:34 PM

how many lotto winners got struck by lightning last year?

I would be pissed!