It looks like on the website they're recording that the sample location is "boat ramp"
www.nwtoxicalgae.org
Other forum? I thought you all had herded them all over here?
Still am..............
No kidding. What's the cause? Anyone know?
If I had to guess, I'd think wind would play into the equation. Maybe the 11/7 sample was a day where the wind was blowing away from the boat ramp. And maybe the most recent sample was a day with wind blowing toward the boat ramp.No kidding. What's the cause? Anyone know?
I'm obviously no microbiologist and kinda figured the cold weather would've shut the algae done as in years past.
Is it a fertilizer thing? Road runoff? Bad drain field? (but from where since there's only one adjacent house.)
That said, when I drove past on Monday, the water didn't look all that milky so I convinced myself to return another day and give it a go...thinking what's the worst that could happen? and then I read your other post....nothing like some diarrhea or kidney failure for the holidays
Glass is half empty reponse to follow: The guy who collected the sample deliberately collected it from a wind blown scum line that didn't (and does not) represent conditions of the lake.
There's that too. Reading the sample locations on the website it does kind of sound like they could be trying to sample from wherever will read the highest. Maybe that's them being overly conservative and wanting worse case sample representation? Safety first?
Mike, I googled microcystin. There is a ton of info, research etc. Wikipedia has a page about it. Phosphorus fertilizer, stagnant water can exacerbate the growth.No kidding. What's the cause? Anyone know?
I'm obviously no microbiologist and kinda figured the cold weather would've shut the algae done as in years past.
Is it a fertilizer thing? Road runoff? Bad drain field? (but from where since there's only one adjacent house.)
That said, when I drove past on Monday, the water didn't look all that milky so I convinced myself to return another day and give it a go...thinking what's the worst that could happen? and then I read your other post....nothing like some diarrhea or kidney failure for the holidays
Interesting web page. One thing caught my eye: “In 2011, a record outbreak of blooming microcystis occurred in Lake Erie, in part related to the wettest spring on record, and expanded lake bottom dead zones, reduced fish populations, fouled beaches, and damaged the local tourism industry, which generates more than $10 billion in revenue annually.[1]”. Not sure about Western Washington, but Eastern Washington had a very wet spring. Could that have contributed? Hopefully the factors contributing to the persistence of the algae will dissipate and the lake can open again.
I wonder if that outhouse might be leeching off through the soil and into the lake. Should not be happening, but it’s the closest source of “fertilizer” that I can think of.
But it is interesting - I almost made an entire joke about "the curse" which woulda been marked by the tearing down of the old one and this one going up in its place. Dave, your point makes me think of the outlet channel which would run either directly underneath or extremely close to the current outhouse
The holding tank is concrete. Maybe it is cracked. Also, if it's the outlet we're talking about, wouldn't that be downstream of the lake?But it is interesting - I almost made an entire joke about "the curse" which woulda been marked by the tearing down of the old one and this one going up in its place. Dave, your point makes me think of the outlet channel which would run either directly underneath or extremely close to the current outhouse
Good point. I thought of that too but it's all the same given the soil, sinkhole situation, etc. (to me the sinkhole alone is extemely volatile and could make anything happen around it). I'm no environmental engineer but guess I've seen plenty in commercial banking - we're the sorry suckers holding the $ bag when a lot of that stuff happens...speaking of, I had a front row seat when the Olympic PL debacle happened. This made me think of that, the impossible is always possible when enough moving parts come together, and that parking lot has a lot going on in a very small space. All that said, I really really want to be dead wrong...I obviously like that lake as much as anyone, even from afar. Still hit it every year and it fishes great as ever.
