Stay out of the water
By Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
August 21, 2016 10:25pm CST
Many people are here in Florida and plan on going to the beach a lot. This whole week the news has been warning about jelly fish in the water. Over the last weekend, there were over 300 alerts of the jelly fish stinging people.
I know that and I will not go anywhere near the water. Some people that are vacationing here think they won't get bitten and venture into the water. That is like walking in front of a car driven by a drunken driver.
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23 responses
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
22 Aug 16
I have never been stung by one either and I do not want to start now. I stay out of the water.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
22 Aug 16
I like how jelly fish could look so pretty but don't want to go into the water with them in it. Don't want to risk it.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
22 Aug 16
@toniganzon I remember seeing them when I was younger and I thought they were like a clear or white jelly looking thing.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
22 Aug 16
Yes it is on the news everyday and on all the stations.
@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
22 Aug 16
that's one reason i never go to the beach.. there are lots of jellyfish, not the poisonous ones though.. they are the itchy ones.. still they are dangerous
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Aug 16
my son got bitten by a jelly fish once.It was bad.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Aug 16
@ramapo17 it was a tiny jelly fish, so it took a couple of days only...thankfully.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 16
@responsiveme Sounds like he was very lucky.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
22 Aug 16
@ramapo17 When warnings are issued,we are supposed to heed to them.I remember the film Jaws,when I hear warnings like these.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
16 Sep 16
@ramapo17 As I do not swim,I do not go into water.
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@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
22 Aug 16
I have been stung by a jellyfish. It was not a dangerous one, but it hurt a lot. You would not get me in water near jellyfish again. They tend to be benign in the UK and my mother was as I remember, completely unconcerned as I was walking and breathing and just complaining about the sting. It was at a place called Tankerton and I had made my own bikini. I had forgotten all about it till you woke the memory up!
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 16
Isn't it funny how you can go for years without thinking of something and out of the blue something will remind us about it. That is what I love about this site. I have been taken back in time a lot since I have been on here. All great memories.
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
9 Sep 16
I get more concerned about the sharks. Last summer there were a lot of sharks but I didn't hear of any this year. Maybe they found a better place. I think they sent the jelly fish.
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
22 Aug 16
some folks seem to think such happens to others 'n don't pay much mind to the warnin'. i've been stung by those lil translucent critters'n such's most painful. sadly there t'weren't any warnings 'bout, they said mine 'twas the first case.
yer correct with yer analogy :(
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@akalinus (43332)
• United States
22 Aug 16
They are also warning about flesh eating bacteria living in the water and something called sea-lice, which is microscopic larvae of jellyfish. The create a painful rash everywhere that they touch. Just when you thought it was okay to play in the water. 
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Aug 16
My grandson is coming down in November and asked me today if we could take him to the beach at least once. I told him if I hear that no jelly fish are reported. He is 16 and loves the ocean. I always did too but not any more. Last year we kept getting shark alerts.
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@mohdusmanali123 (142)
• Dublin, Ireland
22 Aug 16
Oh this so sad, but we know our better so why go that place where there is a risk.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
22 Aug 16
I hope people listen to the warning and take extra care ..
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@davidalicea100 (3495)
• Merced, California
22 Aug 16
I will never go in the water i don't want sharks biting my butt.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
22 Aug 16
That is true. People never think something like that could ever happen to them.
