*Swimming
Caution
- One thousand people die from drowning in the world
each year.
Key
West - Earlier in 1999 Key West beaches had to be
closed to swimming because of high levels of bacteria.
A new sewage system has since replaced the old
system.
Beaches
throughout Keys are tested twice monthly for coliform
and entrococcus bacteria. Water quality test results
are published in the Florida Keys Keynoter. The
Monroe County Health Department has a beach
information hotline at 305-293-1653 or 1-877-892-9585.
Results of testing can also be seen online at
http://www.doh.st.fl.us
Bahamas
(
Abacos, Bimini, Andros, Exuma, Grand Bahama, Eluthera,
Cay Sal Banks, San Salvador,etc. ) Between 1896 and
September 2001 there were 41 documented shark attacks
in the Bahamas; two of these were fatal.
Antilles
(
Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica,
Netherland Antilles, Guadelope, and Martinique)
- In the last 105 years there have been 42
attacks with 18 fatalities in the Antilles Islands.
Florida
Keys
In the
118 year period between 1882 and 2000, there were 27
shark incidents with one fatality in the Florida Keys
in 1952.
Shark
Attacks - For Information on shark attacks
Worldwide, and in the United States, Caribbean Bahamas
and Antilles, Florida, North and South Carolina,
Hawaii, California, Virginia and Volusia County
CLICK
HERE
**Insect
Diseases - For information on West Nilke virus in
Florida and the United States CLICK
HERE
