Thread: "Flesh eating bacteria"

But wait! Newspapers were sold! Ads during newscast were seen! Money was made! ( And I don't understand how I became such a cynic ).

Originally Posted by CarlF

Turn out the story was complete bullshit:

Are beaches on the Florida Panhandle closed? Atlanta report causes panic; water advisories in place | AL.com

I know Glen Burns, the chief meteorologist at WSB-TV, to be a nut-job off camera and in the way that he relates concerns to the public. It's no surprise to me that his lack of professionalism led to this SNAFU! The State of Florida should sue WSB-TV for what it likely cost their tourism business the week before the Fourth of July!

I think all the folks who didn't go to Florida came to Alabama man I can't even fish the surf at 6:00am without some gogan walking into my line

I see the scare made MSN on the computer---great piece of yellow journalism.

A believable article from al.com on Vibrio vulnificus.


Flesh-eating bacteria easy to avoid, just swim in the Gulf, not bays says expert | AL.com