Tampa dies the Hillsborough river green to promote St.Patricks day.

[Persuader]

What stupidity...those who have done it claim it is safe. Anyone coud claim that but the truth is it really is unknow what ecological damage it may inflict on the river.....and for what? Green is a nasty color for water anyhow and will anyone actually benefit from this nonsense....of course not...people who celebrate st. patricks day get drunk and will not be down at the river to marvel at a green river....beyond ridiculous.

 

[Care4all]

Oh for goodness sake! Chill out! Boston has been doing it for years. It's non-toxic. Food coloring I believe? And since rivers flow, it's gone in a few days.

 

[luiza]

DYES you plonker .
Your version would require bombs and dynamite .

And never apply logic and sense to Irish people . They don't work that way .

 

[surada]

What stupidity...those who have done it claim it is safe. Anyone coud claim that but the truth is it really is unknow what ecological damage it may inflict on the river.....and for what? Green is a nasty color for water anyhow and will anyone actually benefit from this nonsense....of course not...people who celebrate st. patricks day get drunk and will not be down at the river to marvel at a green river....beyond ridiculous.

Dyes......

 

[Auld Phart]

DYES you plonker .
Your version would require bombs and dynamite .

And never apply logic and sense to Irish people . They don't work that way .

no they don't.

but you can stop any bar fight by yelling....

DRINKS ON THE HOUSE!!

 

[Chillicothe]

Boston has been doing it for years.

So has Chicago.
I believe Savannah too.
But, it is not without controversey.
Here is part of a long article in yesterday's Tampa Bay Times:

"Before last year’s event, a spokesperson with the Environmental Protection Commission told the Times that the dye dissipates in a few hours.

When asked about the images Pack took of the river two days after the event, which appear to depict a bright green tint from the dye, John Ring, the City of Tampa’s Water Production Manager, said the chemical can remain in the water for several days after it’s applied. It takes time for it to mix with oxygen as it basks in daylight, but it’s not densely concentrated.

“It’s not going to just disappear, but it’s not going to look like it did when we applied it, either,” Ring said.

Crews this year will mix about 250 pounds of the yellowy powder into roughly 300 gallons of water, Ring said. That water will then be spread into the river at about a gallon of mixture per minute. The annual tradition began in 2012 when Bob Buckhorn was mayor and back then the city used 80 pounds of the dye.
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[Chillicothe]

"never apply logic and sense to Irish people . They don't work that way ."

Poster Auld Phart: no they don't.......but you can stop any bar fight by yelling....
DRINKS ON THE HOUSE!!


Any Mick of any fraction has long recognized that St.Paddy's Day = A Bad Day for Beer.

 

[fncceo]

Tampa dies the Hillsborough river green​

 

[fncceo]

Green is a nasty color for water anyhow

Says you ...

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

And the Anacostia river is shit brown year-round.