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I would like to thank all of you for your patience this beginning part of 2008. Many of you have sent emails concerned that the original site was not up and running and I apologize for the delay. I really wanted to give you all the different things you have all been asking for the last few years but the City Server had way to many restrictions so decided to grab some server space and do my best to give you all what you wanted on my own time. Never imagined that so many people would care about the calendars - or get so angry when they weren't updated quickly as the years went on. Again I apologize and hope we can all work together to build this site into a community of swimmers, surfers, and other water enthusiasts impacted by the monthly arrival of the little critters. Will do my best to keep up with your requests. As far as the blog goes - this is a trial! Hopefully the community will build and every influx we can help the others out and let them know where they got stung or what areas of the island are affected. Lets help each other out from how you reacted to a sting and what you did to treat it, weird stories, all the way to the weird jelly fish you found in Kailua Bay. You have all been taking time from your busy schedules to email me for the last four years. Now everyone can see where you found them and where you were stung. Lets keep it clean and keep it going and I'll keep the blog up.
Aloha and God Bless!
posted by The808jellyfish @ 11:33 PM
7 Comments
7 Comments:
Hey Jelly!
Thanks for all the hard work. I got stung last weekend at Queens Beach in Waikiki and it hurt like hell! Glad you got the site up and running and I'm sure everyone appreciates it just as much as me and my family does! I will be checking back later and hope all is well.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks for putting up this site, the calendars are quite helpful.
However, how about removing the clever scrolling text and just make it a simple, easy to use site. Why make the use sit through 20 seconds of scrolling text just to see current warnings?
Also, the underlined "links" for Box Jelly Fish and Man-O-War treatment and information look like links that you can click on, but they aren't really links at all.
Great idea for this site. I'm just starting out as swimmer for exercise and I'm a little nervous about getting in there with those box jfish after seeing the national geographic stories about box jfish. Not like small kid time when all you had to worry about was manowar
Great work on the site! Keep it up. I’d like to share my experience: I got stung on a sunny day near the end of the influx. I checked with the lifeguard and he said there were minimal stings in the morning. Also, I figured that the jellyfish would swim to deeper waters with the sun blazing. I paddled out away from the rocks just in case some got stuck. Other surfers said they didn’t hear of any stings. After catching a couple of waves, I got stung while paddling back to the line-up. Yes, bad luck. Fortunately it was on my forearm and not elsewhere. I lost about 70-80% of my arm strength and it was difficult to paddle. Surf was great, so I sucked it up for another hour. It was difficult to pop-up.
When I got in, the lifeguard sprayed vinegar and gave me a heat pack. Area was swollen with little micro-cuts all over. Later that night it was difficult to sleep. It felt like there were little barbs still firing. Pain lasted for a couple of days then it got itchy.
Now, when there are Jellyfish Warnings, I stay away. Man of War is nothing compared to a Box Jellyfish sting. Mahalo!
just wondering about the current influx suppose to start today 3/19. Any body have an update?
Just wondering when they come in ..how long do they stay?
The most effective treatment for boxjelly sting is a wash of vinegar/tap water and then a lidocaine patch on the area. Good luck and hopefully you know a doc who will prescribe one for you.
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