Over on tri newbies they had a thread about a warning Disney was putting out about the swim portion of a tri they held this past weekend. Apparently there is an ameoba that thrives in warm lakes (80+ degrees I think). If this ameoba goes up your nose you can catch a nasty menegitis (sp?) and will be dead in a matter of days.
A link to the health dept warnings was put on it, and it sounded scary. But I thought to myself "They are just covering their butts. If it was THAT bad they would cancel the swim"...
And then I came across this thread on slowtwitch.

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.c...=unread#unread

Very sad, very scary stuff. The last thing I want to worry about when jumping in the water at my next race is this. But I wasn't even aware of this sort of thing, so I wanted you all to be aware as well. It sounds like nose plugs help, but personally I don't think I'd even take the chance to swim if I thought I might contract this horrible killer... Call me an alarmist, but I kinda like my life- alive and all...
Ya'll be safe out there!
Denise