A few weeks ago I was trying to kayak the Mississippi and was going backwards. This was a sunny day with little wind but we’ve had a very rainy May and June here. not about to try to swim a bayou during a tropical storm.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/emergency/extreme-weather/floods-standingwater.html Wound infections Skin rash Gastrointestinal illness Tetanus Leptospirosis (not common) Melioidosis (along the Gulf Coast)
It's the other way around. If you see someone taking a swim in Buffalo Bayou, you can immediately assume they are not a Houstonian.
Yes I would like to jump into a water that's essentially a collection of all the germs and diseases in Houston.
**** is real.. was down in Matagorda a couple years ago participating in trout blast. A lot of teams wade fish but I know better and stayed in my friends Haynie the whole time. Caught some nice specks. The guy that won second had a cut on his leg inside his waiters from what I heard. He ended up having the leg amputated shortly after due to the bacteria infection. No Thanks