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Speculation and others cliam it has to do with all the spraying for west
nile virus last year.
A bunch of fisherman were realy comlianing back a while ago. Some agancy
was planing in looking into it.



At 05:34 PM 3/31/2000 -0500, Al Marvelli wrote:
>While they are having some problems in Long sland Sound with the lobsters,
>generally NY waters are light years from what they used to be. 20 ft vis is
>commonplace and it is not unusual to have top to bottom vis on some of the
>inshore wreck, which means 30-40 ft of vis.
>
>THe end of offshore dumping by the city of ny has really helped things, in
some
>areas yards of silt have been washed away revealing wreck sections not
seen for
>decades.
>
>regards,
>
>Al Marvelli
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>Bill Wolk wrote:
>
>> On3/30/00 4:32 PM, Al Marvelli wrote:
>>
>> >You have most likely never had an actual bagel either. Bagels should be
>> >hard on
>> >the outside and chewy on the inside, and should not have a uniform roll
like
>> >consistency.
>> >
>> >Grits , Thank God, cannot be found north of Maryland, except on US
Military
>> >bases where they are standard fare for those conditioned to no longer care
>> >about flavor.
>> >
>> >So now you have three reasons to Visit Brooklyn: pizza, bagels and
>> >shipwrecks.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^?!
>>
>> Sadly, I can confirm this to be true. I have not had a good bagel since
>> moving away from Brooklyn in 1993 and the New York "style" pizza in Miami
>> is -- like most things down here -- all style and no substance. Grits
>> fortunately have been largely driven underground by us transplanted
>> Northerners who appreciate the finer things in life -- like *visibility*
>> when we go wreck diving. When I get homesick for diving off of New York
>> and New Jersey, I just take a marker and black out my mask.
>>
>> Best regards --
>>
>> Bill
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