Galveston help (Houston, Dallas, San Diego: dangerous, beach, eat)

[dallas,texas]

I'm from Dallas and go to Galveston every once in a while. I was watching a Youtube video about how someone got a rash after going to the beach there. Not like thats bad but everyone in the comment section was talking about how Galveston is horrible. Is it really bad and oily? I don't want anyone who just loves Houston to say its amazing(if it's not), I need the truth!

Thanks

[jfre81]

I love Houston and I say Galveston is...Galveston. The history is more amazing than anything else. I'll be nice and say the beaches are second-rate.

Remember that you do have some refineries and such not really that far away. No telling really where the rash comes from.

[AK123]

I know there were problems with Galveston beaches decades ago, but as far as I know it's much different now. We go several times a year (have gone 3 times this year already) and every time recently has been clean beaches, blue water, and generally nice. The only problem was the mosquitos on the bay side. So no, I don't know what's up with that video, maybe he got stung by a jellyfish or something...
The people in the comment section saying Galveston is horrible probably haven't been in recent years (or ever)...

[jfre81]

*points toward San Diego, then toward South Beach*

Those are the first-rate ones.

They're nice for being so close, Galveston's are, but it's just not on the same level.

[Historian/Traveler]

JJP and jfre81 are basically dead-on. I bet it was a jellyfish or Portuguese man-of-war; if that was/is the case or it ever happens to you, dousing the spot in human urine (their/your own if possible) would've/will cleared/clear it up. I sadly know from experience, HAHA (Nelson from The Simpsons)!

[bostoner]

My mother called to tell me about some flesh-eating bacteria some dude got down in Galveston last week. Must've been your guy.

Rash...jellyfish...flesh-eating disease... it's like the game of telephone.

[deann]

A 58 year old man who swam in the sea while on holiday in Galveston, Texas, risks losing a leg, and maybe his life, after being infected by the flesh-eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus.

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[deann]

A 58 year old man who swam in the sea while on holiday in Galveston, Texas, risks losing a leg, and maybe his life, after being infected by the flesh-eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus.

For the rest of the story, click on the link:

Man Infected With Flesh Eating Bacteria While Swimming In The Sea Off Texas

[Historian/Traveler]

deann,

I am curious. Is this (more or less) common and dangerous than the dinoflagellates in red tide (which usually occurs in warm water)?

[deann]

Originally Posted by Historian/Traveler

deann,

I am curious. Is this (more or less) common and dangerous than the dinoflagellates in red tide (which usually occurs in warm water)?

Not sure if dinoflagellates are necessarily more dangerous, but I sure wouldn't eat any shellfish coming from red tide waters until scientists learn more about their effects on humans!!