Menhaden: Most Important Fish in the Bay Page #4

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into nothing but trouble,

as we all know.

So, let me give you

a little more clarity

as to what's going on.

And we all know that

during warm weather

bacteria levels can rise.

And because of that,

sometimes there are those of us

who pick up some kind

of digestive problems

and sometimes rashes.

It's unfortunate, but it's a

fact of life here on the bay.

However...

and I hope everyone

is paying attention to this...

let's not go around

scaring one another

with crazy

and outlandish stories

that serve no one's benefit.

So, and I can't

stress this enough,

if you have a sensitivity

to that type of bacteria,

or if you just want

to take special precautions,

you can limit your time

in the water today.

The bacteria level here

is much, much higher

than even the high level

we see after a storm,

and the fertilizer

from the farm

- run into the water.

- You're rushing on the fertilizer.

- Slow down on that.

- Okay.

And the fertilizer

from the farm

are running to the water.

Um...

It's, uh...

not good at all.

It's very, very high.

Yeah, that ending

is kind of sloppy on that.

And if I have any information,

and I do mean to stress this,

if I have any information

that would alter those facts...

and I say facts...

I'll be right back here

talking to you again.

And Khouri and everyone

out there,

I just want to wish you

the happiest of 4th of Julys.

Thanks again.

There he is.

- There he is.

- Oh, yeah!

Who's buying dinner?

Let's see it, let's see it.

- Reel it in.

- There he is.

That's so big, I don't

think he fits in this boat.

Looks like he's trying to kiss you.

There you go, huh? Nice.

- That's not right, Danny.

- Look at that, Brad, huh?

- That thing's huge.

- That's not right.

It is right.

Look at that thing.

Danny, you ever see

anything like that?

What is that?

- I've never seen nothing like that.

- What the heck is it?

Ow! Son of a b*tch!

What the...

Get it... get off of me!

What is that?

- Step back!

- Move away!

That thing bit me.

Holy sh*t, that thing is nasty.

All right. Welcome back.

"Radio on the Bay."

It's George Khouri.

We are live on the air,

and of course 24-7,

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You can grab 'em.

RadioKhouri.com.

Now there's a lot of speculation,

a lot of phone calls coming in.

People not quite sure

what to make of this,

but theories do abound,

my friends.

It's true.

Maybe a satanic cult

has invaded the town.

There's drugs loose in the air.

We've got theories

running wild.

I think it's al-Qaeda,

or whatever it's called.

It's a terrorist plot

to poison the food supply.

Gathering a lot of

information about the flu shots

and the vaccines

and how they've caused...

We've been warned

about pesticides.

They're spraying all the food

with them these days.

I saw this strange cloud.

It was hovering over the water

down by the bay.

It was this

very circular shape...

Biological warfare.

Um, Iran,

and they're probably trying to

get people out of Guantanamo.

I bet everybody's gonna

say it's about global warming.

I still can't get them.

It's going to voicemail.

Well...

We said we'd meet them

at the pier.

That's what we'll do.

We'll meet them at the pier.

- Okay.

- That's the plan. We'll just...

do that.

Okay, we have

some more dead fish here.

- All mutilated.

- What?

- All mutilated.

- Oh, mutilated.

We have... here, we have...

the tongue is missing on these.

- No tongue?

- And on these others,

the flesh looks almost

like it's been bitten.

- It's very confusing.

- Why is that?

I'm not sure what does this.

Um, fish don't bite fish.

There she is.

I'm so tired of posing.

- Come on, let me film you.

- No, no, no, no, no.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Oh, God.

I don't wanna end up

on the Internet.

Come on. It's not like I'm gonna

put you naked on my Facebook page

and see what the comments are.

Well, I might, actually.

Now that I think about it.

Who knows? I could end up

being a pretty big star.

Uh-huh. Sure.

A big star. Whatever.

This was Denise

Button's digital camera.

She was a star pitcher

for the softball team.

A little shirt off.

- Um, I don't think so.

- Let me see this.

- Aw, come on.

- Why do you want me to do that?

'Cause I wanna see

how beautiful you are.

You already know.

You know my mom doesn't like us

being together in the first place,

so why would I do

something even worse?

Because you like me.

All right, but you

better come in with me.

You're coming in,

no doubt about it.

Whoa.

You better come in after me.

Whoo-hoo!

- How's it feel?

- Awesome. Come on!

- No. Mm-mm.

- Come on, baby.

Naw, that's okay. I think you can

just get stung by the jellyfish.

What?

Oh, ha ha.

Very funny.

No, there's seriously

something in the... ow!

You're not getting to me.

You're just jeal...

are you okay?

That camera was

apparently found a month later

by a 12-year-old

on the shore.

Their bodies

were never discovered.

It's so pretty here.

Isn't it?

Hey.

Hello.

- Oh, my God. Look behind you.

- What?

Behind you.

It's like a sign.

- Oh, is it?

- Yeah.

It's a sign you wanna

make a little love?

Knock it off.

It's not a sex sign.

Oh, well.

It is to me.

- It is a sex sign to me.

- No, everything is...

Hi.

Come on. It just helps

it a little bit.

No, no.

Sometimes

when I watch this footage,

this private footage...

I mean, here they are.

They're being playful.

They're loving one another.

And they have no idea that

something so much darker

and sinister

is about to happen.

- ...you get in the mood?

- Oh, definitely.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

What are you doing?

There we go.

Let's just cool off a little.

Oh, my God.

Alex, Alex, Alex.

- The camera. Put me down.

- Oh, the camera, the camera.

- A**hole.

- Ouch!

- Serves you right.

- Wow.

Wow, it tastes...

How does it feel in there?

Some went in my mouth.

- Oh, you're coming in at some point.

- Looks so good.

You know that, don't you?

Look at you, up there

on your high boat.

About a hundred years ago,

the sea floor was entirely grass bed,

with enough oysters to self-clean

about every four days.

Today, the bay

is 40% dead zone.

There's nothing here.

Wait, I don't understand.

Are you saying that 40%

- of the bay is a dead zone?

- Is good? Is okay?

No, no. It's not clear

that 40% is dead.

Dr. Abrams.

The CDC is on the line.

They're on right now?

Can you get somebody

to get an orderly?

Get that guy out of the hall.

Put him in 104.

Well? Well?

Uh, yeah. You said

that you have 30 of these...

I have about 60 people

with some kind of blister

and lesion outbreak.

Some of whom went into

anaphylactic shock.

- I have wart overgrowth...

- Excuse me, you said now you have 60 cases?

I just saw three people

with their tongues half gone.

Okay, that's a lot

of information.

Did you administer methicillin

to the lesion victims?

Of course I gave them methicillin.

It had no response.

- What do you mean?

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