NYCkayaker safety in HRP--Signs

[TomBrooklyn]

> > From: "Nancy Brous" 
 
> i want to add another element to the discussion:  safety signage.
> it seems that many people who have jumped into the river for various reasons
> (to retrieve various articles or in one case a dog) are not aware of the
> fact that the Hudson in this area is a tidal estuary and that the currents
> not only move fast but change directions.  

People who are not aware the ocean and rivers near an ocean has tides and tidal currents are too
dumb to miss much if they die.    It is advantagous to society, the human race and the enviroment
for people that stupid to be removed from the gene pool.    In fact, this is natures way of
creating benefit and prosperity to humans (and all other species,) i.e. the natural tendency to
remove the weak and less intelligent specimens.   Bucking the natural order of the planet and
universe is not helpful, beneficial, and is rarely, if ever, a good idea.     

> do you folks think safety signage is a good idea?  do you think people would
> notice / read / benefit from such signs?

These types of signs are usually ugly and very distracting from the natural beauty of the
surroundings.    They are also placating and insulting to persons of reasonable intelligence.  
People go to the river to commune with nature and reduce the stresses of modern urban society.  
Ugly signage with sub-intelligent messages works against that and creates a general deterioration
in the quality of life.    

> theoretically they could be part of the estuarine sanctuary
> management education program and have a little other info on the river (interpretive /
aesthetically)

That would certainly make them better than the average ugly warning sign, particularly if they
would be on something other than the typical ugly plain painted steel. 

Regards,
TomBk