NYCkayaker safety in HRP--Signs

[Lyn Goldsmith]

Perhaps a disclaimer such as this one on the park website (edited for the
Hudson)?  It totally nails the tone of this discussion.

http://www.nelsonrocks.org/disclaimer.html

Lyn

On 10/12/07, TomBrooklyn <tombrook11232 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > 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
>
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