Comments on: Warning! Thousands of Jellyfish Invading Hawaii http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/ Hawaii Travel Guide & Vacation Advice Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:33:47 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Michelle http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-16870 Michelle Thu, 14 May 2009 03:12:59 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-16870 My little sister (age 16) and I vacationed on Kauai in April this year (Hawaii). She was stung by a box jellyfish, the only one we and others were aware of in area where we were at the very southern shores of the island. The resorts in the island area were not aware either. The sting was on the inside of her thigh, (she saw the jellyfisht too late) and was so toxic and painful, it swelled up the size of a grapefruit, drained for a week after the wound was opened in the ER. She was very sick. Beware and I appreciate Dylan's recommendation for wetsuits, you can't afford not to take that precaution as the medical costs, let alone the health risks are significant. My little sister (age 16) and I vacationed on Kauai in April this year (Hawaii). She was stung by a box jellyfish, the only one we and others were aware of in area where we were at the very southern shores of the island. The resorts in the island area were not aware either.

The sting was on the inside of her thigh, (she saw the jellyfisht too late) and was so toxic and painful, it swelled up the size of a grapefruit, drained for a week after the wound was opened in the ER. She was very sick. Beware and I appreciate Dylan’s recommendation for wetsuits, you can’t afford not to take that precaution as the medical costs, let alone the health risks are significant.

]]> By: Sheila http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-521 Sheila Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:51:37 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-521 Thanks, Dylan. Thanks, Dylan.

]]> By: Dylan http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-520 Dylan Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:33:42 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-520 I suggest use wetsuits.They come in about like 1,500 over night and mostly irukandji jellyfish that are similar to box but have no antivenom so death is avaiable.Surfers must take great caution while surfing if they found trapped in a swarm they should sit on their board and put one ahnd in the air so lifeguards can retrieve them.I will post more comments soon. I suggest use wetsuits.They come in about like 1,500 over night and mostly irukandji jellyfish that are similar to box but have no antivenom so death is avaiable.Surfers must take great caution while surfing if they found trapped in a swarm they should sit on their board and put one ahnd in the air so lifeguards can retrieve them.I will post more comments soon.

]]> By: Andy http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-248 Andy Fri, 11 May 2007 23:55:26 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-248 Blimey! Blimey!

]]> By: Warning! Thousands of Jellyfish Invading Hawaii « Tons of Fresh News http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-247 Warning! Thousands of Jellyfish Invading Hawaii « Tons of Fresh News Fri, 11 May 2007 20:46:44 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-247 [...] Warning! Thousands of Jellyfish Invading Hawaii Warning! Thousands of Jellyfish Invading Hawaii Vacationers to the Hawaiian island of Oahu are being warned to avoid going into the ocean today, as hundreds, if not thousands, of lethal jellyfish swarm the coast.[offbeat news] [news] [world & business] [...] [...] Warning! Thousands of Jellyfish Invading Hawaii Warning! Thousands of Jellyfish Invading Hawaii Vacationers to the Hawaiian island of Oahu are being warned to avoid going into the ocean today, as hundreds, if not thousands, of lethal jellyfish swarm the coast.[offbeat news] [news] [world & business] [...]

]]> By: Sheila http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-246 Sheila Fri, 11 May 2007 20:40:40 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-246 They'll be gone in a few days. In the meantime, you can grab a mai tai, go for a hike, play some golf or simply lay in the sun! :-) They’ll be gone in a few days. In the meantime, you can grab a mai tai, go for a hike, play some golf or simply lay in the sun! :-)

]]> By: Jordan http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-245 Jordan Fri, 11 May 2007 19:47:57 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-245 I'm told that meat tenderizer also lessens the pain from jellyfish stings (y'know, if you don't die instantly). I wouldn't know; I avoid even dead jellyfish parts like the plague. I’m told that meat tenderizer also lessens the pain from jellyfish stings (y’know, if you don’t die instantly). I wouldn’t know; I avoid even dead jellyfish parts like the plague.

]]> By: David http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-244 David Fri, 11 May 2007 19:28:10 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/2007/05/11/warning-thousands-of-jellyfish-invading-hawaii/#comment-244 Doesn't exactly want to make me visit! Doesn’t exactly want to make me visit!

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