SLIPP wants to talk about pollution. Let’s get on to the issue about the houseboats, live-aboard cruisers and big speedboats. They still are allowed to dump grey water directly into the lakes. Yes, grey water includes that from the kitchen sink, along with the left overs from washing the dishes –you know, a bit of spaghetti, some beans, hot sauce and lots of dish soap. And let’s not forget about your shower each morning. Other stuff that floats up on the beaches is soap suds, watermelon rinds, cantelopes, onions, condoms, diapers – all really nice stuff, eh? And let’s talk about those folks from the Sicamous condos. They love to come out in their fancy boats and spend the day roaring around – and I mean roaring. And when their dog has to go potty, they pull up to shore, or somebody’s private dock, and let the dog do its thing and then they don’t pick up after it. Yes, they are the ones complaining about lack of beaches.
And what about plastic bags? Don’t you just love getting them into your water intake in your engine? Really good for the marina business. The grocery stores could just as well give out paper bags instead of plastic and save our lakes and engines.
Back to the pollution from boats. What about the 200 decibel speakers they use? They come out from the Sicamous channel with the speakers roaring – the poor animals on Queest Mountain will soon be deaf. The boom, boom, boom bounces back and forth through the valleys. Also the really big speed boats with their over-the-water exhaust. After these folks go around Marble Point, we all give a sigh of relief. Then it is the folks around that way that have to suffer. Of course, there could be a law against noise pollution, couldn’t there? But, like the boating rules, it is not policed.
Esmerelda Hoou
Sicamous
