DEP to open remainder of boating locations, steam-cleaning services

[GOYABEAN]

land boating season

DEP to open remainder of boating locations, steam-cleaning services - Mid Hudson News

KINGSTON – The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has announced that all its boat offices and recreational boating locations in the watershed will open over the next week. The opening of boat offices and the recreational boating program was delayed by several weeks this spring...

midhudsonnews.com

 

[BDinPutnam]

Great!

Now all I need is a boat.

And a trailer.

And free time.

 

[Saltwater60]

Steam cleaning? Are we serious?

 

[218bee]

Steam cleaning is a one-time deal when you are either placing a new boat at a specific numbered site, or moving your boat permanently from one place to another. This has been a thing for as long as I can remember. Put my boat on Kensico in the 1980's and think I needed to have it steam cleaned back then. Zebra Mussels, you know...

 

[spat]

Boating, an activity where social distancing is inevitable.

The fact they shut any of that down is proof this wasn't about a virus.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Boating, an activity where social distancing is inevitable.

The fact they shut any of that down is proof this wasn't about a virus.

Or maybe they didn't want to have to go out and rescue people.

 

[spat]

Or maybe they didn't want to have to go out and rescue people.

Why would they have to rescue more people because of covid ?

Also, isn't that their job ?

If they really did have half as many rescues to perform, did they lay off half the first responders ?