SELECT A THURSDAY. BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, NOTICE WERE DRIVING THE RAIN CHANCE
DOWN TO 30 TO 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURES RUNNING A LITTLE
BIT ABOVE NORMAL.
92 THE FORECAST HIGH FOR
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
KRISTI QUICK CLICKS OR MORE
AUTHORITIES ARE BUYING VOTES
AND ENJOYING OUR LIMITED ACCESS
TO THE OCEAN BUT, NOT EVERYONE
IS A RESPONSIBLE BOAT OWNER.
>> AUTHORITIES HAVE THEIR HANDS
FULL REMOVING AND DESTROYING
DERELICT VESSELS THAT ARE
CLOGGING UP OUR WATERWAYS.
QUITTING NAVIGATIONAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS.
GETTING RID OF ABANDONED BOATS
IS TERMITES, DON’T TRASH OUR
TREASURE.
>> ON A HOT AUGUST MORNING AND
ABANDONED BOAT IS PULLED FROM
THE DEPTHS OF BISCAYNE BAY.
>> WE PUT DIVERS IN THE WATER
THEN PLACED STRAPS AROUND THE
VESSELS WHOLE.
THESE LARGE MOUNTED CRANE TO
LIFT THE VESSEL UP TO THE
SURFACE.
>> .5 FOOT SAILBOAT JUST WEST
OF MIAMI BEACH EAST OF MONUMENT
ISLAND.
SPENCER CARED FOR OVER 2
MONTHS.
FOR THE DEGREE THE HEALTH OF
THE BAY.
ONLY UNDER ASSAULT FROM TO MUCH
POLLUTION.
DERELICT VESSELS LIKE THIS ONE
ARE A BIG REASON OUR BAY IS
DYING.
>> VARIOUS HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS,
FUEL AND ALL OF THAT IS
RELEASED INTO THE WATER WHEN
THE VESSEL SINKS.
>> LESTER MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
REMOVED 51 DERELICT VESSELS
FROM BISCAYNE BAY.
ACCORDING TO DURHAM, THE 23RD
OF WHAT’S DOWN THERE.
BOATS, PEOPLE JUST ABANDONED
WHEN THEY NO LONGER HAVE ANY
USE FOR THEM OR DON’T HAVE THE
MONEY TO FIX THEM UP.
>> THERE BASICALLY JUST READING
BISCAYNE BAIT LIKE A BIG GIANT
DUMP?
I’M HERE TO STOP OUT.
>> CITY MATT McMURRAY TROLL ?
CASTILLO IS A FRONT LINES WITH
DERELICT VESSELS.
MIAMI-DADE HAS IDENTIFIED ABOUT
3 DOZEN THE NEED TO BE REMOVED.
THERE PROBABLY TWICE AS MANY
THAT HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN
DOCUMENTED YET.
>> YOU GO TO THE ENTER KEY IT’S
LIKE THE WILD WEST ASKED
GETTING THEM OUT OF THE WATER
IS NOT EASY.
IT’S A LENGTHY PROCESS THAT
TAKES ON AVERAGE 45 DAYS.
>> WE HAVE TO LOCATE THE OWNER.
IF WE DO LOCATE THE OWNER THE
GREAT.
IF WE DIDN’T THAT WE GO AHEAD
WE TAG THE VESSEL.
45 DAY MARK STARTS AS SOON AS
WE PLACE A STICKER ON THE
BASIL.
>> MORE THAN A POLLUTION
PROBLEM, THESE EYESORES CAN BE
DANGEROUS EVEN DEADLY.
>> I ALMOST HIT MYSELF WITH THE
HEAD.
>> COMPETITIVE SWIMMER ? ? FROM
THAT OUT THE HARD WAY LAST MAY.
MRS. TONY SOUTH BORN MERMAID
MADE A RECORD-SETTING 26 MILE
SWIM THROUGH BISCAYNE BAY.
SHE MUST CRUSH INTO NOT ONE BUT
2 DERELICT VESSELS.
>> IS A SAFETY PROBLEM.
IT MADE ME REALIZE IF I SAUCE
DREAM I SWIM DURING MY SWIM I
MERMAID JOINS MARINE PAROLE TO
RAISE AWARENESS TO GET THE
SECOND REX OUT OF THE WATER
STOP.
>> THAT HAPPENS WITH ME IT CAN
HAPPEN WITH THE JET SKIERS, IT
CAN HAPPEN WITH THE PEOPLE WERE
LEARNING TO SWIM AND IT’S A
PROBLEM.
IN THE WATERS OFF WATSON ON THE RESPONDENT AT LEAST 4. >> THIS VESSEL HAS BEEN IN THE
SYSTEM FOR APPROXIMATE 3
MONTHS.
WE WENT AHEAD AND CONTACTED THE
OWNER.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY
NOTIFICATION FROM THE OWNER.
WORKING TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE
THE VESSEL.
>> MUSCHAMP IS BACK IN JUNE.
IN SEPTEMBER.
THE BOAT IS STILL THERE.
THE COUNTY NEEDS THE STATE TO
SIGN OFF ON IT BEFORE COULD BE
REMOVED.
>> THIS VESSEL WILL BE $10,000
TO REMOVE OUT OF THE WATER AND
DEMOLISHED.
>> PRIVATE CONTRACTORS LIKE
KEARNS CONSTRUCTION MUST BID TO
GET THE JOB.
ONCE A VESSEL IS REMOVED, IT’S
TAKEN TO A LANDFILL WHERE IT’S
DESTROYED AFTER ALL RECYCLABLE
MATERIALS ARE SALVAGED.
THE STATE FUNDING INITIALLY
FOOT THE BILL.
THE LAST REGISTERED OWNER OF
THE BOAT THAT WILL ULTIMATELY
PAY THE PRICE.
>> THE PERSON CAN BE ARRESTED.
WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
WHATEVER OUR COST ARE.
>> THE SITUATION IS ONLY
GETTING WORSE.
EXACERBATED BY THE BOATING BOOM
LORD IS EXPERIENCING
POST-PANDEMIC.
RECORD-BREAKING OVER A MILLION
VESSELS ARE NOW REGISTERED IN
THE STATE.
THE COUNTY IS COUNTING ON
EVERYONE TO STEP UP.
THE HEALTH OF OUR BAY DEPENDS
ON IT.
LOOKS BE A RESPONSIBLE BOAT
OWNER.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR VESSEL.
BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM AND
CERTAINLY SOMEONE ELSE’S
PROBLEM.
>> BURNOUT MIAMI-DADE’S NUMBER
2 ESTATE IN THE NUMBER OF
DERELICT VESSELS.
MONROE COUNTY HAS THE MOST
FEARED DRUMS IS THE REASON WE
HAVE SO MANY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT
IS OVEREXTENDED.
THERE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH RETREAT
MARINE PATROL OUT OF THE WATER.
HELPING EYES ON THE WATER.
IF YOU SEE A DERELICT VESSEL
YOU CAN REPORT IT TO DURHAM.
WE HAVE A LINK ON THE WEBSITE
JUST CLICK THE QR CODE IT WILL
TAKE YOU TO OR DON’T TRASH OR
TREASURE SECTION ON
LOCAL10.com.
THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM KRISTI.
>> THEY IDENTIFY THE VESSELS