DANGEROUS, POLLUTED WATERS IN TEXAS FORCE DISTANCE SWIMMER TO RELOCATE TO PUBLIC POOL Training for 35-mile Yucatan Channel swim on Aug. 5 continues . . . with limitations

AUSTIN, Texas July 2, 2004 - Paul Ellis, of Austin, 61, grandfather of Yucatan in Mexico is set to swim the Channel 5 August, has been forced to move in a closed and claustrophobic public swimming pool 50 meters continue their daily regimen of six or seven hours of training. E 'ironic that my attempt to draw public attention to the dangers facing the reefs and the vital need to protect our ocean resources has been interrupted by torrential rain in Texas, said Ellis, a former pilot in the Marine Corps U.S. and president of Austin Business College. Barton Springs, area lakes and rivers are full of treacherous currents, debris, dangerous and polluted water. (Photo by Ellis www.swim4thereef.com/images/common/paulEllis.jpg.More of 14 inches of rain hit the Austin area in June, the second highest rainfall in about 65 years of active records, according to the National Weather Service . Much of the Lone Star State has suffered the same wet, with flooding and runoff, and subsequent closure of the most popular beaches along the Gulf Coast due to high bacterial counts.Ellis, who has been coaching bathroom of my life for over four years, has recorded more than 5,000 miles of freshwater and saltwater. Now the pool is limited to Austin Northwest Park for 2 hours, after which the pool is a new approach the width of 25 meters. It is the product again, maneuvering around the children and swimmers. Unfortunately, the only pure water left around are in areas that include public swimming pools, he said. And "mind numbingly difficult and difficult to develop a positive approach for a distance swim.'m going crazy, with the walls in front of me. This is a real test! The public Barton Springs Pool, a clear standard, beautiful and welcoming oasis near the center of the city in central Texas, was a torrent of turbidity currents Monday, with water almost as high as the cliff lifeguard chairs. not expected to reopen for eight days. News reports of his attempt to swim from San Miguel, Isla de Cozumel to Cancun in Mexico continental spread worldwide on June 24. An Associated Press www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/8993441.htm (history) took place from coast to coast in the United States and has appeared daily in newspapers and on websites in Australia, Denmark, England, Holland, Russia and other countries. I thought back to the North Carolina coast or in the course of Cozumel (www . islacozumel.com.mx /). Both will be warmer than the heat of the Springs 68-degree, laughed. but I'm at a crucial stage of my physical and mental state which can take 15 hours or more of resistance, and my support team is an ecologist Here.The, loves the sport and civic activist long in the Caribbean to facilitate on 2 August 5, 2004. The brave 35 miles of open sea from the island of Cozumel to Cancun Continental, 14 miles an English Channel crossing. Ellis will be up to 15 miles offshore in water that is 4,000 feet deep.He will be accompanied by three boats, one of a patrol boat near Cozumel National Marine Park , which protects the Meso-American reef, among largest living organisms on earth and the northernmost coral reef in the world. However, the hazardous undertaking include sharks, jellyfish, currents, winds, and even cruise ships pass and dangerous trails. I'm not a daredevil. I I am an educator, he has stated many times, although the 5-foot-10, 195-pound athlete has gray ridden a bike cross country and dodging enemy fire as Medi-vac helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. steps Now we can have an impact for decades. Steps has not, however, can condemn an important part of our planet and countless species. His comments reflect much of the language contained in the interest of the President of the United States Commission on Ocean Policy, released in April.Ellis is dedicated to inspiring millions of citizens the world does not get in the water! Find out more. Take Action. Tell others. Its main objective is to get a million people to join an organization dedicated to our common goals and work in their communities and their environments as citizens on behalf of the issues of drinking water. www.swim4thereef.com is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3. All living systems of Earth are in decline and that the rate of decline is accelerating. We are losing our forests, fisheries, coral reefs, soil, water, biodiversity and climate stability. of our land, sea and air being transformed by the life of the systems