How not to be buried at sea
 

I was thinking about it but I think I just want to be cremated instead

http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/8292846/

Why not both? Cremated then have someone sprinkle your ashes wherever you wish.

My nephew died suddenly in 2009 of a heart attack. He was approximately 40 yrs old. My sister cremated his remains and brought them to the summer house. Trouble is, she hasn't yet sprinkled his remains in the surf. They sit upon a shelf in the parlor. :rolleyes::o;)

You have to be very careful with sea burials.
Ask Tom Capano.
Here's this mofo's story of murder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Capano

I saw this and reported it recently in a thread while driving back to Michigan from Kentucky, where the OTR trucker got a big send-off.

Just don't do a surface dispersal of cremated remains on a public waterway in Missouri...I'm told that Dept of Natural Resources frowns on that. I don't know why they have an issue with it, cremated remains are inert.

Now, having a body that was "buried at sea" come bobbing to the surface is just bad form. So much for being put to rest.

Ooops.

We buried my grandfather in LIS, he was cremated and put into a biodegradable box. We took him to a very pretty and good fishing spot and sent him overboard. I think its a great way to go, and anytime I want to visit I have the lat and long coordinates.

Last summer we did a sea ceremony for my dad aboard a small charter boat. His old German cronies were there to read poems and sing a few songs. We all said a few words, and I then tossed the urn into the water. Everyone was given a red rose to throw in after, and due to the currents as we pulled away, they slowly formed the shape of a giant heart. It was perfect closure.

St. Louis has over 400 pipes that dump RAW sewage into the Mississippi river and Missouri is worried about cremated remains?

The Metropolitan District Commission's sewage treatment plant for the city of Hartford still dumps upwards of 1 BILLION gals. of untreated sewage into the CT River and the Wethersfield Cove every year during periods of excessive rain/storm water.

But pump your marine head overboard into inland or coastal waterways, get caught and you've got a $250 fine (which is understandable). Even an unsecured (read wire- or zip-tied) "Y" valve, to allow for holding tank or overboard discharge, will get you a warning at minimum and a fine at maximum even if the valve is closed for overboard discharge.

But somehow these issues still exist. When the question was asked at one of the numerous meetings on the subject, whether or not the MDC could re-plumb the overflow from the Wethersfield Cove (connected to the CT River with little water flow) directly to the CT River (with large water flow) the answer was "No, that would be illegal." :confused:

These issues resurface every few years. Some guy always has to float the idea without doing research. It's time to lay it to rest.

Give that man a cigar!:D

Huskyman, coliform bacteria levels at Lake of the Ozarks are alarmingly high, and we had a mini-scandal last summer when the agency that tests water samples "held" the tests until after big holiday weekends, so as to not hurt tourism...but you can't legally spread cremated remains on the surface of the lake.

You can, however, use a biodegradable urn...toss it onto the lake, it gets wet and sinks, falls apart, and releases the remains beneath the surface.

Disposition of deceased humans is a fascinating thing...all sorts of ways to get rid of them...

There ya go Dave! Get yourself a nice boat and call it a business expense. Are you still in the business?