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The red tides are being reported as far west as Gulf Shores, AL as of this mornings news reports.
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cdiver2:Addressed in what way?. My understanding is that Red Tide is a naturally occurring thing,. When the waters warm up you get an Algae bloom, and the waters have been warmer than usual this year.
cdiver2:Addressed in what way?. My understanding is that Red Tide is a naturally occurring thing,. When the waters warm up you get an Algae bloom, and the waters have been warmer than usual this year.
matts1w:Rats are a naturally occurring thing. There have always been rats. However, if you throw a bunch of garbage in your back yard you will have many more rats in the yard- If you feed rats you get more rats.
There are five BILLION gallons of fresh water being released from the Big O every day through Fort Myers into the Gulf. This water is packed with phosphates and fertilizers. Our costal waters are now riddled with red tide and toxic blue - green algae. We are not only losing small trash fish like catfish, there have been dead manatees, dolphins, turtles, and large game fish washing up all over Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, Captiva, Naples, etc...
There have been huge fish kills due to red tide in the past, but these recent outbreaks are MUCH bigger and last MUCH longer. Also remember there was a huge outbreak off Englewood and Venice killing manatees in March- when the water was not yet eighty degrees.
I wont even get into what all this freshwater is doing to our estuaries and sea grass.
cdiver2:The water Temp usually runs at its highest point in the summer 89 this year (early on) it was 94