Category Archive for 'News'

Updates!

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Hello long time, recent and first time readers of Florida Red Tide Solutions! My name is Texx Smith and I’m the sole operator here. I usually am very good at adding new content. However since February of this year I’ve been very busy supplying the Data Systems and General IT services for [...]

Sierra Club sponsors Public Red Tide Meeting

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

The Sierra Club is hosting a Red Tide Forum this Thursday, 2pm, at the Manatee Community College campus in Venice, in the Selby Room at the Professional Development Center of the campus.
Topics covered will be Red Tide, fertilizers and water resources.
Larry Brand, a professor of marine biology at the University of Miami will be the [...]

New Red Tide Info Hotline

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

A new Red Tide beach conditions hotline (and accompaning web sites), have been created. I’m not sure I should be even writing about them as there are several already.
Mote Marine Labs has a “Beach Conditions Reports for Southwest Florida” page that uses google Maps technology. Some web developer put a lot [...]

Red Tide Health Advisory in Indian River County

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

The health Dept in Indian River county Florida has finally issued a “red tide health advisory“. This does not include signs on the beaches. In fact it appears that you have to call them to get the info. Most people don’t call the health Dept before they go to the beach.
Indian [...]

Red Tide kills 4 dolphins in Volusa County

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

4 Dead dolphins washed ashore in Volusa county recently. Red Tide exposure hasn’t been confirmed yet by the scientist at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute in Orlando but it certinley appears as that at the moment as the area is afflicted by a sever red tide bloom at the moment and there non other immeditely visible [...]