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.
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The Red Tide bloom in north west Florida may be being fed by nutrients from the Mississippi river. Researchers led by Richard P. Stumpf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have concluded that nutrients are pushed by seasonal winds in the fall from the Missippi river to the west coast of Florida [...]
Another severe red tide bloom is occurring now in Maine. It is in at least the Nantucket area. For the last three years Maine has been rocked by red tide. It looked as though they would escape a red tide bloom until now.
Two stories made the press recently that make it seem there’s something very wrong with Lee County’s leadership.
The first story tells us that Lee County Health Dept has declared the beaches “Clean” in the midst of a huge red tide bloom.(1). I’ll quote the entire article here because this paper likes [...]
Blue green algae bloom? Not Florida red tide? That’s correct. Blue green algae is actually a name commonly used to describe many types of algae. Although blue green algae is usually described as “non-toxic” This editor has seen cases of burn like rashes on the skin, nausea, respiratory distress etc linked [...]