Red tide swamps Florida beaches as they face massive seaweed blob

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

[Beachnutt]

1. Thats gotta stink

after a while..

[RandySF]

2. Why are you bringing this up?

They gave books that need banning.

[Aristus]

3. It's a good thing Florida decided to spend money banning drag queens

rather than clean up their tourist-attracting beaches.

[sheshe2]

4. Red Tide.

A small percentage of algae, however, produce powerful toxins that can kill fish, shellfish, mammals, and birds, and may directly or indirectly cause illness in people. HABs also include blooms of non-toxic species that have harmful effects on marine ecosystems. For example, when masses of algae die and decompose, the decaying process can deplete oxygen in the water, causing the water to become so low in oxygen that animals either leave the area or die.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html

Red Tide/Republican Tide. May cause illness.

[tornado34jh]

5. I have a friend who lives in Treasure Island

She lives by a marina and when Red Tide occurred, it was so bad, they were having trouble breathing. My aunt was on the other side of Florida I believe near Vera Beach or somewhere around there. She said it was bad, she was coughing a lot. It is no joke for that stuff.

[FloridaBlues]

6. It's horrible to get near but red tide has happened for years.

Our state leaders do nothing little to address this issue. People come for the beaches and leave quickly in respiratory distress. What till the newcomers find out