It's what is not in these images
Sep 3, 2018 18:40:01 #
The hoards of people are missing. Went to the Beach Café on Anna Maria Island yesterday to take advantage of their unlimited pancake and sausage breakfast for $5.99. Sunday being the mid-way point in this 3 day Labor Day holiday usually means this beach would have been packed, not so on this Sunday. As some of you may know the west coast of Florida has been battling the Red Tide for the last couple of months. The beach side hotels, motels and restaurants have been hit very hard. Manatee county has removed almost 241 tons of red tide related debris from county parks, canals and beaches. The death toll on marine life is almost unbelievable. The red tide is a single cell organism known as Kerenia brevis.
On this Sunday the beaches were clean of dead fish, the water looked good and no odor at all.
Just thought you might like a little background concerning the attached images.
Don
On this Sunday the beaches were clean of dead fish, the water looked good and no odor at all.
Just thought you might like a little background concerning the attached images.
Don
Red Tide Warning
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News Crew on beach Sunday morning
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Water looked good
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Beach Cafe - Lots of empty tables
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Pretty empty beach
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Looking for Red Tide
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Sep 3, 2018 18:50:50 #
Sep 3, 2018 19:10:37 #
My heart breaks for everyone there. We had the Seaside Inn in Bradenton Beach and went through a red tide outbreak about 15 years ago - we took a gut punch financially for about 3 weeks - not near as long as this has lasted. :(
Sep 3, 2018 19:28:19 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
The hoards of people are missing. Went to the Beac... (show quote)
Very nice, Don. It's a shame about the Red Tide. We are lucky that we are far enough south and east, our Gulf and backcountry waters are clear and the fish are happy
Sep 4, 2018 10:04:33 #
I've never heard of red tide. But then, I grew up in the Midwest and now live in the desert!
Sep 4, 2018 13:54:38 #
Your location says "A Sunny Place". For those of us who don't know where Anna Maria Island is...where were these photo's taken?
Sep 4, 2018 14:22:42 #
Ched49 wrote:
Your location says "A Sunny Place". For those of us who don't know where Anna Maria Island is...where were these photo's taken?
They were taken in Manatee County Florida. Manatee County is on the west coast of Florida about 40 miles south of Tampa and about 20 miles north of Sarasota. Hope this helps Ched49.
Don
Sep 4, 2018 17:08:42 #
We visited relatives staying on Anna Maria when I was a child of 12 in the '50's. Had my first camera with me and pics are in my old album. Learned to wear shoes all the time after nearly stepping on a tarantula!
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