Monday, October 6, 2014

Red Tide moving closer to our area

                Red tide is moving close to our area.
State officials have been monitoring a patchy bloom of red tide in the northeast Gulf of Mexico for weeks.
Satellite images issued on Friday from the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at the University of South Florida show patches offshore of Franklin, Wakulla, Taylor, and Citrus counties and alongshore of Taylor, Dixie, and Levy counties.
Concentrations of the red tide organism are patchy – and range from barely any of the organism to high concentrations.
Fish kills have been reported offshore in the bloom area and alongshore of Dixie and Levy counties. 

No respiratory irritation has been reported alongshore the west coast of Florida; however, respiratory irritation is possible in the bloom areas.


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