This is a bloom of algae, small microscopic plants. HABs can cause illness, but, not consistently. With each species of algae there can be dangerous health effects. These blooms effect local economies regardless of toxins or not. People don't want to swim in it and it frequently has an odor. Towns effected by these blooms should apply to FEMA for relief under economic and health emergency conditions.
This was a HAB with a 'Fish Kill." Fish Kill is the proper name for this phenomena. These Fish Kills are not unusual with blooms.
December 26, 2015
By Garin Flowers
Treasure Island, Fla. -- Ed Inloes is enjoying (click here) a much nicer looking holiday season in Florida than his home in Michigan. But, what rolled in with the tide behind his rental home in Treasure Island put a bit of a stench on his vacation plans.
"This beautiful sight that I'm looking at right now is what we expected to see, nice house and everything. What I did not expect to see was a bunch of dead fish," he said.
And the smell outside was so strong, he and his wife couldn't sit outside and enjoy the Jacuzzi.
"I mean I got up to the number 40 as I was counting them, but there was still plenty more."
For people who live along the coast, they knew it could be a case of red tide. It's caused by an algae from the Gulf of Mexico when there's a high concentration. That leads to the dead fish and murky waters....
This was a HAB with a 'Fish Kill." Fish Kill is the proper name for this phenomena. These Fish Kills are not unusual with blooms.
By Garin Flowers
Treasure Island, Fla. -- Ed Inloes is enjoying (click here) a much nicer looking holiday season in Florida than his home in Michigan. But, what rolled in with the tide behind his rental home in Treasure Island put a bit of a stench on his vacation plans.
"This beautiful sight that I'm looking at right now is what we expected to see, nice house and everything. What I did not expect to see was a bunch of dead fish," he said.
And the smell outside was so strong, he and his wife couldn't sit outside and enjoy the Jacuzzi.
"I mean I got up to the number 40 as I was counting them, but there was still plenty more."
For people who live along the coast, they knew it could be a case of red tide. It's caused by an algae from the Gulf of Mexico when there's a high concentration. That leads to the dead fish and murky waters....
