Florida-bound spring breakers searching for pristine beaches and clear blue seas might be in for a rude awakening after a toxic red tide struck the state’s southwest coast this week.
Florida-bound spring breakers expecting pristine beaches and clear blue seas may be in for a rude awakening along the southwest coast, where a toxic red tide has hit.
Countless fish corpses have washed up on Gulf beaches, and many of the area’s landlubbers complain of nagging coughs and sneezing.Sarasota and Pinellas counties have been hit hardest, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The organizers of the annual BeachFest in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla., announced they were canceling the festival even though it’s more than a month away.“Red Tide is currently present on the beach and is forecasted to remain in the area in the weeks to come,” the Indian Rocks Beach Homeowners Association, which sponsors the event, said in a public letter. “It is unfortunate that [the festival] had to be canceled but it is the best decision in the interest of public health.
Since last Monday, workers have removed two tons of ocean debris – mostly dead fish – from Pinella County beaches, the Tampa Bay Times said. But other animals have succumbed as well, including a dead loggerhead sea turtle and a manatee found dead in Boca Ciega Bay.
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