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Posted: 6/30/2016 2:14:41 PM EDT
MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. —Less than 24 hours after Martin County declared a state of local emergency Wednesday, Governor Rick Scott followed suit.
Scott declared a state of emergency Wednesday for St. Lucie and Martin counties after toxic blue-green algae continued to spread throughout the county’s waterways. Scott's emergency declaration comes a few hours after the Martin County Board of County Commission urged the governor to declare a state of emergency. The Martin County board also encouraged Scott to request that a federal state of emergency be declared by President Barack Obama. According to the governor's press office, the Executive Order will allow state and local governmental agencies to take action to lessen the spread of algae blooms in the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries. Scott's declaration will redirect the flow of water in and out of Lake Okeechobee. http://www.wpbf.com/news/martin-county-declares-state-of-local-emergency/40279850 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1. Go to pool supply store
2. Buy bucket of 3 inch chlorine tablets 3. Toss into local water ways 4. Profit |
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SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() That's part of what is being blamed, but people have had lawns up to the canals for decades. The much larger cause is the massive release from Lake Okeechobee into the estuaries. It's throwing everything off balance. Certainly the lawn care is contributing, but is not enough on its known to cause algae blooms this massive. |
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That's some dangerous shit after googling it. Very harmful to wildlife and pets and even humans.
http://water.unl.edu/lakes/toxicalgae-faqs Pets and livestock have died from drinking water containing toxic blue-green algae. The risks to humans comes from external exposure (prolonged contact with skin) and from swallowing the water. Symptoms from external exposure are skin rashes, lesions and blisters. More severe cases can include mouth ulcers, ulcers inside the nose, eye and/or ear irritation and blistering of the lips. Symptoms from ingestion can include headaches, nausea, muscular pains, central abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting. Severe cases could include seizures, liver failure, respiratory arrest-even death, although this is rare. The severity of the illness is related to the amount of water ingested, and the concentrations of the toxins. View Quote |
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Stuff going on in the panhandle, too. No swim advisories for some. Fecal indicator bacteria is present in too high amounts in those areas, according to news reports.
Yep, it's a poop thread. That being said, the big bend area is getting ready for a record scallop harvest. |
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If our gators, pythons and sharks don't get you, our flesh-eating bacteria will.
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If this algae bloom saves us from just one more imported yankee, with their unintelligible language and their jackwagon ideals, it is worth it.
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How many thousands of families are on vacation right now that can't go into the water. Entire trip ruined.
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Bullshit.
This is called Kaiju blue. It comes from killing a Kaiju with missiles and bombs and is very toxic. The government is hiding the secret war against the Kaiju. Txl |
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Hwy 70 or 60 across the state a couple hours. Have fun. State isn't that wide and has completely different oceans on both sides. Or head south... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How many thousands of families are on vacation right now that can't go into the water. Entire trip ruined. Hwy 70 or 60 across the state a couple hours. Have fun. State isn't that wide and has completely different oceans on both sides. Or head south... yep, no algae down south. |
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How many thousands of families are on vacation right now that can't go into the water. Entire trip ruined. Hwy 70 or 60 across the state a couple hours. Have fun. State isn't that wide and has completely different oceans on both sides. Or head south... yep, no algae down south. How south? Martin County is affected, and Palm Beach County is starting to get it also. This bloom is huge, Broward and Miami-Dade won't be far behind. |
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This came out yesterday and then they came back late last night and said it was a hoax. The second message said the beaches were still open?
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SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() Someone from North Dakota who has no idea about this watershed should keep his comments to himself ![]() |
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1. Go to pool supply store 2. Buy bucket of 3 inch chlorine tablets 3. Toss into local water ways 4. Profit View Quote Thicker cell walls of algae makes it very hard to kill with oxidizing biocides (chlorine for example) when compared to bacteria and other life forms. In an industrial environment, you'd use a non-ox (poison). The problem there will be poisoning the algae without killing the shit out of everything else. |
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Neighbor of a friend in Florida used so much fertilizer in his garden he created algae in the lake behind his house . You could follow the trail . Fl. DNR ignored it and blamed others
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Wrong English abbreviation = Fla. Postal Abbreviation for each state assigned 2 letters only = Fl. this came into being at time of zip codes being implemented.... ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Florida = FL not FLA. Wrong English abbreviation = Fla. Postal Abbreviation for each state assigned 2 letters only = Fl. this came into being at time of zip codes being implemented.... ![]() After Slapshot It will always be Fla for me. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I was down there once when I was little and they had a red tide break out off Clearwater and all I remember is it burned your eyes and you had trouble breathing.
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This stuff is pretty cyclical.
It happens any place with water. Even up north. |
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If you're taking your family on vacation to St. Lucie county you kind of suck anyways. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How many thousands of families are on vacation right now that can't go into the water. Entire trip ruined. If you're taking your family on vacation to St. Lucie county you kind of suck anyways. ![]() You aren't wrong. |
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It's in St. Augustine too.
Not sure how to link a FB video, but a local from town posted this. live video |
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I hope this doesn't affect Alabama. Going to the beach in like 2 weeks.
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How south? Martin County is affected, and Palm Beach County is starting to get it also. This bloom is huge, Broward and Miami-Dade won't be far behind. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How many thousands of families are on vacation right now that can't go into the water. Entire trip ruined. Hwy 70 or 60 across the state a couple hours. Have fun. State isn't that wide and has completely different oceans on both sides. Or head south... yep, no algae down south. How south? Martin County is affected, and Palm Beach County is starting to get it also. This bloom is huge, Broward and Miami-Dade won't be far behind. broward-dade line. |
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This came out yesterday and then they came back late last night and said it was a hoax. The second message said the beaches were still open? View Quote Uh, no. It's due to the Feds releasing water from Lake into the St Lucie (and that ever the one on the west coast is called) rivers. It's gnarly shit. I'm a little further south and my canal has some funk in it but I think it's a different funk. |
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That's part of what is being blamed, but people have had lawns up to the canals for decades. The much larger cause is the massive release from Lake Okeechobee into the estuaries. It's throwing everything off balance. Certainly the lawn care is contributing, but is not enough on its known to cause algae blooms this massive. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() That's part of what is being blamed, but people have had lawns up to the canals for decades. The much larger cause is the massive release from Lake Okeechobee into the estuaries. It's throwing everything off balance. Certainly the lawn care is contributing, but is not enough on its known to cause algae blooms this massive. Waters around Fort Myers were brown from the releases. |
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Someone from North Dakota who has no idea about this watershed should keep his comments to himself ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() Someone from North Dakota who has no idea about this watershed should keep his comments to himself ![]() Derp... THIR! YES THIR! Maybe some farm boys and hicks from ND have some clue as to how these things tend to happen to waters, you know with agriculture and different types of fertilizers and chemicals. |
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Derp... THIR! YES THIR! Maybe some farm boys and hicks from ND have some clue as to how these things tend to happen to waters, you know with agriculture and different types of fertilizers and chemicals. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() Someone from North Dakota who has no idea about this watershed should keep his comments to himself ![]() Derp... THIR! YES THIR! Maybe some farm boys and hicks from ND have some clue as to how these things tend to happen to waters, you know with agriculture and different types of fertilizers and chemicals. This is my home town and if you had any clue about what surrounds the area, the watershed of the state, and lake okechobee you would be able to speak a bit more intelligently. Very little of this is from people's homes. The primary issue is the major sugar providers and their fertilizers etc shedding into lake okechobee. When levels rise the .gov opens up the gates which dump into the local areas east and west instead of the natural flow down through the Everglades. Which mind you was the army corps of engineers doing to create more farm land further south. The problem is big sugar has very little governance and no one Ives a shit that they are destroying the coasts when this happens. As a farm boy you should understand this. Do some research and come back and tell us all about how the guy with a few acres is the issue more than the companies with thousands of acres Eta: this is a major ecological disaster. The Martin county area is one of the countries top fishing spots and this is completely killing off the entire ecosystem |
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Have been seeing it on facebook. They keep blaming it on the sugar cane crops along the lake polluting the waters with fertilizers and such from runoff.
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Hey Rand McNally, exactly what "Ocean" is on the West-side of Florida? Wait, allow me to help: http://www.tripinfo.com/maps/FL.gif View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How many thousands of families are on vacation right now that can't go into the water. Entire trip ruined. Hwy 70 or 60 across the state a couple hours. Have fun. State isn't that wide and has completely different oceans on both sides. Or head south... Hey Rand McNally, exactly what "Ocean" is on the West-side of Florida? Wait, allow me to help: http://www.tripinfo.com/maps/FL.gif Well that's a little overly-pedantic. |
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Have been seeing it on facebook. They keep blaming it on the sugar cane crops along the lake polluting the waters with fertilizers and such from runoff. View Quote That's what's happen you can literally watch some of the algae bloom flow through the locks and trace it back. It's pretty obvious if you know the area and water ways |
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This is my home town and if you had any clue about what surrounds the area, the watershed of the state, and lake okechobee you would be able to speak a bit more intelligently. Very little of this is from people's homes. The primary issue is the major sugar providers and their fertilizers etc shedding into lake okechobee. When levels rise the .gov opens up the gates which dump into the local areas east and west instead of the natural flow down through the Everglades. The problem is big sugar has very little governance and no one Ives a shit that they are destroying the coasts when this happens. As a farm boy you should understand this. Do some research and come back and tell us all about how the guy with a few acres is the issue more than the companies with thousands of acres Eta: this is a major ecological disaster. The Martin county area is one of the countries top fishing spots and this is completely killing off the entire ecosystem View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() Someone from North Dakota who has no idea about this watershed should keep his comments to himself ![]() Derp... THIR! YES THIR! Maybe some farm boys and hicks from ND have some clue as to how these things tend to happen to waters, you know with agriculture and different types of fertilizers and chemicals. This is my home town and if you had any clue about what surrounds the area, the watershed of the state, and lake okechobee you would be able to speak a bit more intelligently. Very little of this is from people's homes. The primary issue is the major sugar providers and their fertilizers etc shedding into lake okechobee. When levels rise the .gov opens up the gates which dump into the local areas east and west instead of the natural flow down through the Everglades. The problem is big sugar has very little governance and no one Ives a shit that they are destroying the coasts when this happens. As a farm boy you should understand this. Do some research and come back and tell us all about how the guy with a few acres is the issue more than the companies with thousands of acres Eta: this is a major ecological disaster. The Martin county area is one of the countries top fishing spots and this is completely killing off the entire ecosystem Well fuck me! Whoda thunk it. I guess maybe you should maybe have edumacated us dumb farm hicks, you know got us up to speed about the lake and sugar farms and fertilizers and things, and maybe we could tell you. Fertilizers and farm chemicals will do just that to water. You know lawns, clippings and lawn fertilizer will do the essentially same thing to the water, although the lawns are generally not fertilized to the extent farm land is. So he was not terribly far off base there. |
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Obviously BP's fault, sue them for 10 billion dollars for loss of livelihood and tourism.
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Well fuck me! Whoda thunk it. I guess maybe you should maybe have edumacated us dumb farm hicks, you know got us up to speed about the lake and sugar farms and fertilizers and things, and maybe we could tell you. Fertilizers and farm chemicals will do just that to water. You know lawns, clippings and lawn fertilizer will do the essentially same thing to the water, although the lawns are generally not fertilized to the extent farm land is. So he was not terribly far off base there. View Quote Understood- everyone is pissed at the governor because he hasn't done shit for months. Basically big sugar is greasing his palms and he just stands by. It's been a well known thing for 20 or so years that this would be an issue. Just got really bad this year. Same thing happened last year just not as bad as it is. People were and are having limbs amputated from having cuts and being in the water. |
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Several friends in Stuart have been posting about it for a few days.
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Understood- everyone is pissed at the governor because he hasn't done shit for months. Basically big sugar is greasing his palms and he just stands by. It's been a well known thing for 20 or so years that this would be an issue. Just got really bad this year. Same thing happened last year just not as bad as it is. People were and are having limbs amputated from having cuts and being in the water. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Well fuck me! Whoda thunk it. I guess maybe you should maybe have edumacated us dumb farm hicks, you know got us up to speed about the lake and sugar farms and fertilizers and things, and maybe we could tell you. Fertilizers and farm chemicals will do just that to water. You know lawns, clippings and lawn fertilizer will do the essentially same thing to the water, although the lawns are generally not fertilized to the extent farm land is. So he was not terribly far off base there. Understood- everyone is pissed at the governor because he hasn't done shit for months. Basically big sugar is greasing his palms and he just stands by. It's been a well known thing for 20 or so years that this would be an issue. Just got really bad this year. Same thing happened last year just not as bad as it is. People were and are having limbs amputated from having cuts and being in the water. Its a horrible thing. Especially when there isnt effective regulation such as in this case to prevent this. I know a lot of nitrates and urea are used around here. I don't know what is being used there, but these fertilizers once in the water create the perfect conditions for algae blooms in certain temperatures/climates. It's fucked that the state gov would allow shit like that to happen, Money is an effective palm grease for some people I guess. Its sad that people have to suffer for it. ![]() |
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SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() You have no clue. It's coming from Lake O and the water that is released. Big sugar doesn't want it near their farmlands so it goes east, instead of south to the Everglades. |
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Derp... THIR! YES THIR! Maybe some farm boys and hicks from ND have some clue as to how these things tend to happen to waters, you know with agriculture and different types of fertilizers and chemicals. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() Someone from North Dakota who has no idea about this watershed should keep his comments to himself ![]() Derp... THIR! YES THIR! Maybe some farm boys and hicks from ND have some clue as to how these things tend to happen to waters, you know with agriculture and different types of fertilizers and chemicals. Derp Or maybe you have no clue what Florida muck is from Lake O |
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SURE... Have fucking Manicured LAWNS right up to the fucking water's edge! Blow those fucking clippings into the water when you mow... Then BITCH about the Algea produced from Bacteria that feeds on the Phosphorous YOU put into the fucking watershed. ![]() Fucking typical. ![]() Someone from North Dakota who has no idea about this watershed should keep his comments to himself ![]() Derp... THIR! YES THIR! Maybe some farm boys and hicks from ND have some clue as to how these things tend to happen to waters, you know with agriculture and different types of fertilizers and chemicals. Derp Or maybe you have no clue what Florida muck is from Lake O You should read more. |
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