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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:24:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. Quote HistoryQuoted: 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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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:25:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. Quote HistoryQuoted: 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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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:33:46 PM EDT
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If you're taking your family on vacation to St. Lucie county you kind of suck anyways.  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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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. Exactly. Leave us alone! |
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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:36:40 PM EDT
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Meh, Lake Eire has the same issue around Toledo. My God! It really is the sunny Ohio |
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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:38:38 PM EDT
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Man, Disney don't play when it comes to gators now.
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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:47:17 PM EDT
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The problem is they're dumping millions of nasty ass freshwater where it doesn't belong.
People have been fertilizing their lawns since forever. The alge only shows up when the Army Corpse overreacts and drains the lake all at once. |
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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:52:03 PM EDT
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The lake naturally drained out through the Everglades in to the bay for gazillions of years.
That is until Big Sugar realized there was gold in that there muck. Write a few checks, s me over a few hookers, say the right things and voila the water drains east and west. |
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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:53:24 PM EDT
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Most derptastic comment I have seen about this on Facebook: "They should have known this would happen when they built that lake".
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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:56:23 PM EDT
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just need a good hurricane to clean things up
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Posted: 6/30/2016 10:02:31 PM EDT
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just need a good hurricane to clean things up That would make it much worse. Copious amounts of rain = Lake Okeechobee runoff |
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Posted: 6/30/2016 10:22:49 PM EDT
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Is this happening on the west side at Ft Myers/ Cape Coral as well?
They drained Lake Okeechobee through the Caloosahatchee last winter and the "fresh water" (not saline but really nasty ) was killing the fishing then. |
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Posted: 6/30/2016 10:28:54 PM EDT
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Dealt with that shit scalloping last year. Not fun.
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Posted: 6/30/2016 11:02:39 PM EDT
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Is this happening on the west side at Ft Myers/ Cape Coral as well? They drained Lake Okeechobee through the Caloosahatchee last winter and the "fresh water" (not saline but really nasty ) was killing the fishing then. Yes. I think they're dumping more through the St. Lucie side though. |
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Posted: 6/30/2016 11:03:28 PM EDT
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They need to let it go south to the Glades.
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Posted: 7/1/2016 1:17:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Most derptastic comment I have seen about this on Facebook: "They should have known this would happen when they built that lake". |
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Posted: 7/1/2016 1:41:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They need to let it go south to the Glades. |
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Posted: 7/1/2016 1:43:51 PM EDT
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what they really need to do is dredge that fucker out and make it 100 feet deep unlike the childlike depth of 15 feet that it is now. Leave all the fucking water in the lake.
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Posted: 7/2/2016 8:30:54 AM EDT
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Someone from North Dakota who has no idea about this watershed should keep his comments to himself [img]http://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/smiley_noSmile.gif" />[:| Quote HistoryQuoted:
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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.  Someone from North Dakota who has no idea about this watershed should keep his comments to himself [img]http://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/smiley_noSmile.gif" />[:| The watershed district in question is like any other watershed in the nation as far as biochemistry behaviors. The only difference from one to the next is linked input factors. I'll stop talking about Florida when they stop telling me all about how I'm wrong about winter related issues in North Dakota... Just because it's not the biggest influencing factor in algae blooms doesn't mean it's insignificant. |
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Posted: 7/2/2016 8:34:33 AM EDT
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Florida = FL not FLA. I grew up in "FLA" before the Post Office standardized th two letter abbreviations 
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Posted: 7/2/2016 8:37:48 AM EDT
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I grew up in "FLA" before the Post Office standardized th two letter abbreviations Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Florida = FL not FLA. I grew up in "FLA" before the Post Office standardized th two letter abbreviations This |
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Posted: 7/2/2016 8:38:21 AM EDT
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Welcome to Florida
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Posted: 7/2/2016 8:50:38 AM EDT
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They should pump it up to North Dakota. Apparently the farm boys up there know how to handle it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They need to let it go south to the Glades. Actually, we know how to manage our shit and keep it under control. Florida seems to have problems with Big Sugar, Big Corporations, and Big Bogeymen. U.S. sugar corporation is allowed to exist there and function as it does because the residents allow them to continue their operations unchecked. They can scream about it all they want but until the residents actually DO SOMETHING to stop it en masse, things will continue unabated in the future to come. Florida is over populated and the land is too densely concentrated as far as agricultural practices. The ecosystem cannot handle BOTH dense Ag usage AND dense human habitation. Heavy Ag production works here because population densities are so low and those of us who DO live here put limits on what Ag industry can and cannot do respective of our practices and watersheds. Yet we produce massive amounts of beet sugar here without any irrigation systems or damage to our waterways. The trick is to find ways to make Ag more sustainable in your area, and in Florida... That is up to the people to demand sustainable and non-destructive farming practices from all farmers and corporate farms. |
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Posted: 7/2/2016 9:01:02 AM EDT
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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 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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. It is very serious shit. My dad started reading a book a few years ago and freaked out, he gave it to me to read. The book documents the algae blooms that occurred in North Carolina in the early 90's. What scared the hell out of me was when I compared the dates of the blooms with my dive log. We were diving in the Neuse River at Atlantic Beach/Moorehead City where this was all happening. I remember seeing the fish swimming by with giant holes in their sides being eaten alive. Dad developed memory problems and some other issues around that time and I wonder if they may be related. |
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Posted: 7/2/2016 10:17:40 AM EDT
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First I've heard of it! Guess I'm just to damn rural to get any news!
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