Red Tide ahd Fl ports

[geocruiser]

Hi,

Just wondering is any one on this board who lives or has cruised from Florida' Space Coast is being affected by the Red Tides. We live in Indian Harbour Beach (a few miles north of Melbourne Beach & seven miles south of Coca Beach) . The Red Tide is making lots of people cough, including my husband and me. At Cocoa Beach the dead fish have been washing a shore. O course, Port Canaveral is right there too. Has any one heard of people leaving on (RCL, Carnival, Disney) from Port Canaveral having trouble with coughing or breathing? Are any other Florida port having trouble with red tide.


Geo

[prescottbob]

Ahoy!

FYI:


MAP OF RED TIDE COUNTS

Select a region to view its status
(dots represent sampling points)
http://www.floridamarine.org/images/articles/9670/20071130_161403_16798.jpg



Visit <A href="http://research.myfwc.com/gallery/view_category.asp?catid=1884&subcatid=4434" target=_blank>Florida Red Tide Current Status Photo Gallery for maps from the current year or Historical Florida Red Tide Monitoring Maps Photo Gallery (http://research.myfwc.com/features/category_main.asp?id=2309) for maps from previous years.

Key for Results Description
Karenia brevis (cells/liter)
Possible Effects (K. brevis only)
PRESENTbackground levels of 1,000 cells or lessNoneVERY LOWa>1,000 to <5,000Possible respiratory irritationVERY LOWb5,000 to 10,000Possible respiratory irritation and shellfish harvesting closuresLOWa>10,000 to <50,000Respiratory irritation, but chlorophyll levels too low to be detected by satellitesLOWb50,000 to <100,000Respiratory irritation, maybe fish kills, and bloom chlorophyll probably detected by satellitesMEDIUM100,000 to <1,000,000Respiratory irritation and probable fish killsHIGH>1,000,000As above plus discoloration
Bon Voyage and Good Health!
Bob:)

[geocruiser]

Thanks for the info. It gave so much info. Can't wait till Mon for our Volendam cruise:) and to get out of this red tide. Still we are coughing:mad: .

Geo

[GmaPajama]

Geo, can you elaborate on this Red Tide thing and the coughing? I only saw a red tide once, on a beach vacation in San Diego. The water looked yucky, but I don't remember anything about breathing problems for anyone. I'll be anxious to see it in FLL - am totally curious now. :)

[FlorenceItaly]

Geo, can you elaborate on this Red Tide thing and the coughing? I only saw a red tide once, on a beach vacation in San Diego. The water looked yucky, but I don't remember anything about breathing problems for anyone. I'll be anxious to see it in FLL - am totally curious now. :)

I am also interested in learning more as we will be in the area Christmas week on a land vacation. Thank you.


Marie

[geocruiser]

Hi, Here is a link to the Florida Today News
paper.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11D401EB159928D8&p_docnum=2&p_theme=gannett&s_site=floridatoday&p_product=FLTB



let me know if the link doesn't work. I was going to paste the story but it had a copy right on it.

Geo

[FlorenceItaly]

Geo,

is this the story you are referring to? The link did not work directly so I went to Homepage and did some looking around.

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071201/NEWS01/712010322/1006


Thanks,
Marie

[geocruiser]

No it was another story.

I will try again.


http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11D401EB159928D8&p_docnum=2&p_theme=gannett&s_site=floridatoday&p_product=FLTB

[haligonian37]

I was also curious as to what "red tide" was....had never heard of it. Here's a link to a wikipedia page that explains it quite well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tide

Geo and Donna - packed yet?!?

[geocruiser]

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

Go to 30-day news archives on top left and type in "red tide"

It should come up. It is called Scientists, beachgoers itch for a fix


Geo

[GmaPajama]

Packed yet? Ha! All organized to do so, but need to get puppy outta here so we only have to load the suitcases once. She sure is spoiled. LOL!

[haligonian37]

I'm in the same boat....I'm all organized but here I am, still at work...leaving shortly....once I get those suitcases out, Max and Kitty will be jumping inside if I don't move fast enough!

And on the weather front, Vancouver is in the middle of a snowfall warning, so now Cath has to get through that in the morning! Woe is us!

[prescottbob]

Ahoy!

FAQ's / FYI :

http://www.redtideonline.com/contact/default.aspx

Have a Great Cruise!

Bon Voyage and Good Health!
Bob:)

[esther e]

Yep. We're on the beach north of Daytona and when it was here in October I had such trouble breathing from coughing that I gave up and just stayed in the a/c in the house. Then it left, and suddenly last week I started coughing once again when I went outside. And the smell from the dead fish was awful. Shhhh, so far so good now. (Whispering.)