Lake Erie algae blooms

moose

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I'd bet you for a Wendy's lunch during this year Expo, that LOS cannot hold himself from responding to this post...
 

21cExp

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There's a Red Tide bloom in FL this year that is killing Manatees by the droves. It's an algal bloom that can wreak havoc in marine and tidal life.

When Red Tide hits tidal flats you can't pull anything from the flats like clams or mussels...not sure what the algae bloom in the Great Lakes does,but it's a sure bet to block sunlight and oxygen norms.

I remember Lake Erie when it was considered a fairly well dead lake and dead fish lined the shores on a regular basis, and when the Cuyahoga River, in Cleveland, caught fire, it was so polluted. Lake Erie is, I think, one of the big turn around environmental successes in US history.
 
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Jenny

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Red tide algae is also dangerous to humans. I inhaled some accidently while snorkeling in the Bahamas last year. They issued the warnings for it the day after we left that area. I ended up horribly sick.
 

Ragman

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I'd bet you for a Wendy's lunch during this year Expo, that LOS cannot hold himself from responding to this post...
Still no post from LOS. Guess I should start planning my Wendy's lunch menu. Triple baconator here I come! Yummo!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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