Red tide and algae blooms dog Rick Scott in Florida.

[lucas80]

Florida's all important tourism industry is being hit hard by environmental issues. Rick Scott has an interesting response, it's the fault of the federal government. The Feds are failing to control pollution that is produced in Florida, and is poisoning the waters in and around Florida.
If you bother to read the article you will be rewarded with a picture of what I assume Trad looks like.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-florida-red-tide_us_5b9828b6e4b0511db3e6e2d8

 

[naturalmwa]

Florida is a state like N Carolina that passed a law making climate change prep illegal. Now both states are getting screwed. That’s the sort of cosmic justice that might make me rethink my belief in gods.

 

[Joes Place]

This is what 'no regulation' brings you:

Externalized costs, distanced from the source in both location and time. Resulting in massive losses to those not responsible for the problem. And no simple "soundbites" to actually address the issue, just to deflect responsibility.

And the masses lap.it.up.

 

[sadiehawkins]

big ag killin florida just like Iowa and the rest of the midwest.

 

[IMCC965]

Red Tide was reported as early as the late 1800's. It's a natural condition that will continue to happen no matter what we do. It's no one's fault.

 

[lucas80]

Red Tide was reported as early as the late 1800's. It's a natural condition that will continue to happen no matter what we do. It's no one's fault.

Science is so very, very hard for you.

 

[The_Joker13]

Red Tide was reported as early as the late 1800's. It's a natural condition that will continue to happen no matter what we do. It's no one's fault.

This is the worst it’s been in a very long time, if ever. I’m up here in St Pete, it usually never gets up this far, but it’s here.

 

[IACub]

Red Tide was reported as early as the late 1800's. It's a natural condition that will continue to happen no matter what we do. It's no one's fault.

Are you really this stupid, or are you just trolling?

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

 

[The Tradition]

Are you really this stupid, or are you just trolling?

I guess insults are you have when the poster is right and you don’t like it.

 

[lucas80]

I guess insults are you have when the poster is right and you don’t like it.

These things are naturally occurring. That is accepted. What some people refuse to acknowledge is that humans have made it worse.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

This is what 'no regulation' brings you:

Externalized costs, distanced from the source in both location and time. Resulting in massive losses to those not responsible for the problem. And no simple "soundbites" to actually address the issue, just to deflect responsibility.

And the masses lap.it.up.

Red tides have been documented in the Gulf of Mexico since the early 1800s. What were they not regulating back then to cause them?

 

[mnole03]

You all are just jealous that we are living the dream.

Pictures can’t convey how bad it smells.

 

[IACub]

I guess insults are you have when the poster is right and you don’t like it.

A nuclear bomb could explode in the Everglades and you’d claim that radiation occurs naturally.

 

[Joes Place]

Red tides have been documented in the Gulf of Mexico since the early 1800s. What were they not regulating back then to cause them?

They weren't documented along all the areas we're seeing them now....

 

[Joes Place]

Red tides have been documented in the Gulf of Mexico since the early 1800s. What were they not regulating back then to cause them?

Simpler:

"Oil has seeped up thru the ground at the La Brea Tar Pits for thousands of years. Why does it matter that 200,000 barrels of oil spilled out of some North Dakota pipeline?"

 

[Mattski]

A nuclear bomb could explode in the Everglades and you’d claim that radiation occurs naturally.

It might at least cure some of the python problem though

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Simpler:

"Oil has seeped up thru the ground at the La Brea Tar Pits for thousands of years. Why does it matter that 200,000 barrels of oil spilled out of some North Dakota pipeline?"

Does nothing to address my comment. I've lived in Florida since '97. There's been a Red Tide just about every year. It's a naturally occurring phenomena. However, because it occurs in an election year, you think you can somehow blame this year's red tide on a few specific people. That's a level of retardation that few have tried to achieve.

 

[IMCC965]

Simpler:

"Oil has seeped up thru the ground at the La Brea Tar Pits for thousands of years. Why does it matter that 200,000 barrels of oil spilled out of some North Dakota pipeline?"

Actually oil naturally bubbles up from the Gulf of Mexico and the Arabian Gulf. What’s your point?

 

[IMCC965]

A nuclear bomb could explode in the Everglades and you’d claim that radiation occurs naturally.

Radiation does occur naturally.

 

[Joes Place]

Does nothing to address my comment. I've lived in Florida since '97. There's been a Red Tide just about every year. It's a naturally occurring phenomena.

I know....the La Brea Tar pits are also a 'naturally occurring phenomenon'.

But that doesn't mean when oil shows up in North Dakota, we shouldn't attribute it to a man-made oil spill...

 

[IMCC965]

They weren't documented along all the areas we're seeing them now....

Are you now a Red Tide expert?

 

[Joes Place]

Are you now a Red Tide expert?

Can you post data on the red tides occurring over the past 3 decades, and show me there's no change or trend?

 

[Joes Place]

Radiation does occur naturally.

Kewl. I'll open up a nuclear disposal site next door to you. Open pit.

Cuz it 'occurs naturally, anyway'.

 

[Joes Place]

Actually oil naturally bubbles up from the Gulf of Mexico and the Arabian Gulf. What’s your point?

Sure does. But infrequently, and in small amounts.

Very very different from major oil leaks like Deepwater Horizon.

The average person would smart enough to understand the differences here. But, we knew you were on the lower end of the IQ scale based on your posting history.

 

[Run&Blade]

I would love a ban on grass chemicals. Tired of keeping up with the neighbors.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Can you post data on the red tides occurring over the past 3 decades, and show me there's no change or trend?

Can you show me the data proving that it's only Republicans fault as you and every other ad I see suggest?

 

[Joes Place]

Can you show me the data proving that it's only Republicans fault as you and every other ad I see suggest?

LOLWUT?

 

[FAUlty Gator]

LOLWUT?

Oh...so when you said, "This is what no regulation brings you" you were spreading that blame across both parties? My bad. I didn't know there were people on here who looked at Dems as the anti-regulation folks. My bad. You must be the only one.

 

[Joes Place]

Oh...so when you said, "This is what no regulation brings you" you were spreading that blame across both parties? My bad. I didn't know there were people on here who looked at Dems as the anti-regulation folks. My bad. You must be the only one.

So...you're incapable of connecting the dots from a party position that eliminates "regulations" and "environmental safeguards" on nutrient runoff, and subsequent red tide blooms along coasts, where that runoff fuels the tides well beyond historical precedent.

I'm "blaming" poor environmental regulation. If the GOP is behind gutting those regulations, then I'm not sure why you WOULDN'T hold them accountable. But, you live there. It's your vote. If you think more runoff and higher red tide bloom/frequency is good for your state, then vote for lax regulations.

 

[IACub]

Radiation does occur naturally.

So do morons, apparently.

 

[IACub]

Sure does. But infrequently, and in small amounts.

Very very different from major oil leaks like Deepwater Horizon.

The average person would smart enough to understand the differences here. But, we knew you were on the lower end of the IQ scale based on your posting history.

"Lower end" is generous. He's the end.

 

[IMCC965]

Sure does. But infrequently, and in small amounts.

Very very different from major oil leaks like Deepwater Horizon.

The average person would smart enough to understand the differences here. But, we knew you were on the lower end of the IQ scale based on your posting history.

Have you sailed through the Arabian Gulf? It's all over the place. It's not infrequent at all.

 

[Joes Place]

Have you sailed through the Arabian Gulf? It's all over the place. It's not infrequent at all.

We were discussing "Florida".

 

[Joes Place]

Have you sailed through the Arabian Gulf? It's all over the place. It's not infrequent at all.

Simpler: "Did you know oil leaks up thru the soil at the La Brea Tar Pits, and in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico? It's not infrequent at all, so a giant puddle of oil in North Dakota is just no big deal"

 

[naturalmwa]

You all are just jealous that we are living the dream.

Pictures can’t convey how bad it smells.

It’s kind of pretty in a froggy sort of way. I was expecting a different color. Why is it called red tide? Is it an Alabama thing?

 

[ottumwan in tx]

trump is to blame for PR and Florence so why not?

 

[naturalmwa]

Does nothing to address my comment. I've lived in Florida since '97. There's been a Red Tide just about every year. It's a naturally occurring phenomena. However, because it occurs in an election year, you think you can somehow blame this year's red tide on a few specific people. That's a level of retardation that few have tried to achieve.

You must really be pissed at Scott for blaming the federals for this.

 

[naturalmwa]

Actually oil naturally bubbles up from the Gulf of Mexico and the Arabian Gulf. What’s your point?

Classic

 

[goldmom]

Florida is a state like N Carolina that passed a law making climate change prep illegal. Now both states are getting screwed. That’s the sort of cosmic justice that might make me rethink my belief in gods.

Red tide existed LONG before Rick Scott was elected to office.
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