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Red tide status this week

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Featured News.

Over the past week red tide was present in very low to high concentrations in and offshore of Sarasota County, background to high concentrations in and offshore of Charlotte County, very low to high concentrations in Lee County, and background to medium concentrations in Collier County. For additional information, go to myfwc.com/red tide/

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: FWC extends the deadline for waivers for unsalvageable vessels following Hurricane Ian

Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Featured News, Letters to the Editor.

To the Editor: Following Hurricane Ian’s landfall, vessel owners were given a 45-day grace period to bring derelict vessels into compliance or remove them from state waters. The grace period ended November 15. The number of impacted vessels is significant, and many residents are still assessing damages. Taking these factors into consideration, the Florida Fish […]

Banyan Gasparilla Sound turning a new page in their playbook to cope with supply and demand after storm

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.

“Following the devastation of Hurricane Ian, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily postpone the development of Banyan Gasparilla Sound, as all available resources, labor and materials should be directed toward the community’s ongoing recovery efforts,” he said. “We greatly appreciate the support and enthusiasm we received from our buyers and are grateful to our partners and all of those who played a role in this project.”

‘We thought this was the last stop’

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.

Retirees at Gasparilla Mobile Estates are hanging on to hope that eviction won’t be the end of their golden years Gasparilla Mobile Estates residents are still without water and sewer, but not because of the hurricane that blew through the park. They are without basic utilities because the park’s owner, Carol Kropp of Winter Park, […]

Cases of the flu, RSV continue to rise as holiday season approaches

Written by Boca Grande Health Clinic on . Posted in Health & Wellness, News.

Influenza is hitting the U.S. unusually early and very hard. The New York Times reports that we are seeing the most hospitalizations at this point in the season in more than a decade, “underscoring the potential for a perilous winter of respiratory viruses,” according to recent federal health data. Get your flu shot now “Getting […]

Do hurricanes have anything to do with red tide? Read on

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News.

The four hurricanes that crossed the Sunshine State in August and September 2004 dumped as much as 27 inches of rain (nearly double the regular amount of rain) in central Florida. All that rain increased the amount of pollution that flowed on the earth’s surface and into rivers and the ocean (called runoff). It may also have increased the amount of groundwater (water that flows underground) because some was absorbed into the ground. These two things are thought to create conditions needed for the bloom of red tide.