Sneezing fit at beach
We are staying at Topsail Hill State Park in Santa Rosa Beach Fl. We drove to a near by beach that has a board walk, took the dogs out to walk. As soon as we got out of the car my husband and I s...
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betsypupcdx wrote:
Has anyone else ever experienced something like this??
Sounds like symptoms of red tide exposure. Red tide (Karenia brevis), is a toxic algae bloom that appears in the ocean.
Wave action can break open K. brevis cells and release these toxins into the air, leading to respiratory irritation. For people with severe or chronic respiratory conditions, such as emphysema or asthma, red tide can cause serious illness.
According to FWC's Red Tide outbreak map, "Blooms of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, are present in, along, and offshore of eastern Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, and Gulf counties in northwest Florida, and in, along, and offshore of Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, and northern Lee counties in Southwest Florida."
http://myfwc.com/REDTIDESTATUS
Bill
