Red Tide?

Red tide showed up in Grayton today- as soon as we hit the boardwalk, BAM!! Cough cough cough.

Y'all may want to have a backup plan for the soiree. It was hard to talk.

I thought about that today when I read this thread. :shock:

It was baaaaad.:shock:
Cough, sneeze, eyes watering. I had to leave the beach after a couple of hours.

Well, guess I wasnt the only one.....Just took a TylenolPM and going to bed. After I finish coughing up a lung. I HATE this crap.

Could it be that they were just trying to breath by coming in to were the surf oxygenates the water?

You might be on to something there.

I had the same symptoms at the county commissioners meeting tonight.

Oh yea I met the Nicest Lady there and she turned out to be Ms. Kitty, Damn I Finally met her.

Oh yea I met the Nicest Lady there and she turned out to be Ms. Kitty, Damn I Finally met her.

She told me she was going...I read your first post, and was about to ask if you met her.

I'm still a little bit confused about what it is. I know it's blooming algae; is the reaction an allergic reaction, like you get from pollen, or some sort of chemical thing like you get from chlorine gas?

In other words, do I need to pack extra Benedryl to handle the histamine, or just Kleenex and Halls to deal with the symptoms?

Danke...

Oh yea I met the Nicest Lady there and she turned out to be Ms. Kitty, Damn I Finally met her.

you're a lucky 'surfer!

.

Did you have scallops with her.............:scratch:

Did you have scallops with her.............:scratch:

Hee, hee...wrong thread!

Hee, hee...wrong thread!

:angry:hurrrumph

Oh yea I met the Nicest Lady there and she turned out to be Ms. Kitty, Damn I Finally met her.

...back at ya'! You forgot to say I was wearing my Surfrider T-shirt! Must say you and jack s looked much better in yours. I thank you all for representing the beaches!

I am so glad you went!!

I almost stopped on my way back from DeF- but the kids were grumpy and they didn't want to sit around anymore!

So how did the BCC meeting go- what was said about the beaches?

...back at ya'! You forgot to say I was wearing my Surfrider T-shirt! Must say you and jack s looked much better in yours. I thank you all for representing the beaches!

It isn't a regular allergic reaction. The algae produces a toxin with an aerosol component. When you breathe that in, your body tries its best to get rid of it with all the coughing and sneezing and dripping snot. Histamine might be involved, I don't know about that, but I don't think you would want to try to suppress your body's attempts to cough/barf/flush away the crap. Once you get away from it, the reaction calms down pretty quickly. Can be bad for someone with asthma though, may trigger an attack.

Red Tide Reporting

Besides affecting swimmers, I have had numerous people who have had their sinuses acting up and people getting runny noses and it seems that it might be from the red tide.

The Florida Fish and Wild Life Research Institute has a hotline number for panama city but I think we should have a website reporting this for Destin and 30A.

Perhaps we need to find ways to get this testing done regularly and report the results so people are aware of this problem before it gets bad. The Tourist Development Council or the new Lifeguards might need to be responsible for this.

As a community physician, I would be happy to push for this if anyone knows any contacts in the above organizations. Any other ideas would be appreciated as well.

Thank you.

Dr. Nitin Bawa, MD
45 Sugar Sand Lane, Suite A
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
850 428 0182

I tested the water last year for the f & w research lab. The sample must be collected in bottles that they send you. Then the bottle is sent to St Petersburg for analysis. I did it by going into the water from shore, but they prefer boats to do it. There is no local lab that tests for it, and no local agency that tests for it either.

Hey Jack, don't worry no red tide in Oregon!!!!!!!

I surfed in red tide for three days during Hurricane Katrina and had 3 upper respiratory infections in a row that year. I don't recommend ever swimming in that mess. I definitely think it is toxic to humans; some more than others but still not good. DR

It isn't a regular allergic reaction. The algae produces a toxin with an aerosol component. When you breathe that in, your body tries its best to get rid of it with all the coughing and sneezing and dripping snot. Histamine might be involved, I don't know about that, but I don't think you would want to try to suppress your body's attempts to cough/barf/flush away the crap. Once you get away from it, the reaction calms down pretty quickly. Can be bad for someone with asthma though, may trigger an attack.

Besides affecting swimmers, I have had numerous people who have had their sinuses acting up and people getting runny noses and it seems that it might be from the red tide.

The Florida Fish and Wild Life Research Institute has a hotline number for panama city but I think we should have a website reporting this for Destin and 30A.

Perhaps we need to find ways to get this testing done regularly and report the results so people are aware of this problem before it gets bad. The Tourist Development Council or the new Lifeguards might need to be responsible for this.

As a community physician, I would be happy to push for this if anyone knows any contacts in the above organizations. Any other ideas would be appreciated as well.

Thank you.

Dr. Nitin Bawa, MD
45 Sugar Sand Lane, Suite A
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
850 428 0182

Thank you!

Oh yea I met the Nicest Lady there and she turned out to be Ms. Kitty, Damn I Finally met her.

Did you pat her on her head and scratch her under the chin and tell her what a sweet kitty she was? ;-)

NAAA, I asked her if she would bring me some Papasitos Mexican food from Houston Texas on her next trip.

I also slightly ripped off your avatar. Insert daily comments here I like that.

NAAA, I asked her if she would bring me some Papasitos Mexican food from Houston Texas on her next trip.

She is a good kitty. If there is anyway possible, I am sure she will accomodate your request.

I also slightly ripped off your avatar. Insert daily comments here I like that.

That's ok....I have been ripped off before.

Miss Kitty, is the red tide affecting Molly? I called Pepper's vet today, and he thought that as long as she didn't go to the beach, she'd be okay. I'm not sure that's right. Red tide is airborne, right? Maybe I'll paper the garage so she doesn't have to go outside. She can do her business there, and then I'll disinfect before we leave.

Yet I want her to be seen. She was groomed in Atlanta on Saturday and looked so beautiful that she was invited to be in the Poodle Walk at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta in late October. She really is beautiful. Her brother is among the top ten poodles in the world in AKC ratings, and her sister is in the top twenty. We chose not to "show" her. It just takes too much time (30 minutes per day of grooming plus 4 hours once a week, not to mention driving to the shows because you wouldn't dare put a dog like that in the cargo area of a plane). I'd have to quit my job and lose my health insurance. No way!