Anyone who wandered the seawall today witnessed a very sad result of the recent unprecedented cold snap. As the afternoon tide returned, it brought scores of fish which littered our beach in varying degrees of dying and dead. One plucky resident literally filled a bucket with comatose red snapper, that was still moving a little. Other residents in a rowboat, or hip boots, scooped up the best catch in recent times. 
We've all mourned as we watched the manatees huddling together for survival in our rivers and at the power station. We've learned that extended periods of 68 degree water temperature or lower might kill them. The boaters seem to be killing them at a rate faster than normal, and now this cold snap occurred. We'll soon be hearing how this all plays out for our manatees.
There's nothing we can do to stop this process of natural selection. You just might want to come down, at low tide, to the water's edge and witness this phenomenon... the birds have been spectacular! The people-show isn't bad either.
We've all mourned as we watched the manatees huddling together for survival in our rivers and at the power station. We've learned that extended periods of 68 degree water temperature or lower might kill them. The boaters seem to be killing them at a rate faster than normal, and now this cold snap occurred. We'll soon be hearing how this all plays out for our manatees.
There's nothing we can do to stop this process of natural selection. You just might want to come down, at low tide, to the water's edge and witness this phenomenon... the birds have been spectacular! The people-show isn't bad either.
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