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More sargassum #296119 02/20/2023 10:44 AM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 113 New Fairfield, CT T Tonythepilot OP Traveler
OP Tonythepilot Traveler T Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 113 New Fairfield, CT	This is not going to be good. Attached Images

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Re: More sargassum Tonythepilot #296120 02/20/2023 10:46 AM
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Scostello Member S Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 2	It is bad at orient

Re: More sargassum Tonythepilot #296121 02/20/2023 10:50 AM
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 1,207 Likes: 50 Ontario Canada Whale Tail Traveler
Whale Tail Traveler Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 1,207 Likes: 50 Ontario Canada	Not good at all. Oh Boy.

Re: More sargassum Tonythepilot #296132 02/20/2023 01:02 PM
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foreversxm Traveler F Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 722 Likes: 4	Friends of ours at Orient Beach yesterday and said you can not get in the water anyplace along the entire beach. Very thick in water and beach and somewhat smelly. They ended up leaving and went to Simpson Bay Beach ....no problem there, beaches were very clean and not nearly the wind problem. Hopefully it clears up in the next few weeks.

Re: More sargassum foreversxm #296135 02/20/2023 01:12 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 20,436 Likes: 57 Auburn, WA SXMScubaman Traveler
SXMScubaman Traveler Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 20,436 Likes: 57 Auburn, WA	The sargassum has been a problem on the Atlantic side of the island for quite some time.

Re: More sargassum Tonythepilot #296141 02/20/2023 02:05 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,658 Likes: 10 St. Lucia Zanshin Traveler
Zanshin Traveler Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,658 Likes: 10 St. Lucia	The beaches here in Grand Case are Sargassum-free at the moment. The Sargassum crisis has been growing annually for the past couple of years, see NPR Article and SAWS study

Re: More sargassum Tonythepilot #296181 02/21/2023 08:05 AM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,284 Likes: 10 Westchester /NYC Colour1 Traveler
Colour1 Traveler Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,284 Likes: 10 Westchester /NYC	If the scientist can figure out what is churning this up out of South America, it could be kept under control. Sand Gravity, got to love it!

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