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Chasing coral

Posted By: warren460

Chasing coral - 08/27/2017 03:39 AM

I watched chasing coral this evening.

If you have not seen it, I think it is well worth watching.

The subject is shocking.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chasing_coral/
Posted By: warren460

Re: Chasing coral - 08/27/2017 05:59 PM

The subject is coral bleaching world wide and it's on Netflix.
Posted By: sail2wind

Re: Chasing coral - 08/27/2017 11:05 PM

if you are diver, you have seen it first hand
Posted By: aarpskier

Re: Chasing coral - 08/27/2017 11:33 PM

From amazingly beautiful to overwhelmingly sad. Very well done. Thanks for the heads up, Warren.
Posted By: Crown31

Re: Chasing coral - 08/28/2017 12:43 AM

Watched it a few weeks ago. It was an eye opener to say the least.
Posted By: warren460

Re: Chasing coral - 08/28/2017 02:30 AM

It makes me sick thinking how we are destroying our wonderful reefs.

Yes, we do dive.

Loblolly Bay is in horrible shape. But I don't recall it being in good shape.

I recently went out on the horseshoe reef with Sherwin at team work charters.

I made a ttol posting on that.

The parts of the horseshoe reef we swam on appeared to be in good shape.

The thought that so much damage can occur so rapidly is shocking.

I love the diving and snorkling in the bvi.

The risks that this ecosystem faces is almost beyond comprehension.

To AARPskier, Your welcome.
Posted By: kneafseym

Re: Chasing coral - 08/28/2017 03:11 AM

12 years ago we towed up a 21ft RIB full of dive tanks and went around Anegada. We really could not find anything interesting on the North Shore. I think a lot of the reef damage is also storm damage on Anegada added to the bleaching issues.

At that point, we did not have the GPS waypoint for the wreck far out on Horseshoe reef, so we did not go.
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