Page 25 appreciating the value sargassum can hold as a floating nursery for some marine life and birds, but no one can recall seeing anything of per, the stench of decaying the magnitude that hit the sargassum has disappeared, Peninsula's coast on Aug. and the nightmare of this 30, 2018. No one is talking near-apocalyptic invasion about letting this one take its that hit us just before press natural course. Not this time. time is all gone. This is not normal. Yes. We have seen The theories posed by sciensargassum flotillas charge tists suggest that the blame their way into our beach may fall upon fertilizer runbefore from time to time, off from the world's rivers, so much so that we've tried waste dumping from cruise
THIS IS NOT NORMAL; Peninsula Takes on Sargassum By JOLIE POLLARD Editor in Chief The Placencia Breeze pollard.jolie@gmail.com
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ships, abnormally high temperatures, unusual wind changes in the Atlantic ... and the Placencia Peninsula is not the only place being hit. San Pedro, Ambergris Caye is dealing with this, and so are beach destinations in Mexico and some island nations of the Caribbean. The bloom this year is being considered the worst on record.
an emergency meeting on Sept. 1 calling community members to help. Placencia residents have been lending hands, rakes, workmen and even heavy duty machinery and trucks. Volunteers are trying their best to bury the compact decaying sargassum under the beach sand. When fresh, it disrupts a swim and aesthetics, but the hydrogen sulfide it releases when rotSo, what is the Peninsula ting is not totally harmless. doing about it? The Pla- Please follow our Breeze cencia Village Council held Facebook page for updates. â–Ş
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