VERO BEACH FLORIDA, TOMORROW?

d0uglass · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:47 pm Post subject:

Yesterday was good. I don't think Ray made it, but I was there and I took some video, which I posted on my blog.

http://jimbodouglass.blogspot.com/2009/11/another-round-of-wind.html

DanWeiss · Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 405 Location: Boston, MA

Great vid! Nice choice of the Mighty Lemon Drops, too.

ron.c · Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 549

Hi Jim:

Thanks for giving me something to watch while eating my lunch. I like them because they are "life like", something that I can relate to.

What also interested me was your profession. Without putting my ignorance down on paper (i.e. this thread) the topic of eelgrass and the affects of the so called 1930s? wasting disease, shifting sands, herbivores, predators or whatever and last but not least nitrogen loading(!). Our town is struggling with DEP mandates - naysayers - actual water quality observations. It's a mixed up world with no easy answers!!
Ron C.

d0uglass · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:07 pm Post subject:

Hey Ron- Thanks for the props on the video.

Yeah, there's multiple causes of problems for seagrass. The wasting disease is pretty mysterious, since it always seems to be present, but it only sometimes causes massive seagrass dieoffs. Some of the scientists I work with think there's an interaction between the disease and other factors like abnormal temperatures, salinities, nutrient levels, herbivores, etc.

Personally, I think that water pollution (too much fertilizer and sediment runoff) is the main cause of harm to seagrass that we could prevent.

sailingjoe · Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 583

I was amazed at how little weed or grass I encountered while on the Indian River from November to March. Lake Jackson had a bottom that was covered with it, and I suspect that most of the Fla. lakes were similar. The eel grass I ran into at Pleasant Bay, Ma. when I sailed there spring and summer was thicker than I have seen any where. However, I sailed Lake Jackson in the fall and winter. I didn't see any weed when I visited Pleasant Bay on the Orleans side this past October.

armaswindsurf · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject: thanks

thank u all u guys.. for all the tips... but now... is down here in Miami where is blowing and it will be blowing like crazy all this weekend.. (but of course... i'm working) i have "the wind curse" as soon has i'm off!!!!!!!!!.. wind is gone..

pueno · Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 796

speedysailor · Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 463

Well, I'm looking at the day after tomorrow for Logan and then the True Beach!!!! However, I'm going to miss watching the Peregrine Falcon that moved into my yard for the winter. It's definitely fascinating, the way they hunt. I can see why they can make the best of pets for the dedicated sportsman. This cold weather has been awefully crippling, though. I'll have to settle for the Pelicans.

pueno · Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 796