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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Wed Jul 21, 2021, 05:44 PM Jul 2021

DeSantis refuses state of emergency for Tampa Bay red tide despite 1,200 tons of dead fish

Despite pleas from the city of St. Petersburg, environmentalists and activists, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doubled down Wednesday and again refused to declare a state of emergency for Tampa Bay's ongoing red tide.

More than 1,200 tons of dead fish have been pulled from the waters off St. Petersburg and incinerated, according to Mayor Rick Kriseman's office.

DeSantis said his office is committed to working with the community to fight the red tide, but argued that
a state of emergency would hurt businesses by sending the message that "Florida has problems."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/desantis-refuses-state-emergency-tampa-183332942.html

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DeSantis refuses state of emergency for Tampa Bay red tide despite 1,200 tons of dead fish (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 OP

Florida has no problems other than being totally fucked up because Florida. rickyhall Jul 2021 #1

Scoop up the carcasses and deliver them ALL to his mansion. Moostache Jul 2021 #2

The beach full of dead fish kind of says Florida has problems by itself Walleye Jul 2021 #3

Disgusting little man I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2021 #4

Yup. It's more important to worry and review the TEXAS border than take care of your own state...nt mitch96 Jul 2021 #5

If DeSantis says nothing is wrong DBoon Jul 2021 #6

Florida? Problems? packman Jul 2021 #7

Gee dude... jmowreader Jul 2021 #8

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)

1. Florida has no problems other than being totally fucked up because Florida.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Jul 21, 2021, 05:49 PM

Jul 2021

Moostache

(10,163 posts)

2. Scoop up the carcasses and deliver them ALL to his mansion.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Jul 21, 2021, 05:51 PM

Jul 2021

Let him ignore the problem as the rot and maggots turn from unpleasant to disgusting to a disease carrying horde of biblical proportions...and be sure to film his worthless ass suffering through it for the rest of us to enjoy.

Walleye

(35,672 posts)

3. The beach full of dead fish kind of says Florida has problems by itself

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Jul 21, 2021, 05:52 PM

Jul 2021

That and the collapse of the high-rise. Turning it into a shit hole state, that governor is

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,934 posts)

4. Disgusting little man

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Jul 21, 2021, 06:02 PM

Jul 2021

Put him in a dunk tank filled with red tide water.

mitch96

(14,658 posts)

5. Yup. It's more important to worry and review the TEXAS border than take care of your own state...nt

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Jul 21, 2021, 06:13 PM

Jul 2021

DBoon

(23,054 posts)

6. If DeSantis says nothing is wrong

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Jul 21, 2021, 06:27 PM

Jul 2021

Then nobody will notice the piles of rotting fish!

Tourists will visit and never know.

Isn't DeSantis a genius?

(sarcasm)

packman

(16,296 posts)

7. Florida? Problems?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Jul 21, 2021, 08:54 PM

Jul 2021

jmowreader

(51,459 posts)

8. Gee dude...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu Jul 22, 2021, 02:33 AM

Jul 2021

...the fact that "Florida Man" is the generally accepted synonym for a fucking idiot, a skyscraper down there just collapsed without any assistance from terrorists, and there are TWO AND A HALF MILLION POUNDS OF DEAD FISH ROTTING ON THE BEACHES OF TAMPA BAY RIGHT NOW would tend to suggest Florida has problems and the biggest of those problems lives in the Governor's Mansion.

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