Florida’s Apalachicola Bay oyster beds are SHUT DOWN until 2025.................
...the article makes it seem like a Florida problem, even though every cited instance involves oysters from out of state. Did the out of state oysters cause any health problems anywhere else? Or did they somehow only ship the contaminated oysters to Florida, and nobody elsewhere got sick?
It may be that Florida’s shutdown beds are closed because of contamination — but it doesn’t say that.
Maybe Florida’s restaurants are bringing in outside oysters to satisfy consumer demand. “Bob’s Oyster Bar” would have a problem with no oysters available.
Maybe Texas and Loosianna don’t handle or ship oysters in a sanitary manner, or maybe the supply chain is too slow.
My main comment was the shoddy article. Personally, I like oysters.
True, and so very sad. World’s best oysters! I love the town, too.
Atlanta has had water problems for decades, yet still keeps growing and growing. It sucks up all the water and ruined Apalachicola Bay. Florida sued Georgia over it some years ago, but I don’t know what happened so far with the case.
Anyway, it’s crazy. We have all those abandoned towns and cities up North and in the Rust Belt with plentiful water, people moving to the Sun Belt, from Blue States to Red States — and tuning them blue. (And talk about destruction of wealth — all those homes, businesses, infrastructure now rotting away.) Where are they going to go after they ruin the Red States?
Atlanta is a monstrosity. All the disadvantages of a big city, none of the advantages. Too big for its water sources. And no one but no one is *from* Atlanta. Grew way too fast. Can you tell I hate Atlanta?