Cleaning up red tide’s mess looks like this

Three “strike teams” scooping dead fish and hauling to another boat which transports the bagged fish to a dumpster. We’ll get you the #RedTide news.@bradentonherald pic.twitter.com/xJDZKOyFVE

— TompkinsTiffany (@tompkinscondie) August 20, 2018

Heading out to Bowlees Creek in Bradenton with Manatee County staff members to check out the progress of the fish cleanup #RedTide @bradentonherald pic.twitter.com/aql4hCUx2v

— Samantha Putterman (@SamPutterman) August 20, 2018

Entering the Trailer Park Estates waterway, which feeds into Sarasota Bay. Smell is completely awful and as you can see, lots of dead fish. pic.twitter.com/rHGnLRj386

— Samantha Putterman (@SamPutterman) August 20, 2018

Entering the Trailer Park Estates waterway, which feeds into Sarasota Bay. Smell is completely awful and as you can see, lots of dead fish. pic.twitter.com/rHGnLRj386

— Samantha Putterman (@SamPutterman) August 20, 2018

"Manatee County is expected to declare a local state of emergency in the wake of this year’s persistent and devastating red tide bloom," reports @urbanmark2014 https://t.co/cEGIM4Hvmn

— Sara Nealeigh (@saranealeigh) August 20, 2018

#REDTIDE update: The smell gets worse everyday. Contractors have begun removing dead fish from neighborhood canals & waterways in Manatee County. It's going to be a slow process. #TampaBay
UPDATE>> https://t.co/lVPPLfI2eZ pic.twitter.com/3JD4f7EBg9

— Corey Davis (@WFLACorey) August 20, 2018

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