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Originally Posted by villagerjack
Love Sanibel Captive but not RED TIDE.
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We never experienced the Red Tide bacteria on Sanibel or Captiva.
But, we would just rent a condo on the beach for a week or two at the most.
When we bought our Venice, Florida beachfront condo......we wondered why the realtor , an elderly gentleman (we were only 49 at the time) was wearing a surgical mask all the time (he said he had bronchitis)........well, we soon developed a feeling like "pepper in our throats" and began coughing all the time.........found out from other residents and tourists that VENICE has always had the RED TIDE..........after we returned to Vermont , I read up on the problem.........the funny thing is we would visit there for years before we bought.......and only once did we experience a bad case of that bacteria. My husband thought he picked something up on the airplane.......he felt like he was strangling with phlegm in his throat.........I won't describe it as I don't want to gross people out.