SIESTA KEY, Fla. — Even as she sat under the brilliant Florida sun, her toes covered in sugar-white sand, Alex McShane wasn’t exactly enjoying her summer vacation. Florida’s worst red tide in more than a decade had turned the aqua-blue surf to a rusty dull brown.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Florida’s unusually long red tide is killing wildlife, tourism and businesses
By Darryl Fears
and August 28, 2018 at 7:46 p.m. EDT