Strange odor

I live near Englewood and lately, during the still air near dusk, I smell an odor somewhat like cooked cabbage.
There was a piece in the Water Line supplement today about it. (Englewood Times)
The editor suggested that it comes from a huge fish kill in the Gulf.
It's not from Red Tide, no tickle in the throat, no sneezing.
And, it's not my neighbors.
There was a piece in the Water Line supplement today about it. (Englewood Times)
The editor suggested that it comes from a huge fish kill in the Gulf.
It's not from Red Tide, no tickle in the throat, no sneezing.
And, it's not my neighbors.
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There's also areas of beach that have the "red drift" algae piled up, and I have noticed that this smells a bit different than the dead fish and could possibly be what you're smelling, I noticed it in a few places on FMB.
Luckily it seems to be gone as of last night. Some E wind this week should push it away hopefully.
Captain Keith - Crooked Rod Charters
From Texas to the Keys, the pollution from the oil industries and over population is overwhelming the natural cleansing.
It's hard to imagine that we humans can have that much of an effect, but it's happening.
Captain Keith - Crooked Rod Charters
Captain Keith - Crooked Rod Charters
This will pass, but the future should be clear.
The Gulf has reached the saturation point.
The "dead zone" south of N. Orleans is growing.
Over population of our state is coming home to us.
What to do? Heck, I don't know.
It's taken decades to reach this point.
There's no quick fix.
In the meantime, the inshore fisheries, uneffected by the red tide, will face more pressure.
Paradise Lost?
Still dead fish from south Charlotte Harbor to Stump pass, including inshore. Saw a huge dead turtle on the beach on Palm Island. There was a distinct line between brown and a greyish/cloudy blue.
Captain Keith - Crooked Rod Charters
The odors can change during and after a red tide bloom as different bacteria carry out the decay process of plant and animal material.
The smell of propane gas (which has no odor) is due to a sulfur-containing additive that lets people know when there is a leak. Similar compounds are released as plants and animal matter decays. It can take a long time for all the dead animal and plants to fully decay so the smell can linger for weeks.
But it was not the normal red tide odor. In late afternoon it smelled like a match or sulfur.
Captain Keith - Crooked Rod Charters
Except to hope for better times.
I don't like hurricanes, but that may be what is needed to remedy this.