What it takes to photograph a red tide outbreak: masks, VapoRub, chocolate milk and a strong stomach

This Red Tide has been impossible to forget — especially for the people charged with documenting it
LUIS SANTANA | Times Tens of thousands of dead fish and crustaceans have washed up on Madeira Beach in Pinellas County Sunday afternoon Sunday September 15, 2018
By Sharon Kennedy Wynne
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The worst red tide algae bloom in a decade has rocked Florida’s beaches in recent months, including those in Pinellas County, keeping tourists from hotels and waterfront restaurants. The organism that affects…