Explaining Our View    

   Our readers deserve to know exactly what we see with our view by the sea, here in beautiful Florida. So, we compiled stats for the year 2017.

   We viewed a total of 173,552 pounds of trash on our beaches and waterways. Of that, there were:

95,679 cigarette butts

74,420 plastic bottle caps

37,683 food wrapers

31,948 plastic bottles

26,500 straws

   Hey, we're not the only litterbugs on the planet. Each year, about 8 million metric tons of plastic enters the oceans around the world. 

Views Under Water   

   Admittedly, we can't "view" what's under the water, but here is what researchers from four universities discovered in seven years of work in the Gulf of Mexico, including waters off Cuba. The top five species:

1. Atlantic sharpnose shark

2. Red snapper

3. King snake eel

4. Tile fish

5. Gulf smoothhound

   And you thought it might be grouper, snook, tarpon and oil rigs. 

      Jimmy

UPDATE: As you may know, all the boys and their soccer coach have exited the cave in Thailand. Four SEALs including a doctor had stayed with them until the end. One of boys had sent a note ahead to his parents, "I will do my chores."    😃  Parents had sent a message telling the coach that they didn't hold him responsible. Interesting. Some of the boys need more medical help than others. The last four came out on stretchers.