Hurricane Michael may bear dealt a deadly blow to Florida’s nascent oyster farmsCainnon Gregg felt a wave of anxiety at the prospect of seeing how much damage his oyster farm had sustained from Hurricane Michael’s fierce winds and 14-foot storm surge.
Climbing on his boat final week to venture out to his oyster farm in a spring-fed bay,he felt like he was going to throw up. But he tossed some beers in a cooler and pushed the boat forward, weaving through debris like staircases and satellite dishes that Hurricane Michael had haphazardly tossed into the warm coastal waters here. As a breeze tempered a hot sun on the cloudless day, and Gregg felt ready to celebrate surviving the storm — or to mourn what it had done to his final two years of work and the 200000 oysters he had growing in the bay.
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