Looe Key Hurricane Damage

10 category 4 hurricane caused widespread damage to sponges from storm force waves fast moving debris and heavy sediment deposits says a summary statement. Looe key is a spur and groove reef with coral fingers that extend out to sea separated by white sand channels. But even within those areas there are pockets of worse and pockets of better.

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The heaviest pounding occurred in areas such as marathon big pine key and islamorada a game fishing capital that has many resorts and tourist facilities.

Looe key hurricane damage. Above left resident ron andrei who rode out irma in key west came home to find. Exclusive tour of florida keys recovering from hurricane irma. Storm damage varied by location. The depth ranges from 7 feet to 30 feet.

Divers headed to the keys can expect to see the most damage to reefs located closest to the center of irma s path sanctuary officials said. Into a million pieces when hurricane irma made landfall in cudjoe key as a category 4 storm. The category 4 hurricane appears to have spared key west the worst damage but monroe county emergency managers warn of a looming humanitarian crisis hurricane irma. Located 6 miles offshore of big pine key and ramrod key looe key is entirely submerged.

The wide category four storm came ashore in the lower and middle keys near precious looe key reef off of big pine key which was devastated as well as in marathon nicknamed the heart of the florida keys due to its central location along the island chain. Irma was quite mysterious the assessment by 16 staff researchers found the sept. National key deer wildlife refuge big pine key key deer are designated an endangered species by the federal government with only an estimated 800 to 1 000 alive before hurricane irma. On this day the water was a bit milky after a few days of rough.

The venture out community in cudjoe key suffered major damage to more than 100 of its rvs mobile and stilt homes. Bar at looe key reef. January 3th 2019 looe key reef is part of the looe key sanctuary preservation area and is one of my favorite dive sites in florida. For example the popular looe key reef just offshore of the lower keys where irma was centered was hard hit said maclaughlin who has assessed the site personally.