After years of causing environmental damage the phenomenon of red tide –a.k.a. dangerous algae blooms that can harm both humans and marine life – has evolved from a regular horror beyond our comprehension to a manmade horror beyond our comprehension, all thanks to one dad hellbent on letting his kids have fun on the beach.
Last week, the self-described “teller of Dad jokes” @huckleberryfinn83 took to TikTok with a video detailing his latest beach day endeavor — creating a massive spout from an adjacent canal into the Gulf of Mexico.
While the waterway started off like most men’s trips to the seashore – if there’s one certainty in life its that dudes can and will dig some sort of hole the moment their toes hit the sand – the stream quickly grew into a full-fledged river, flooding discolored liquid into the adjacent body of water, prompting concern from well, pretty much his entire comments section.
Alongside commending @huckleberryfinn38 his quick ecology 101 course – “A quick lesson on erosion,” wrote one user, another musing about how “THATS how the red tide formed on our gulf coast” – the rest of the comments were divided about the true impact of his waterfall.
“Looks like contaminated water going straight into the sea, so sad,” wrote @blayzquartz.
Meanwhile, others were more sympathetic, arguing that the project was simply speeding along the inevitable.
“They legitimately FastTracked a natural phenomenon,” mused @twistedskol17. “They did something neutral, not negative or positive, But, THEY HAD FUN DOING IT.”
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