9/8/2004: Grapefruits one victim of hurricane

Undertoad • Sep 8, 2004 1:08 pm
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Official cap: Grapefruit by the hundreds float in a flooded grove in Indian River County, Fla. Growers are concerned because citrus tree roots can be covered with water for only a few days before they begin to rot.
xoxoxoBruce • Sep 8, 2004 1:29 pm
And there are millions of children starving in Africa. My mother would be appalled. ;)
lookout123 • Sep 8, 2004 1:43 pm
ok, everybody gather 'round, it's time to bob for grapefruit.
Trilby • Sep 8, 2004 2:07 pm
I can just feel the price of citrus go up!

Buy now and head scurvy off later! :)
mmmBoy • Sep 8, 2004 2:55 pm
That and the price of gator meat. That's going to go through the roof!
chrisinhouston • Sep 8, 2004 3:48 pm
mmmBoy wrote:
That and the price of gator meat. That's going to go through the roof!


Yea and Manatee milk as well!
mmmBoy • Sep 8, 2004 4:28 pm
Mmmm, Manatee milk. They don't call them Sea Cows for nothing!
YellowBolt • Sep 8, 2004 4:45 pm
Oh crap this is gonna suck, one of our orchestra's fundraisers comes from Indian River Groves... they have really good citrus.
garnet • Sep 9, 2004 12:19 am
Very cool picture--sad reality about what's behind it, but still a neat image.
Cyber Wolf • Sep 9, 2004 8:35 am
That's a neat picture to look at. I'm just glad I'm not there to smell it.
Guess • Sep 9, 2004 4:23 pm
i can't decide whether that would attract mosquitos or not cos they are attracted to large bodies of water but not to citrus
xoxoxoBruce • Sep 9, 2004 9:43 pm
They are attracted to any water, even a birdbath or flower pot. :)