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twodogsbarking

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7. That's about the length of six football fields lined up, including end zones. The surface area is immense and it

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 04:48 PM

11 hrs ago

is shallow so there is no buffer to the sunshine plus the magnification from the water surface. Does it boil, stink, unmanageable, weird color? Sounds like Trump algae to me. It is very costly to eliminate if it can even be eliminated.

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