Friday, February 15, 2013

Sandy's Damage Under The Sea, Through The Eyes Of Oyster Farmers | Essentials

Sandy's Damage Under The Sea, Through The Eyes Of Oyster Farmers

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Oyster Gardening by norfolkdistrict
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Hide caption Norman Bloom takes his boat out to meet his son, Jimmy, whose boat is idling over the company's oyster beds, about a mile offshore from Norwalk. They worry that the waves and the turbulence may have suffocated the oysters under silt. They could have been banged around, which would break them. And they may have just cracked open and died, Jimmy fears. Hide caption Jimmy Bloom lowers two cages with rakes on the front to drag the bottom of the sound, about 30 feet below. Then he brings it up and dumps it on deck to check the oysters. "You know, if the storm hit, you'll see the shells will be all polished or the oysters could be all gapped. So it would be nothing to lose 80 to 90 percent of your oysters," Norman Bloom says, looking on. Hide caption What they pull up is discouraging.

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Jimmy Bloom

Overall Sentiment: -0.0835159

Relevance: 0.858811

SentimentQuote
-0.114767"We just pick up the pieces, start sorting the mess out, and move on. Take it from there. Not much you can do about it, you just go to work the next day," Jimmy Bloom says. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.114767
  • Mean: -0.114767
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Norman Bloom

Overall Sentiment: 0.147063

Relevance: 0.647945

SentimentQuote
0.23888"You know, if the storm hit, you'll see the shells will be all polished or the oysters could be all gapped. So it would be nothing to lose 80 to 90 percent of your oysters," Norman Bloom says, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.23888
  • Mean: 0.23888
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Jimmy

Overall Sentiment: -0.273329

Relevance: 0.452067

Gov. Dannel Malloy

Overall Sentiment: 0.214894

Relevance: 0.210208

Cohen

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.185973

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Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.323781

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