Cajoled in Cudjoe Key?

Aerostat radars in Cudjoe Key, FL

1979: The first sign of stress on the outer coral reefs was a die-off of sponges in June-July 1979, with a massive loss of the barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta on Big Pine Shoal, south of Big Pine Key. Hundreds of large sponges disintegrated during a month when extraordinarily warm waters flowed from the Gulf of Mexico across the reefs.

1980: In June-July 1980, doldrum-like weather patterns replaced the normal summer trade
winds; the skies remained clear and almost cloudless and the seas were very calm for 6 weeks. Within a few weeks, angelfish, surgeonfish, butterflyfish and some other reef fish showed signs of extreme stress; they were respiring heavily[Hypoxia: Microwave Pulses reduce dissolved oxygen from water] and could be collected by hand. Open wounds and disease were commonly seen on the fish and large numbers began dying throughout the Keys. During the fish die-off, minor coral bleaching was noted on offshore coral colonies…