"Jose H. Leal" wrote:

> The Shell Museum has posted in its web site a picture of the drift line on
> Bowman's Beach, Sanibel, the day (18 September 2000) after Hurricane Gordon
> passed offshore, moving in N-NE direction in the Gulf of Mexico. Resolution
> is not too good, but the picture gives an idea of the density of mollusks
> on the beach after that storm.
>
> Check it out at www.shellmuseum.org/sanibel_shells.html

Hello!

Wow! That is an amazing amount of shells. A mass extinction of the first kind!!

I suupose mother nature will assume responsibility for this wanton killing and
find a way to restore the biota.

I sure hope the shellers can take home a few of these without blame.

Later,

Emilio