Hitler’s alligator may be claiming your Euro-centric attention, but spare a
thought for Georgia, where shrimp are getting diseases and part of the answer
seems to be waving a gold-painted holy toilet brush.
From a Guardian story about shrimp in Georgia:
Ships with beautiful names like the Lady Raven, Flying Cloud, Bernice II,
Liberty Bell and Sundown arrive at the ceremony decorated with lights and
streamers. A crowd gathers, and a minister – often waving a toilet brush
spray-painted gold, and flanked by the Knights of Columbus – offers a blessing
into the microphone. Shrimping is a dangerous vocation, after all, and every
year there are injuries, drownings and boats that don’t return.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/27/shrimp-fishing-decline-georgia-environment
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/27/shrimp-fishing-decline-georgia-environment>
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
