I've lived in South Florida since I was a kid, & there's nothing normal about the breadth, depth and duration of sargassum weed choking beaches in recent years (it's also bad in Mexico)
It's an economy killer for the tourism industry
Politicians aren't talking about it enough
Sargassum seaweed coverage has been brutal recently across parts of the Florida coast. Happens every year, but still can be quite annoying. Here's the latest coverage: