Commercial Appeal Article about Coastal dune lakes

[Miss Kitty]

I just read this and can't stop laughing at BR's idea of what the name of this paper meant!!! ...BR, you are too much!!! I like your passion for the beach!

 

[Beach Runner]

I just read this and can't stop laughing at BR's idea of what the name of this paper meant!!! ...BR, you are too much!!! I like your passion for the beach!

I'm serious. I like the way this place used to be and not what it's becoming. Seeing what has happened to Destin over the years scares me. It has not changed for the better.

 

[Lady D]

Lady D., a little off topic, but I went to Inlet Beach this morning and walked the beach;nice and clean. A fair amount of algae, but that could change at any time.

Thanks for the update Skunky. Did you walk down almost to the Pinnacle Port condos at the washout? If you did, you walked right past where we stay. Any flies bother you? We will be there in 2 1/2 weeks. Cannot wait. That is what I do early in the morning is walk the beach and hunt shells. And we would like to be able to lay out on the beach and not be pestered by flies. I hope the temps are a little cooler down there than here. We have been in the upper 90's for a week or two. And temps are supposed to be 100 here tomorrow and 101 Friday. Yuck. Low 90's would be a pleasant surprise.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Thanks for the update Skunky. Did you walk down almost to the Pinnacle Port condos at the washout? If you did, you walked right past where we stay. Any flies bother you? We will be there in 2 1/2 weeks. Cannot wait. That is what I do early in the morning is walk the beach and hunt shells. And we would like to be able to lay out on the beach and not be pestered by flies. I hope the temps are a little cooler down there than here. We have been in the upper 90's for a week or two. And temps are supposed to be 100 here tomorrow and 101 Friday. Yuck. Low 90's would be a pleasant surprise.

No flies. It is hot, to be sure, but the breeze cuts the misery factor a little.

 

[SON]

WE used to live up that way, thanks for the article
SON

 

[Lady D]

WE used to live up that way, thanks for the article
SON

You're welcome SON. I wished we could afford to live down there. But I doubt that is something we will ever be able to afford.

 

[seaside2]

I wished we could afford to live down there. But I doubt that is something we will ever be able to afford.

Just remembering when you could buy anything you wanted in Destin for $60K. Long time ago!

 

[Smiling JOe]

No flies. It is hot, to be sure, but the breeze cuts the misery factor a little.

Breeze? What breeze? The only breeze I get is from my dogs panting their hot breath on me. I got news for you -- There ain't no stinking breeze.

As for the Stable Flies (Dog Flies), they will fly down to the beaches when the cooler winds blow out of the north, but don't worry. If the SoWal Mosquito Control people count five or more landings on their person within one minute, they will call the big plane to come spray the beaches with poisons, which will kill the flies on contact, and any thing similar in size or smaller, so you will not be so worried about the flies. If you see a plane flying overhead at 150ft above the ground, spraying a mist of poison, ... :leaving:

 

[Lady D]

Breeze? What breeze? The only breeze I get is from my dogs panting their hot breath on me. I got news for you -- There ain't no stinking breeze.

As for the Stable Flies (Dog Flies), they will fly down to the beaches when the cooler winds blow out of the north, but don't worry. If the SoWal Mosquito Control people count five or more landings on their person within one minute, they will call the big plane to come spray the beaches with poisons, which will kill the flies on contact, and any thing similar in size or smaller, so you will not be so worried about the flies. If you see a plane flying overhead at 150ft above the ground, spraying a mist of poison, ... :leaving:

Hopefully it wasn't in the 100's down there today. It was over 100 degrees here today. 101 in some parts of the city and as high as 103 and 106 in others and these are not heat indexes. And we are supposed to see over 100 temps over the next 5 days at least. We've had one death due to the heat already.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Oh yes LadyD, the heat has been awful in so much of the country! I have been in Houston all week and I had forgotten how humid it really is here. I literally walked outside, crossed a street and was needing another shower in minutes!!!! Stay cool everyone and please remember outside pets!!!