turtle watch volunteer arrested

[LuciferSam]

Sorry that you find the words on the photo more distracting than I find all of the crap on the beach. Those are just words. How about you walk down to the beach and see for yourself if you live near South Walton. (I think that everyone should get off their lazy-schtick and go to the beach in the morning, to see with their own eyes. You will be shocked, I'm sure. Photos really don't capture the magnitude of the crap left on the beaches. I can take plenty of close up photos, but posting all of them would lose impact. Go see for yourself.

SJ, I'm not knocking you for captioning the photo, I'm just saying that it's difficult to produce an impact photo. Indeed I'm sure you have to be there. However, you'll never see me up that early. No way no how. That's just me. You morning people are insane.;-) No I am going start walking the beaches, and your message is not lost.

 

[LuciferSam]

Littering on the feeder roads to 30A (also Scenic Hwy) carries a fine up to $500 per incident. Why the hell are our beaches not also protected like this? Seems to me that the biggest reason why our roads are designated as "scenic" is because they are the route to some of the prettiest beaches in the world. Leaving your crap on the beach overnight should be considered "littering" and should carry a fine at least as heavy as those issued for littering on the roads getting to the beach, IF NOT GREATER. The only problem with that is enforcement, because no one in their right mind is going to be laying claim to a $99 canopy and three year old plastic chairs with rusty frames, in exchange for a $500 fine. But, at least then, the abandoned property would really be abandoned as no owner is laying claim.

...and for the absent-minded yahoo who happens to leave his Rolex watch in the ice cooler on the beach overnight, he could lay claim to his watch and pay the $500 fine for littering and reclaim his watch.

I think if you impose a fine, then people are going to be much more likely to leave their stuff. Really how do you catch people leaving stuff on the beach? Do you have people on beach patrol scoping out tourists? If I leave my chair for a while to go for a walk, does that make me a person of interest? I'm just pointing out real problems that need to be addressed.

 

[kathydwells]

SJ, I'm not knocking you for captioning the photo, I'm just saying that it's difficult to produce an impact photo. Indeed I'm sure you have to be there. However, you'll never see me up that early. No way no how. That's just me. You morning people are insane.;-) No I am going start walking the beaches, and your message is not lost.

It made a pretty big impact on me.

 

[ASH]

Photos from this morning



Here's a photo I took near the Draper Lake Outfall just after 6 this morning. Click on the picture and it will take you to a larger image as well as four other pictures also taken this morning on my turtle walk. I didn't know how to dump all 5 photos in here at once.

 

[Here4Good]

Dramatic photos, ASH. I can't imagine how much of this would become airborne if we had a nice thunderstorm overnight, and would end up either in the gulf or a quarter-mile away.

I guess when one of these missiles ends up crashing through someone's gulf front patio door it will become an issue.

 

[Mango]

Well, this just ruined my lunch.

 

[sunspotbaby]

Here's a photo I took near the Draper Lake Outfall just after 6 this morning. Click on the picture and it will take you to a larger image as well as four other pictures also taken this morning on my turtle walk. I didn't know how to dump all 5 photos in here at once.

Just after 6 this morning!!

What kind of moron takes a pool ??

That's like taking sand to the beach.

At any rate, the county will need a lot of trucks when they finally decide to haul off this junk.

 

[sunspotbaby]

Dramatic photos, ASH. I can't imagine how much of this would become airborne if we had a nice thunderstorm overnight, and would end up either in the gulf or a quarter-mile away.

I guess when one of these missiles ends up crashing through someone's gulf front patio door it will become an issue.

Good point, Mother Nature will ensure that the beach will remain public. Wonder how those gulf front owners *****ing about property rights are liking their view now.

 

[CampCreekLou]

Here's a photo I took near the Draper Lake Outfall just after 6 this morning. Click on the picture and it will take you to a larger image as well as four other pictures also taken this morning on my turtle walk. I didn't know how to dump all 5 photos in here at once.

That is unbelievable.

(The pictures, not the fact that you can't dump 5 photos in here at once ;-) )

 

[GoodWitch58]

and disgusting.

Have these people no regard for anyone other that themselves?

Can't believe that if I owned a Gulf Front property I would be happy about seeing this from my porch when I woke up....