Surf

So the dog flies -- are they the round, fat black flies that look like bees? Because those things were hunting me down every time I was at the beach in June.

Got bit by a couple of yellow flies too. I am very popular among the six-legged set. :roll:

You must be a real sweetie!!!!

Is that there HAY on the beach in GT?

Probably not, mostly sawgrass from the lakes. However, I have seen a few people placing square hay bails in front of their eroded property. One is on Grayton Beach.

The photo of Gulf Trace shows concrete piled onto the beach. I know that is against the rules. They should be fined immediately and have to clean up before Katrina pushes it down the beach for someone else to clean up.

So the dog flies -- are they the round, fat black flies that look like bees? Because those things were hunting me down every time I was at the beach in June.

Got bit by a couple of yellow flies too. I am very popular among the six-legged set. :roll:

I hope this does not get too confusing for everyone, but the really big, fat, black Flies are Horse Flies. They really hurt when they bite, but typically, you want have 8-15 on you at one time like the Dog Flies.

Come to think of it I must have been bit by a yellow fly or a dog fly. I was getting on a raft in the pool and thought I sat down on a bee. I got off the raft and it was still there. It had yellowish stripes so I thought it was a bee but who knows? I'm allergic so I went immediately to the restroom to wash the area and check to see if it was swelling. It was a little red and no swelling so I was glad. I can be miserable for days because of a bee sting. My whole family was laughing at me because it was on my booty. They said any minute it could swell up and I would look like JLo.

If yellow striped and a fly, it was a Deer Fly, to which some people have allergic reactions. I understand that the bites are cumulative in their effects, and I know several people who have had to go to the Emergency Room to treat multiple bites.

Probably not, mostly sawgrass from the lakes. However, I have seen a few people placing square hay bails in front of their eroded property. One is on Grayton Beach.

The photo of Gulf Trace shows concrete piled onto the beach. I know that is against the rules. They should be fined immediately and have to clean up before Katrina pushes it down the beach for someone else to clean up.

Thanks for making a record of it before the fact...

If yellow striped and a fly, it was a Deer Fly, to which some people have allergic reactions. I understand that the bites are cumulative in their effects, and I know several people who have had to go to the Emergency Room to treat multiple bites.

One of our friends was stung/bit twice (on each booty cheek no less) through her bathing suit-we never saw what it was. Both places swelled, turn red, became very hot and hard as a rock and she was pretty miserable. We had a nurse in our group thank goodness or she would have had to head to urgent treatment center. The poor gal had to stick icepacks in her pants and eat Benedryl until she fell asleep sitting straight up. Of course all the guys were offering their "assistance" in the diagnosis and cure.

Forgive me for interjecting surf info on this biting fly thread but, if anyone is interested, the surf is getting pretty big. Waves in the 6 - 8 ft. range (based on me eyeballing...not official measurements). Most, if not all, of the sand that was scraped or otherwise brought into the Seacrest, Seagrove and Blue Mountain areas (I did not check Grayton or Rosemary) is gone. Some of the trucked in piles remain, but not much. The waves are lapping at the bottoms of the walkways but, so far, all of the ones I saw are still standing.

Oh, and I got bit twice by black flies. :lol:

One of our friends was stung/bit twice (on each booty cheek no less) through her bathing suit-we never saw what it was. Both places swelled, turn red, became very hot and hard as a rock and she was pretty miserable. We had a nurse in our group thank goodness or she would have had to head to urgent treatment center. The poor gal had to stick icepacks in her pants and eat Benedryl until she fell asleep sitting straight up. Of course all the guys were offering their "assistance" in the diagnosis and cure.

:lolabove: :floor:

So how's the surf looking today? :cool:

On Destincam, it appears to be much calmer today?!?

Haven't seen it but the flags are yellow.