Arlene Debris

Maybe Walton County is only worried about getting clean when the blue flags are being awarded. Kind of like the restaurant that cleans up when they know the health inspector's coming:

Walton County Beaches listed as clean

The Clean Beaches Council on June 24 released its 2005 list of beaches that have been officially certified as clean, healthy and environmentally well managed.
According to a May 2005 Travel Industry Association of America survey, Americans will travel in record numbers this summer, a 2.3 percent increase from last year. More than 328 million trips are predicted for this season with 75 percent of respondents listing a trip to a beach or lake as one of their three top summer destinations.
Now in its seventh year, the non-profit Clean Beaches Council runs the most comprehensive, national environmental and public safety beach certification program in the country. For the public, the program provides a ?good housekeeping? stamp of approval for beaches, giving visitors an enjoyable vacation and peace of mind. For beach communities, it is an ?eco-label? which means the beach has met a set of rigorous health and safety standards and is managed to protect the natural environment.
To be certified, applicants must meet the program?s criteria for water quality, beach and intertidal conditions, safety, services, habitat conservation, erosion management, public information and education. Beaches that meet these criteria receive the Blue Wave flag, the symbol of the program, which is prominently displayed beachside.
For more information: www.cleanbeaches.org/bluewave/bluewave.cfm

Kids always seem to make the best of situations like that.

Kids always seem to make the best of situations like that.

:shock:

Looks to me like they've made the WORST out of it. :pissed:

I thought they were just digging around it. Who knows

I thought they were just digging around it. Who knows

See my post above.

Debris with nails sticking out has been dragged all over the place. From areas where it was placed or washed out of the way (and should have been picked up by now), to right in the middle of where kids of all ages play, including infants and toddlers.

What kind of parents allow their kids to do this? Or dig 5 foot deep holes and walk away?

I've still got a four inch gash in my foot from two weeks ago. I raked it across a board with a framing nail sticking out of it. Nice.

Hope you're up to date with your Tetanus shots ; )

OUCH!

I always tell the doc that I've had one recently, but I can't remember when it was. Guess its time.

See my post above.

Debris with nails sticking out has been dragged all over the place. From areas where it was placed or washed out of the way (and should have been picked up by now), to right in the middle of where kids of all ages play, including infants and toddlers.

What kind of parents allow their kids to do this? Or dig 5 foot deep holes and walk away?

I know what you mean about the big holes. When we were down last week a friend of mine fell in one and almost broke her leg. The kids that were down with us on our group, dug a big whole, but then before we left the beach, for the day they had to fill it in. They are very dangerous!!!