Items on the beach overnight

[jodiFL]

I honestly cant believe that people think it is ok to leave things on the beach overnight. If I came to your town and went to your local lake, swimming pool, park or whatever and left a few chairs, tents, umbrella and the necessary bags etc to haul them down there for a few days would you like the look of the place? Now multiply that by 10,000 other folks just like me and you have the dilemma we have here. I am sorry but I honestly think some people come down here for vacation and leave their brains at home. If you are too lazy or have too many kids or cant go enjoy the beach without a weeks supply of toys,coolers, etc. (can we say "high maintenance"?I knew we could) then dont come to a place that respectfully asks you to to remove your "GEAR" when you are not with it. I mean how are we to know that you didnt check out yesterday and "are too lazy or have too many kids or cant go enjoy the beach without a weeks supply of toys,coolers, etc." and didnt want to load it in your vehicle?

/end rant

and I wont even go into the effects on turtles and other environmental issues...........

 

[seacrestkristi]

IRIETYMES jodiFL Thanks for the grayt input.

 

[jodiFL]

IRIETYMES jodiFL Thanks for the grayt input.

Hi and thanks for the welcome.
Also, just take a look at the beach cam. Doesnt it look really nice right now? No tents etc?

 

[Jdarg]

We all "get it" that it is not right to leave your stuff on the beach, but as I said before, people see other people doing it and think it is OK. The problem has been identified, re-identified, analyzed, scrutinized, and turned inside out, and now we need to move on to the solutions. Most of those people who leave their stuff on the beach don't read this board and are not educated about "beach rules" (sorry Kurt, I AM trying to convert the masses one lost soul at a time :roll: ).

Anyway, the tagging system is a good start. Also, striking up conversations with people on the beach is a great way to enlighten people. Some will appreciate the info, others will not, but if you can change one person's mind here and there, it's better than nothing, right? And you will know after 2 minutes of conversation with someone whether or not they will want to hear your message. If you end up talking to a "chucklehead" (ripped off from Johnr), move on and let their stuff be removed by the county.

NoHall gets the award for her fabulous sense of humor- despite it all.

 

[NoHall]

Alright, gonna try to to get this discussion out of lunacy and back into productiveness...Last week, I happened to be standing near 2 tents that had been tagged, and overheard the occupants discussing the tags. From what I could hear of their conversations, they honestly hadn't given much thought before about leaving their stuff at the beach. They were not upset or mad- they just needed to be educated a bit. After talking to one family, they were all about "doing it right" in the future.

That was my point in telling y'all about my friend (ex-friend, the @#$% turtle-hating wench!) Y'all keep making analogies to leaving stuff in a park, etc., but it's a poor analogy, especially for people who are renting beachfront.

Would I leave a chair/tent/canoe out if I was renting a cabin on a lakefront? Yes, I would. Unenlightened, uneducated-about-the-facts people, (who probably voted for Bush and drive Priuses) think it's okay, especially in areas that either don't have signs or where they see other stuff left overnight.

I think that someone should sit out there with a grenade launcher and kill these poor bat-turds and all their plastic-toy-totin' spawn...


(Or wait and see how the tagging works.)

NoHall gets the award for her fabulous sense of humor- despite it all.

Sense of humor? I still say it's a virus.

 

[shakennotstirred]

Second, the season seems to be drying up quickly. Last week seemed half as crowded as the week before, and so on. Yesterday morning, we were one of 3 small groups on the beach until at least 10 am, and it was a beautiful Sunday morning. Later, it looked like more locals than visitors.

I believe that some of the schools in Georgia started back this week. That may explain why the beach isn't as crowded.

 

[jodiFL]

Anyway, the tagging system is a good start.

I think it should be taken up by the rental agents and put on the flyers that tell about the flag system etc. Or even mailed out to ALL persons that own/rent property here that this new ordinance is in effect. There are so many FRBO units that just letting property managers know isnt going to work. I also think that when the TDC drives the beach to collect trash that anything they see is removed. Not just one or two days a week. I realize that is going to cost anyone (agents,homeowners,the TDC) more $ to print up these things but it needs to be done.ASAP.

 

[scooterbug44]

I don't think they can just remove whatever they see, as they have no way of knowing if it is an item that was put out that day or left overnight (I can think of some ways, but none that could be proven at a later date). I think the tags/24 hour time limit is their way of protecting themselves and warning people.

Hopefully they will up the number of sweeps/passes per week as the word gets out.

 

[seacrestkristi]

I think that someone should sit out there with a grenade launcher and kill these poor bat-turds and all their plastic-toy-totin' spawn...


URADQ :roll:

 

[NoHall]

URADQ :roll:

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