Comments on: Escambia County Closes All Public Beaches

By: John Rasone

John Rasone — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 21:26:27 +0000

Everyone should go to the beach and stick up their middle finger. Can’t do anything if we all join together. That’s how I feel about this over reaching and reacting B S. Hey, will the Escambia County Commissioners return my 2020 property tax then? I live on the beach and use vacation rentals to pay my bills. All this with roughly 180,000 people affected world wide, out of billions total population.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:06:40 +0000

What about places like navy point or the end of fairfield?

By: Jimmy 8031

Jimmy 8031 — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:15:17 +0000

No Roger, the safest place to be is at home or in your yard, minimizing public contact. Every beach around us is closed so when you advertise it’s open, it’s like a moth to a candle effect. Why do we want a concentration of people converging together? People touching things, coughing, needing to use bathrooms which means exposing workers as they clean, more restaurants, trash, contamination, used tissue, beer cans…I see a waste of contamination, exposing others. If the open air is what is meant to be the safest, why hasn’t the CDC or any other government agency suggested the same? They easily could have suggested everyone go to the beach, mountains or desert for 14 days and everything would be cured.

We will all survive nit going to the beach for 2 weeks, I promise. If a hurricane hits here, you’ll be away from the beach even longer. Trust me, you’ll be ok.

By: Sedition

Sedition — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 13:27:52 +0000

@Ella Potts
Think. The lethality of the virus is based on total number of infected. They claim that it’s between 1%-2% lethal.
What about the thousands, tens of thousands, or possibly millions infected, but are undiagnosed? What happens to the lethality rate then?
Dig deaper…these “the sky is falling” numbers just aren’t adding up.

By: Philip for rational marshall law.

Philip for rational marshall law. — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:37:26 +0000

Ella Potts wrote “I think every state city and country should all follow protocol this is no joke people do you want to see your mother or brother or children die cause you cant go to the beach a few weeks..Or take out your boat?? Fools
.I mean where are your brains!!!”

Ella, are we banning some of these things to stop the spread of this virus OR are we banning things to show support for stopping the spread of this virus? Calling people ‘fools’ for taking out a boat is ..well foolish on your part. Someone in a boat is not hanging out in crowds. Of course we don’t want to see anyone get sick or die from this but let’s just not be silly with the bans. Ban things that actually contribute to the spread.

By: Roger Fleck

Roger Fleck — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:13:43 +0000

Total idiots open air places safest place to be.

By: Roger Fleck

Roger Fleck — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:12:53 +0000

This is ridiculous these are just the thing you need to keep open . open air places with space ate safest place you can be . total idiots

By: Jim T.

Jim T. — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 08:33:21 +0000

To answer some of the questions:

Yes you can take your boat out,

Fort Pickens is closing along with access to Opal Beach, Johnson Beach, and the National Seashore. The sandy portions of the PUBLIC beach for both Pensacola and Perdido Key are closed. This also includes Johnson Beach and the state beaches. Additionally, included in the ordinance is if your car is parked along the side of the road in Perdido Key and you’ve walked over the dunes to the beach, the Sheriff’s Office can immediately tow your vehicle. The BOCC made sure to include that in the ordinance,

No, you cannot shore fish,

If your home is on Pensacola Beach then no, you cannot since ALL of that beach is public beach. This differs from Perdido Key because the beach area directly behind the condominiums is private property up to the “mean water line” or the wet portion of the sand,

The rivers are still available as an option.

By: Ella Potts

Ella Potts — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 07:37:42 +0000

I think every state city and country should all follow protocol this is no joke people do you want to see your mother or brother or children die cause you cant go to the beach a few weeks..Or take out your boat?? Fools
.I mean where are your brains!!! People now days think they are so entitled!! Do the right thing stay home so everyone can be safe

By: Sedition

Sedition — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 05:54:53 +0000

Not much longer I expect they’ll send a brute squad to your home to beat you about the head and shoulders if you dare to stick your head out of your door.
Someone’s getting a little drunk with power.