Independence Day 2015 looks to be a great beach weekend. No hurricanes or red tide, no oil spills, no heavy surf. Should be a fun, safe weekend for most people. Let’s have a quick look at the beaches around Florida this morning, July 4, 2015 via web cams. Click on the first image and it […]
FOX 13 News It was only a matter of time before this issue came up. A local news channel recently did a short story on a confrontation on the beach regarding the flying of a drone with a camera on Treasure Island Beach. Video above. (If the video above doesn’t display properly, here’s a link […]
Most Florida islands and beaches are very low crime areas. Some have nearly zero crime. I’ve always felt safer at the beach than in any other location. Still, property theft, inappropriate behavior and physical violence can happen at the beach, so you need to know how to avoid it. Property Theft Most crime at the […]
For many years humans have worn trails through the dunes to the beach. Today, with so many people flocking to the beach and building homes on the shoreline, beach access has become more complicated. Access points vary from simple sand trails to spreading parks with modern amenities. And they come with rules. Lots of rules. […]
This is my message to parents and family members about taking kids into the surf at the beach. Whereas the beach is not a swimming pool, and Whereas the surf can be powerful and create dangerous and sudden currents, and Whereas the surf can appear much smaller from the beach than it actually is, and […]
Islands seem to hold extraordinary potential for small matters with simple solutions to become blown way out of proportion to what they merit. Does this sound familiar? Homeowner wants to know if a permit is needed to build a freestanding structure on his property. Building official advises verbally that no permit is required. Homeowner builds […]
Low Tide Toss. Does that sound like something you can do? I think even I could do this. It’s a simple game involving a sand “court,” a ball, and some holes in the beach sand. It doesn’t involve launching a heavy football or a speeding Frisbee, so you won’t be endangering people nearby. It’s simple […]
Friday noon I got a call from my wife. She was on the beach and observed a Royal Tern with fishing line wrapped around its legs. It appeared too weak to fly. I decided to drive out to Treasure Island to see if I could help. The bird was able to elude me (easily), so […]
During one of my wife’s recent trips to the local bookstore (more for the coffee than the books I think), she picked up this magazine about Florida panhandle beaches and brought it home for me. Just when I thought magazines would be losing the battle with the ipad, Will Estell, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, comes out […]
It must be hard. Having a business located near the beach, but on the mainland. Everybody passes you by on their way to the beach. So you’ve got to grab their attention any way you can. The larger and more colorful your sign, the better, I suppose. Once you get to the beach, the authorities […]
