Monday, May 01, 2006
Whats next ?
Now that Turtle Season has begun and all the huge machines have left the beach to nature
many are wondering whats next?
The county is sure to have, in my opinion, a different perspective and therefore a different response to any "post storm emergency periods" than it did this last hurricane season.
Likewise the DEP and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
We had a much milder version of the multi-agency co-ordination communication difficulties ala New Orleans as Walton County had not been used to this level of storm activity for many years.
Watching SEASIDE rebuild their beach walkovers is but one observation.
These walkovers were each unique including the stairs desending to the beach.
Now the new stairs on each beach side walkover are all the same. Different times different response.
The expectation of more storms is evident .
Everyone in the real estate business and in tourism needs a mild season this year.
For many it will be a make or break year.
As we enter the 20th month since hurricane IVAN struck, the retreat beach remains a beach without new sand, seaoats, fences, tubes, or walls.
The Beach club and Homes still have dunes in front of them.
There are matters to be mediated if possible or decided at trail if necessary to determine the validity of voting and assesment matters.
I question the current wisdom of having the annual owners meeting during hurricane season.
Another thing that seemed fine in the past.
When we choose to live by such a powerful and untamed force of nature and call that the price of living in Paradise, when we love This Gulf of Mexico that is full of Sharks, Jelly fish, Man-o-Wars, Red Tide, and Rip Currents because it has pretty emerald colored water and pretty white sand beaches then I can choose to Love the retreat with it's Pygmy rattle snakes, Yellow flys, and a few Neighbors that don't see eye to eye.
many are wondering whats next?
The county is sure to have, in my opinion, a different perspective and therefore a different response to any "post storm emergency periods" than it did this last hurricane season.
Likewise the DEP and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
We had a much milder version of the multi-agency co-ordination communication difficulties ala New Orleans as Walton County had not been used to this level of storm activity for many years.
Watching SEASIDE rebuild their beach walkovers is but one observation.
These walkovers were each unique including the stairs desending to the beach.
Now the new stairs on each beach side walkover are all the same. Different times different response.
The expectation of more storms is evident .
Everyone in the real estate business and in tourism needs a mild season this year.
For many it will be a make or break year.
As we enter the 20th month since hurricane IVAN struck, the retreat beach remains a beach without new sand, seaoats, fences, tubes, or walls.
The Beach club and Homes still have dunes in front of them.
There are matters to be mediated if possible or decided at trail if necessary to determine the validity of voting and assesment matters.
I question the current wisdom of having the annual owners meeting during hurricane season.
Another thing that seemed fine in the past.
When we choose to live by such a powerful and untamed force of nature and call that the price of living in Paradise, when we love This Gulf of Mexico that is full of Sharks, Jelly fish, Man-o-Wars, Red Tide, and Rip Currents because it has pretty emerald colored water and pretty white sand beaches then I can choose to Love the retreat with it's Pygmy rattle snakes, Yellow flys, and a few Neighbors that don't see eye to eye.
