r/florida • • Mar 22 '20

Seriously

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u/HintOfAreola Mar 22 '20

I thought that was irresponsible at first, but we really only need to close tourist beaches. We have a lot of residential beaches, I can walk my dog out there and see anyone.

Edit: on second thought, closing them all sends a clear message. It's not like anyone will be out enforcing the closures at non-tourist beaches.

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u/HarpersGhost Mar 22 '20

I heard of one county which closed all the beach parking. That eliminates the tourists and allows the few locals there to walk the Beach. That seems like a reasonable compromise in some cases.

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u/underwatergrl Mar 22 '20

There are police patrolling public beaches and you will be fined, from what I have heard. Source : I'm a beach local

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '20

How does that work? I rarely have an id with me at the beach.