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Sancho

(9,067 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2020, 08:25 PM Mar 2020

Viral photo shows difference between open and closed Florida beaches Can you spot the county divide?

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/photo-shows-difference-between-duval-county-beach-and-st-johns/67-829b53dd-6041-4aad-8229-4c47f8822756?fbclid=IwAR3OcnnN8533Ef5P8VMmkJUIx5Fhmnf_9JXnvmgSqHJFG61hGQWG7dDZbLQ

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. — A photo of a county line in Florida is going viral.

It's not just any county line, it shows an empty beach where Duval County is and crowds of people on the beach where St. John's County starts.

Duval County closed its beaches to help limit to spread of COVID-19 and promote social distancing. St. John's County where the beaches will not close until 6 a.m. on Sunday.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has not ordered any statewide regulations for the beaches. It has been up to individual counties to decide that happens along their shorelines.

In the Tampa Bay area, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota counties all closed their beaches to the public.

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Viral photo shows difference between open and closed Florida beaches Can you spot the county divide? (Original Post) Sancho Mar 2020 OP

Forget it, Jake. It's Florida. Tercules Mar 2020 #1

It's crazy the beaches are still open up there. FM123 Mar 2020 #2

We are in Clearwater... Sancho Mar 2020 #4

Stay healthy & safe up there, friend. FM123 Mar 2020 #5

There are a lot of stupid people in the US. FuzzyRabbit Mar 2020 #3

The governors in Florida have been idiots for a decade... Sancho Mar 2020 #6

Tercules

(32 posts)

1. Forget it, Jake. It's Florida.

Reply to Sancho (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 08:38 PM

Mar 2020

FM123

(10,053 posts)

2. It's crazy the beaches are still open up there.

Reply to Sancho (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 09:53 PM

Mar 2020

Down here in Broward county we are stuck inside because they issued a shelter in place order.

Sancho

(9,067 posts)

4. We are in Clearwater...

Reply to FM123 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 10:36 PM

Mar 2020

...only been out a few times in two weeks for drug store, doctor, and groceries. Walking around the block a lot. We have some homemade masks.

Both of us are educators, so all the schoolwork is going on line from home.

I thought they would never close the beaches but they finally did and thousands left.

Publix and Costco have special early hours for over 65, so if we get there early it's not too bad.

FM123

(10,053 posts)

5. Stay healthy & safe up there, friend.

Reply to Sancho (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 10:50 PM

Mar 2020

FuzzyRabbit

(1,967 posts)

3. There are a lot of stupid people in the US.

Reply to Sancho (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 10:26 PM

Mar 2020

Starting with our president, and everyone who believes him, and all those people who are carrying on as if things were normal.

Are we doomed or what?

Sancho

(9,067 posts)

6. The governors in Florida have been idiots for a decade...

Reply to FuzzyRabbit (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 29, 2020, 08:15 AM

Mar 2020

I have no idea if people really vote for them, or if it is just hacked elections.

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