r/30A

We may not have gotten the worst of it, but we still got torn up. Our community just survived a natural disaster and a lot of our power is still out. A lot of our restaurants lost a ton of food and won’t have full menus. A lot of grocery stores stocks will be limited.

Y’all are coming here asking about beachside picnics and vacation rentals

READ THE ROOM.

I don’t hate tourists. I get it, we live in a beautiful place and we are so lucky, but damn. It’s two days after the hurricane. The locals need the resources here.

Go somewhere else and come back later.

Edit: I would like to add that no one has posted and asked “are you guys ok?”. Several times it has been, “can we come on our vacation?”. It’s rude and inconsiderate.

Edit 2:

People. After some nice conversations with some nice people, just want to say to those of you coming down for vacation:

I genuinely hope you have a great time. The weather is fantastic right now. I hope the power is on, your AC nice and crispy. May your bushwhacker never melt. Lastly, tip well. We need it.

♥️🌴

First off I want to say that I’m glad everyone is safe, damage wasn’t worse, and the storm has passed. Since last night I’ve already heard several people complaining that the beach damage is unfortunate for “private beach” owners because the public will complain about taxpayer money being spent to restore the beaches. A beachfront owner from my subdivision, who lives out of town, was already complaining in neighborhood chats and planning his argument for when he inevitably gets pushback.

How do these beachfront owners not see the fundamental problem with this? The concern of private beach legitimacy being undermined by taxpayer funded beach restoration is an obvious example of why “private beaches” are a burden on the Walton county taxpayer, and completely unreasonable. Selfish beachfront owners only consider the beaches as a recreation site, and completely overlook how the stability of the beach affects the homes and livelihood of Walton county. I don’t care about your empty beach, I care about preventing homes and business from being battered by storm surge and sinking into the ground.

Ownership and management of that landscape should not be in the hands of private individuals without any consideration for everyone else in the county. Taxpayers should not provide funds to fix “your” beach backyard, that frankly shouldn’t even belong to you, but if you insist that it does, then pay for it yourself. Walton County better stand up for its taxpaying residents, not only by refusing to spend taxpayer money to restore so-called private property but also by mandating that beachfront owners properly restore “their” beaches, at whatever expense. You want “your” beach so badly? Pay for it. And to all out of state property owners that are more concerned in the aftermath that their beaches remain “theirs,” instead of having any concern for the area or locals: you should be ashamed of yourselves.

The power just came back at 331 S Santa Rosa Beach. Hooray!

Edit: It went back out around 1:00 PM and has been down since.

Hello,

We are trying to head back to Blue Mountain beach tomorrow. Does anyone have an update on power outages ?

Does anyone have information about how NatureWalk fared after the storm?

First of all, for those in the path of the storm, my prayers are with you. Please evacuate and be safe! Property can be rebuilt, lives can not.

For those private property owners who constantly harass and try to make their beach "private", well the time may have finally come. What are you going to do if this storm causes massive beach erosion on your "private beach".

Don't even think about asking for one cent of taxpayer money from the state of Florida unless you are ready to fully give up any claim to any beach area beyond the dunes, and the beach in front of your property (which is already public btw) officially becomes public.

If not, then enjoy possibly losing your beach.

Any info on the Santa Rosa Beach area and 331 bridge? Wanted to know if it’s shut down and if there’s any flooding? Got a report the power was up and Chelco just fixed it. 30 min later powers back out. Also any news on Miramar and the San Destin area?

Does anyone know how Amavida makes their refreshers? I am from another state but came to visit Seaside and had the Watermelon Cucumber Mint Refresher with lemonade and the energy booster and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.

There is not a location near me and I dont know when I’ll be able to go back to Florida to have it again. If you know how to make it, any of the ingredients they use for the refresher or what the “energy booster” is or maybe a copy cat recipe I would be so appreciative.

Does anyone happen to know the extent of damage at Watersound west and did the boardwalk hold up?

mandatory

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Mandatory means something that is required, obligatory, or ordered by law, rules, or authority. It leaves no room for choice or option.

Would it be wise to find a parking garage to stash our car overnight Friday/Saturday? If so anyone know of one somewhat nearby that’s public?

We are coming to visit tomorrow and we're supposed to stay through Saturday, does anyone have more clear information about the weather or know a good local channel to follow? This is our first time visiting and we live 6 hours away so I keep just getting info from Facebook which is not the most reliable. We tried to cancel or reschedule and the condo said they would not refund us so we are trying to make the most of it.

My husband and I just drive past Pecan Jacks next door to Shunk Gulley on 30A in Gulf Place and it was CLOSED!!!!! Can anyone please tell me why? We go here once a week and went last week and….nothing. Im so sad!

If you fit the bill let us know. Always trying to expand the open minded guy friend group down here