14 Responses to “Escambia, Santa Rosa Beaches To Remain Open; Okaloosa And Walton Beaches Close”

1. Bubba on March 20th, 2020 8:01 pm

   When has fresh air, sunshine, ocean water and exercise been dangerous?
   Remember folks and politicians America is NOT North Korea. Americans have a right to assemble under the first amendment to our constitution, something our Governor swore to uphold. If you are afraid of the beach, stay home but do not close a place to the public that literally will kill a virus
   and enhance health.

2. Lee on March 20th, 2020 3:31 pm

   So, they finally are closing Pensacola Beach. Now we wait 14 days to see how many people are infected? Allowing the beach to remain open lined some pockets. Locals know who stood to make a buck and whose campaigns they contribute to.

3. voter on March 20th, 2020 8:18 am

   @ granny

   YOU ARE CORRECT JUST REMEMBER THIS AT THE POLLS.
   I DON’T THINK ONE COMMISSIONER TRIED TO CLOSE THE BEACH.

   BEACH SHOULD BE CLOSE JUST LIKE THEY DO FOR HURRICANES

   OH I FORGOT THE ISLAND AUTHORITY MIGHT LOOOOOOOOOOOSE A PENNY

4. Julie on March 20th, 2020 8:12 am

   Our local politicians are failing us miserably by keeping our beaches open and all the previous comments hit the nail on the head. If you care about your constituents and your own families CLOSE OUR BEACHES!!

5. Grandpa on March 19th, 2020 8:23 pm

   Well said Granny! May be too late now. The beach has been flooded with locals mixing with the spring breakers. The Emerald Coast might get a new name, Corona Coast.

6. Granny on March 19th, 2020 7:10 pm

   So disappointed with our local government. President Trump has asked us to stay home for 15 days. Social distancing. Senator Scott has said get off the beaches. Yet our local government does want to lose a penny of tourism. So what do they do. Put the rest of us in harms way. These young people and tourists will flood this area. Coming from states that have more active cases. Our hospitals are overwhelmed in some states and at this rate so will ours. They are not thinking of the residents of the county. And, they are not thinking of the healthcare workers who are unselfishly putting themselves in harms way in order to help those who become ill with this virus. We cannot get this virus under control unless everyone takes it serious. These folks at the beaches are not following cdc guidelines. Our governing officials know these folks are not! It is selfish of our local government and selfish of the tourist that are on the beaches. It should be the health and safety of our citizens. First and foremost. Not tourist dollars.
   Maybe the governor will step in and tell them to close the beaches. That is why our government has to step in because some of us don’t have enough sense to do what’s right!!!

7. Resident on March 19th, 2020 6:35 pm

   So, we can have tourists from other beaches come and buy our already depleted supplies and get our community sick and take beds in local hospitals when they’re too sick to travel home? Why is this ok?

8. PatC on March 19th, 2020 6:29 pm

   Close down the beach and do the right thing for everyone!! The people
   Who vote will remember how you handle this pandemic on election day

9. Joe Winsett on March 19th, 2020 5:59 pm

   Are the beaches in Okaloosa County getting closed what will stop people from going to Escambia County beaches? What is going to stop people from gathering in crowds of over 20?

10. Steve on March 19th, 2020 5:43 pm

    If you dont close the beaches then dont tell us how many people can be on the beach together!!

11. retired on March 19th, 2020 5:09 pm

    beaches in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties should close also, everyone will now come to these beaches and over crowed them. DON’T WANT TO LOSE A PENNY OF THAT TOURIST DOLLAR.

    GOVERNOR STEP IN AND CLOSE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

12. Brent Williams on March 19th, 2020 5:08 pm

    I work at the airport and we have been waiting for them to halt travel but they havent. We have cut our staff down to about 15 people. I myself have volunteered to be cut to help save coworker’s jobs. But yes you are right they need to close the airports.

13. NW Florida Resident on March 19th, 2020 4:56 pm

    “A common myth about air travel is that if one person is sick on an airplane, all other passengers will get sick because they’re breathing the same air, but thanks to air quality control onboard commercial airlines, this simply isn’t true.”

    https://www.tripsavvy.com/air-quality-during-your-flight-54164

14. Jerry on March 19th, 2020 3:49 pm

    Until they close the airports completely. We will never get rid of the virus. Airplanes
    recirculate the air when in flight and everyone on the plane is breathing everyone elses germs.