tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3585280679680843376..comments2024-03-19T01:52:00.810-05:00Comments on Althouse: Why aren't more people going to the beach?Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74431316291498519162009-08-06T18:53:45.454-05:002009-08-06T18:53:45.454-05:00I blame it Discovery Channels "Shark Week&quo...I blame it Discovery Channels "Shark Week" <br /><br />-Mike<br /><a href="http://www.missionbeach.com" rel="nofollow">San Diego Vacation Rental</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836453348579245964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31980354298445737542009-08-03T10:17:47.021-05:002009-08-03T10:17:47.021-05:00Sooo, unusually high temperatures are irrefutable ...<i>Sooo, unusually high temperatures are irrefutable evidence of AGW, but unusually low temperatures are...also irrefutable evidence of AGW? I'm just trying to keep up here. Is a geography professor any more qualified to pontificate about AGW than a randomly selected housepet?<br /><br /></i>You have it precisely backwards.<br /><br />The fact that it's cold in the midwest/east (Coldest July EVER -- well, since 1869 -- in Madison!) means nothing wrt to Global Temperature, as there is always someplace extreme at the other end. Seattle's broken (by 3 degrees) their all-time record high this Summer, and the north slope of AK has also been close to all-time record highs.<br /><br />Weather != Climate.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2421838327954105662009-08-03T08:36:27.564-05:002009-08-03T08:36:27.564-05:00I'm at the beach! Drove 16 hours to get here,...I'm at the beach! Drove 16 hours to get here, traffic was horrible, rained all afternoon yesterday, freezing and windy on the beach when it's not raining, i'm a pasty white freckly girl, but I LOVE the beach! I've gone to the beach for a week almost every year of my 47 years. Due to my dad's Navy career, we usually lived near the beach, but we'd still get a beach house for a week anyway and he'd go to work every day. The houses are a lot nicer now than when I was a kid -- here in SC, they were all knocked down in Hurricane Hugo and have been rebuilt.lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330489182069326499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25734072482150375722009-08-03T08:33:23.079-05:002009-08-03T08:33:23.079-05:00Gene's 5:26 pretty much explains everything.Gene's 5:26 pretty much explains everything.Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133279828547003387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85131025844673042782009-08-02T19:30:06.328-05:002009-08-02T19:30:06.328-05:00In the Hamptons this year, the mid level summer re...In the Hamptons this year, the mid level summer rentals are off 50%, the weekend traffic is at a trickle, a typical long weekend here costs over 1500$ for a couple with food and lodging and rare beach passes... the economy in nyc trumps global warming and 2/3rds of the days filled with rain.hdhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573004614816464571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71109046854377348552009-08-02T17:47:53.447-05:002009-08-02T17:47:53.447-05:00Kirk Parker: I'm not sure I do need protectio...Kirk Parker: I'm not sure I do need protection. I want to get a tan. I figure if I can stay out for 20 min with no problems and I want to stay out 80 min, use 4 SPF. Renew if and as it wears off, sweating, swimming, etc. <br /><br />But what is the point of 15+ SPF? You'll never tan! Especially if you only have a chance at a couple hours' beach or pool time - if you were going to be out 15 hours a day I could see a 15 SPF.Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39864117185259903622009-08-02T17:26:13.874-05:002009-08-02T17:26:13.874-05:00We go 5 times a week.
Sometimes more.We go 5 times a week.<br /><br />Sometimes more.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569643253261527506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26531723970511772772009-08-02T16:24:02.461-05:002009-08-02T16:24:02.461-05:00Nichevo,
"SPF 4 does nothing"
Well, du...Nichevo,<br /><br />"<i>SPF 4 does nothing</i>"<br /><br />Well, duh! Try SPF 45 if you need actual protection.<br /><br />Bruce,<br /><br />You poor people from the mountain states <i>have to</i> say that about the beach, so you aren't consumed with jealousy for us Puget Sound dwellers, who get to have it all within a 2 to 3-hour radius. :-)Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1850323988242824152009-08-02T16:13:37.430-05:002009-08-02T16:13:37.430-05:00LOL, I kinda assume 'beach' means 'swi...LOL, I kinda assume 'beach' means 'swim' - but perhaps others don't?Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47679362311840425372009-08-02T13:34:40.953-05:002009-08-02T13:34:40.953-05:00Why don't you people go in the water instead o...Why don't you people go in the water instead of laying around on the beach? You can body surf or just swim out past the breakers where you can just tread water or float around on your back and look at the sky while feeling the waves move under you. <br /><br />Nobody can see your body when your are in the water either. My mother and aunts would slip out of their swim suits with just the straps tied around their necks. My cousins and I figured that people on a pier next to them could see them "naked" so we hauled ourselves out of the water, ran across the hot burning beach sand, marched down the long splintered pier only to find our mothers were swimming in water through which we could only see their shapes and not see their nakedness. They saw us and chererfully waved telling us to come back in, the water felt so good. We lumbered back into the water where our mothers tied our suits around our necks and we, too swam naked and nobody could tell.Linda in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13460472864719222120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6547201679866100232009-08-02T13:07:02.460-05:002009-08-02T13:07:02.460-05:00Maybe too many people are watching "Shark Wee...Maybe too many people are watching "Shark Week" in their air conditioned houses.<br /><br />Seriously, we go to the S.C. and N.C. beaches as often as possible. Right now I'm feeding the pets of two neighbor families who are at S.C. beaches, and it feels like the whole town (Columbia, S.C.) is empty because folks are doing the lsat beach trip before school starts early this year.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106135693129419594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78746296454162465292009-08-02T12:08:12.739-05:002009-08-02T12:08:12.739-05:00We've been twice this year to Orange Beach, AL...We've been twice this year to Orange Beach, AL. On the Alabama/Florida border. It's a great place with lot's of families and relatively inexpensive accommodations.<br /><br />My guess why people aren't vacationing as much is the economy. It's one thing you can cut pretty easily.<br /><br />FWIW School is starting earlier and earlier. School teachers go back Aug 4th. We didn't start school until after Labor Day but that was 35 years ago.Rouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459659398010937497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87443224292402355232009-08-02T02:33:12.800-05:002009-08-02T02:33:12.800-05:00After I finished reading this post I happened to c...After I finished reading this post I happened to click over to Google News and saw this headline:<br /><br />"Summer dies after struggling in ocean off NYC"<br /><br />I though to myself, maybe Ann is right. Perhaps summer tried and failed this year.<br /><br />Then I looked closer and realized it said: <i>Swimmer</i> dies after struggling in ocean off NYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63428092987042208062009-08-01T23:48:10.417-05:002009-08-01T23:48:10.417-05:00Why aren't more people going to the beach?
Be...<i>Why aren't more people going to the beach?</i><br /><br />Because they are going to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/arts/design/20pool.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">dumpster</a> instead.Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38812790257592104242009-08-01T22:59:52.994-05:002009-08-01T22:59:52.994-05:00Laura(southernxyl): Siesta Key is very popular at ...Laura(southernxyl): Siesta Key is very popular at sunset also. I'm not actually all that keen on straining my eyeballs to look at a ball of fire, but there's always the green flash to hope for.<br /><br />A great thing about the beaches in Sarasota is that they're also great fishing grounds. I've caught snook, redfish, and a 50-lb tarpon all just beyond the first sandbar, in about three feet of water. Again, early or late is better than midday.John Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979918255430186425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83616360204112019012009-08-01T22:54:14.818-05:002009-08-01T22:54:14.818-05:00I can see it from my house. I used to go every da...I can see it from my house. I used to go every day. Now I still go weekly. I have loved the beach since I was a child. I can't say exactly why, but I would really miss it if I ever moved away. When I was younger and physically worth looking at, I loved being near naked and playing in the waves. That is difficult to enjoy when you are older and realize that you likely are ruining the scenery for others. I do enjoy watching those who enhance it. That certainly has not changed. I also still go regularly because I enjoy the party atmosphere as in:<br /><br /><i>"On the other hand who wants to go to a beach that looks and acts like a Motorcycle gang clubhouse with druged out freaks imitating insane derelicts and girls gone wild."</i><br /><br />I enjoy that. When you get your fill, you just leave. That's another great thing about the beach: The door is wide and always open in both directions.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11099270926440165632009-08-01T21:20:51.460-05:002009-08-01T21:20:51.460-05:00Seems like an awful lot of people I know still go ...Seems like an awful lot of people I know still go to the beach, but my wife and I quit going to the beach years ago. Now that we can afford it, we'd rather go to New York or Chicago or London. The beach was a good "cheap" vacation.Rick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65045277240625339922009-08-01T21:01:14.717-05:002009-08-01T21:01:14.717-05:00Congrats by the way on the big day (if it happened...Congrats by the way on the big day (if it happened).Fred4Preshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574159710712259945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12763367500206025072009-08-01T20:59:56.070-05:002009-08-01T20:59:56.070-05:00The advertisement preceeding this video explains w...<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8228869" rel="nofollow">The advertisement preceeding this video explains why...</a>Fred4Preshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574159710712259945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44207230400891250722009-08-01T20:47:27.007-05:002009-08-01T20:47:27.007-05:00One often gets the queasy, sad feeling that Global...One often gets the queasy, sad feeling that Global Warming Fans are praying that it will happen, just in order to someday be able to say "I told you so".Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818855976358768057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53450595855015662372009-08-01T20:39:40.321-05:002009-08-01T20:39:40.321-05:00I blame Bush.I blame Bush.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16122636981881620342009-08-01T20:04:50.962-05:002009-08-01T20:04:50.962-05:00The last time I went to the beach was in, of all p...The last time I went to the beach was in, of all places, Denmark. Didn't notice the temperature, was too busy noticing that about 1/3 of all the women were topless. I don't see the ocean often, but the ocean with topless women, you don't see that just every day.Crimsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618292072861640747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13665986925997632662009-08-01T19:36:20.037-05:002009-08-01T19:36:20.037-05:00John, I'm 1.5 hours away from Clearwater Beach...John, I'm 1.5 hours away from Clearwater Beach and I love love love it. Sometimes I haul off and go by myself. I like Cocoa Beach too. Haven't been to Sarasota yet. Have been to Vero Beach. I'm told that each beach has its own personality.<br /><br />The sunset at Clearwater Beach, when we've seen it, has been spectacular. People who live there come out of their houses and drift down toward the water to look.Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76560502766453967772009-08-01T19:23:08.716-05:002009-08-01T19:23:08.716-05:00We go to the beach every summer but only because m...We go to the beach every summer but only because my wife's grandmother has a cottage next to the beach in Grand Haven, Mich.<br /><br />The kids love to swim & build sand castles, I prefer walking along the beach, onto the pier out to the lighthouse, then back along the river walk to downtown. <br /><br />People and boat watching while sitting on the river bank under a shade tree eating ice cream is a relaxing way to spend a few hours per day.<br /><br />We also take our bikes to the cottage which makes it easy to hit a couple different playgrounds around town without driving.<br /><br />We're going back to the beach for one more week before our girls start school. Our summer total will then stand at four beach weeks. Last year I think we did five weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83354365580066805292009-08-01T18:38:25.316-05:002009-08-01T18:38:25.316-05:00Living in an area that people pass through on thei...Living in an area that people pass through on their way to the beach, I have trouble believing there is any shortage of vacationers.<br /><br />Here's something I found amusing, and really rather enjoyed. At Caesar's Pier in Atlantic City, you can go to their third level, take off your shoes, walk through their indoor, adult sandbox to an adirondack chair and enjoy the always amazing ocean view from the comfort of an air conditioned environment. <br /><br />They're on to us older "kids".Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.com