Monday, July 4, 2005

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Monday, July 04, 2005

* DHEC workers take water samples from Folly and beaches up and down the coast twice a month from May 15 through Oct. 15 and issue warning advisories for high levels of bacteria that can make swimmers ill
-Charleston Post and Courier, 7-3-05

* Every Saturday during the summertime, thousands of travelers try to get to their vacation rentals on Hilton Head Island, turning U.S. 278 into a virtual parking lot frequently stretching 10 miles or more
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 7-3-05

* In today's market, a 100-front-foot lot on Fort Morgan is selling for $1.7 million, while the lots directly behind that, called second-tier lots, are going for $650,000. Those second-tier lots were selling for $100,000 three years ago, according to Powell
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, Mobile Register, 7-3-05

* PANAMA CITY BEACH Thirteen hundred bucks for a view of bulldozers and the latrine? No thanks. Dozens of vacationers expected sun and sand during their holiday in Bay County this weekend but were met with rows of pipes and the roar of heavy-duty equipment, as work crews continued a longrunning dredging project in the face of Fourth of July visitors
-Panaman City News Herald, 7-4-05

* Coast Guard is posting a weekend search-and-rescue crew at Carrabelle for the second summer
-Tallahassee, 7-4-05