Also, tomorrow they'll be doing fireworks over the Gulf off of the State Park Pier! Be sure to check it out, I'll be there taking lots of pictures then coming home and making a blog about for all of you who missed it!
XOXO - Melody Rose
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- The 411 on Gulf Shores Alabama
- Hey y'all! Well first off I'm Melody Rose and I'm a local here in GS alabama. I created this blog to tell people about our little paradise, Gulf Shores! I'm unbiased, so I promise you everything on here is real and the truth. I will not lie, or make something sound better than it is or worse than it is. I've realized how many people just are in love with Gulf Shores, so I though I'd start this blog to update y'all, let you know about great food (or horrible food), fun things to do for everyone, and soo much more. :)
Showing posts with label Gulf State Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gulf State Park. Show all posts
Jul 3, 2011
The Fireworks Show Must Go On!
Despite the wildfire burning right next to The Wharf, they're still doing their fireworks tonight and tomorrow. I can see the fireworks from my house, they aren't impressive at all. Lets hope they do better tomorrow.
Also, tomorrow they'll be doing fireworks over the Gulf off of the State Park Pier! Be sure to check it out, I'll be there taking lots of pictures then coming home and making a blog about for all of you who missed it!
Also, tomorrow they'll be doing fireworks over the Gulf off of the State Park Pier! Be sure to check it out, I'll be there taking lots of pictures then coming home and making a blog about for all of you who missed it!
Jun 30, 2011
Wildfire Update 6/30
The rain the day before yesterday wasn't enough to help the fire that went from 700 acres to 1,000 acres in one day yesterday. The smoke was horrible last night, the smoke was smelling up my whole house because of the direction the wind was blowing plus the rain made the fire smokier.
Gov. Bentley came to town yesterday and arrived around 3pm to fly over the fire and assess how closely the fire is burning to homes and businesses such as The Wharf and the somewhat new restaurant EAT.
At this time helicopters are what's helping firefighters battle this fire. Yesterday the firefighters brought in a ch47b chinook (a helicopter used for dumping massive amounts of water.) These are helping them contain the fire, at this time they claim to have the fire 95% contained, yet it keeps doubling in size every day, literally.
This fire is effecting some businesses along Canal Rd. Businesses such as EAT almost had to evacuate in the beginning, but now they are just keeping an eye on the fire, firefighters are protecting these businesses. Though the restaurant EAT was closed down from the beginning of the fire, and just opened back up today, the smoke was too much for them to stay open.
Aside from the smoke effecting our town economically, it's suffering environmentally. Wildfires are very capable of putting plants of the verge of extinct. They can and usually destroy animal's habitats, and animal habitats are VITALLY important to the world. Though a lot of you don't care about animals, the environment, ect, I do. A lot. We're gonna be the reason the world comes to an end, it'll be man made and a lot of people don't realize that we can stop it. But I don't mean to get off topic, wildfires also release carbon dioxide which is horrible for the atmosphere.
That's all the info for now, there will be another update tomorrow, thanks for reading!! : )
XOXO - Melody Rose
Gov. Bentley came to town yesterday and arrived around 3pm to fly over the fire and assess how closely the fire is burning to homes and businesses such as The Wharf and the somewhat new restaurant EAT.
At this time helicopters are what's helping firefighters battle this fire. Yesterday the firefighters brought in a ch47b chinook (a helicopter used for dumping massive amounts of water.) These are helping them contain the fire, at this time they claim to have the fire 95% contained, yet it keeps doubling in size every day, literally.
This fire is effecting some businesses along Canal Rd. Businesses such as EAT almost had to evacuate in the beginning, but now they are just keeping an eye on the fire, firefighters are protecting these businesses. Though the restaurant EAT was closed down from the beginning of the fire, and just opened back up today, the smoke was too much for them to stay open.
Aside from the smoke effecting our town economically, it's suffering environmentally. Wildfires are very capable of putting plants of the verge of extinct. They can and usually destroy animal's habitats, and animal habitats are VITALLY important to the world. Though a lot of you don't care about animals, the environment, ect, I do. A lot. We're gonna be the reason the world comes to an end, it'll be man made and a lot of people don't realize that we can stop it. But I don't mean to get off topic, wildfires also release carbon dioxide which is horrible for the atmosphere.
That's all the info for now, there will be another update tomorrow, thanks for reading!! : )
XOXO - Melody Rose
Jun 28, 2011
Wildfire Update 6/28
Today there was a lot of smoke from the controlled burns the firefighters preformed. They did a controlled burn to burn out the fuel of the fire. It's been raining for about an hour now which would leave some to think that it'll make the fire burn out, but no. Sources say it's actually making the firefighter's controlled burn fail, but more updates on this will be posted tomorrow.
So I love how people such us Meyer's Real Estate, the Alabama Gulf Coast Facebook page, and others are telling tourists that it's fine to come on down with the fire, it's all good. No, it's not all good. A lot of the condos are relevantly near the fire, and tourists who are here now have complained about the smoke. One night a boy had even woken up his father saying he smells smoke in their condo, the dad got up and panicked then soon found out that it was the smell of smoke from the fire. Another tourist is also HIGHLY allergic to smoke, but decided to still come down with the fire here because they had told them it's fine to come on down.
Basically, if smoke is going to bother you, and views of a big ol fire from your condo would bother you, don't come until the firefighters get this under control. We want tourists to come, but we don't want them to come and not be able to enjoy the town and the beach as they normally would without a fire.
So I love how people such us Meyer's Real Estate, the Alabama Gulf Coast Facebook page, and others are telling tourists that it's fine to come on down with the fire, it's all good. No, it's not all good. A lot of the condos are relevantly near the fire, and tourists who are here now have complained about the smoke. One night a boy had even woken up his father saying he smells smoke in their condo, the dad got up and panicked then soon found out that it was the smell of smoke from the fire. Another tourist is also HIGHLY allergic to smoke, but decided to still come down with the fire here because they had told them it's fine to come on down.
Basically, if smoke is going to bother you, and views of a big ol fire from your condo would bother you, don't come until the firefighters get this under control. We want tourists to come, but we don't want them to come and not be able to enjoy the town and the beach as they normally would without a fire.
XOXO - Melody Rose
Jun 27, 2011
Wildfire at Gulf State Park
So, I clean condos with my mama, we clean all around Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. We were driving along West Beach Blvd, and we were looking at the Gulf, then looked to the front of us in the blue sky to see smoke.
Well of course we had to go drive and see what it was. While I'm driving my mom is looking up the news on her phone to see what this smoke is all about. I didn't get too far with the busy traffic before she told me it's a wildfire in the Gulf State Park. Immediately I was like oh-em-gee, we're all going to die, I started panicking because my house is just up Hwy 59 and for all I knew at that point it could have been going straight for my house with my adored cat in there.
Long story short, we gathered information to find that it had started in the campgrounds and it started off as 2 acres, and now is 400 acres. The first day of the fire (May 25) they evacuated sections of Orange Beach and power went out, they now are allowing people back and got the power back on the same day. Yesterday (May 26th) they almost had to evacuate some homes in the area, but they are doing their best to protect those houses. Now, all while it keeps burning through more and more acres, they keep saying (and it's about the only thing they're saying) that they have it under control, they have it contained. Really guys? Really? Because if you did, it wouldn't keep on going full force now would it?
At this point you're probably wondering what caused the fire in the first place? Well, to be real, nobody has a for sure answer. Lots of people have different ideas and assumptions, but police are investigating this. Some say campers were cooking on a grill and dumped their coals in the grass. Others say someone threw a cigarette butt. A few people are even saying someone was trying to set off fireworks. Who really knows what's true, but all of these ideas are things that can start a wildfire, so people, please be careful.
This fire has been burning for 3 days now, and so far it's crossed Canal Road in Orange Beach, headed for The Wharf and Sports Plex but luckily they're protecting it along with the homes in the area. They have brought out helicopters to fight the fire by dumping water on to it, lets hope they can get this contained and under control, though today they announced this is going to be a long battle against this fire.
That's all the info for now everyone, thanks for reading & check out the pics below of the fire.
Well of course we had to go drive and see what it was. While I'm driving my mom is looking up the news on her phone to see what this smoke is all about. I didn't get too far with the busy traffic before she told me it's a wildfire in the Gulf State Park. Immediately I was like oh-em-gee, we're all going to die, I started panicking because my house is just up Hwy 59 and for all I knew at that point it could have been going straight for my house with my adored cat in there.
Long story short, we gathered information to find that it had started in the campgrounds and it started off as 2 acres, and now is 400 acres. The first day of the fire (May 25) they evacuated sections of Orange Beach and power went out, they now are allowing people back and got the power back on the same day. Yesterday (May 26th) they almost had to evacuate some homes in the area, but they are doing their best to protect those houses. Now, all while it keeps burning through more and more acres, they keep saying (and it's about the only thing they're saying) that they have it under control, they have it contained. Really guys? Really? Because if you did, it wouldn't keep on going full force now would it?
At this point you're probably wondering what caused the fire in the first place? Well, to be real, nobody has a for sure answer. Lots of people have different ideas and assumptions, but police are investigating this. Some say campers were cooking on a grill and dumped their coals in the grass. Others say someone threw a cigarette butt. A few people are even saying someone was trying to set off fireworks. Who really knows what's true, but all of these ideas are things that can start a wildfire, so people, please be careful.
This fire has been burning for 3 days now, and so far it's crossed Canal Road in Orange Beach, headed for The Wharf and Sports Plex but luckily they're protecting it along with the homes in the area. They have brought out helicopters to fight the fire by dumping water on to it, lets hope they can get this contained and under control, though today they announced this is going to be a long battle against this fire.
That's all the info for now everyone, thanks for reading & check out the pics below of the fire.
XOXO - Melody Rose
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