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Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by jboggan » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:21 PM UTC

These pictures from home are great to see on a California morning! It really is a special landscape and I'm glad to see it getting some attention.

I was extra excited to see the pictures of the Satilla River since it's a blackwater, something I feel like a lot of folks are unfamiliar with [0]. It's a really interesting feeling to swim or float down a blackwater that is clean and pure and full of fish and turtles pecking against your legs but whose tea-colored waters don't admit even a yard of visibility through.

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_river

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by lousyd » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:22 PM UTC

ubertaco wrote: post #7

St. Simon's Island was a childhood vacation spot for me. I loved it. Having gone back just this year for the first time in over 20 years, I realized I like it even more now that I can enjoy the small-beach-town atmosphere and the deep-rooted history. It's not Orlando, It's not Miami, it's not even Jacksonville. It's a tiny little spot with decent beaches, a long history that's reasonably-well-preserved, and quiet rel…

It looks to be more of an "island" than an island. I mean, the piece of water barely separating it from the rest of Georgia is called a "creek", for pete's sake.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by dang » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:26 PM UTC

werdnapk wrote: post #16

punchingpeople wrote: post #9

I have visited the Bulgarian side of the Black Sea and found it quite fascinating, there was a time wild dolphins came not far from the coast. For sure I would love to visit the Georgian coast as well, have heard good things of the place and have never met a bad Georgian.

Please read TFA.

Please be civil.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by wyldfire » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:29 PM UTC

The anecdote about geography that's summarized in the title isn't as interesting as the photographs themselves. They're magnificent. One of the tasks of great photography is to show an interesting or unique pespective. Composition is everything. These drone photos are awesome.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by justusthane » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:39 PM UTC

jonknee wrote: post #78

> I stopped at a station with pay-first pumps Are there pumps that aren't pay-first? Even in non self-service states they ask for payment first.

At most gas stations in rural midwest (at least Wisconsin & Minnesota, can't speak as well for other areas) you can pay after pumping.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by ethbro » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:42 PM UTC

emaginniss wrote: post #55

ethbro wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The amazing thing is to think we've only had aerial photography since ~1860 (so 58 years). And people in the air at all since 1783. Before that, literally no one had seen the world from that vantage point. Baring a convenient mountain.

I'd love to hear your perspective on life as someone living in 1918.

Well, the Kaiser is out and the War is over! If it weren't for the flu in Spain (although I've heard it showed up in other places...) then it would be a good end to the year.

Regardless, I thank God we'll never see such senseless bloodshed again.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by jcater » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:43 PM UTC

jraines wrote: post #76

jcater wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I live on the island mentioned in the article. This place gets insane with tourists during the Summer months, but gets much calmer during September. The weather is also nicer, with the highs averaging in the mid-80s(F). The summer months are generally hot and humid -- this is the deep South after all.

I'll have to defer since you live there, but I'm from South GA and my sisters live on SSI and I'd think September would be hotter than that & October would be nicer (my favorite month in GA overall). Also, if you happen to live in the Northeast, I recommend a visit to SSI in the early spring to cure that endless winter misery that you get in March & sometimes April.

Fall in general is great. My perception (which I’ve not validated) is October is generally wetter. That may just be from anomolies the last yew years than the actual climate, though.

Just don’t come the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football game in late October. 10,000 (newspaper’s estimate, not mine) Georgia fans flock to the island and get drunk. We’re not at all equipped to handle that many college kids all at once.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by bdcravens » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:43 PM UTC

cdoxsey wrote: post #79

jonknee wrote: post #78

> I stopped at a station with pay-first pumps Are there pumps that aren't pay-first? Even in non self-service states they ask for payment first.

Growing up in Alabama I always pumped then paid the attendant. I found paying first super confusing. How do I know what it will cost ahead of time? Then credit cards were ubiquitous and I never really thought about it again.

Typically if you don't get as much fuel as you paid for you go back in for change.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by adrr » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:47 PM UTC

jcater wrote: post #45

thieving_magpie wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many people are probably familiar with St. Simon's from the 30th g8 summit, though they technically refer to it as Sea Island (more on that in a moment). St Simon's has changed over the years. It's finally succumbing to development though they are being careful about it so as not to kill the golden goose (a very private feeling island). Most of the people that lived there prior to its rise in popularity have been dri…

I live on St Simons. You're conflating two islands here -- Sea Island is a separate island that has been privately owned since at least the 1920s. You have to drive across St Simons to get to Sea Island. For sure, Sea Island is a high end, gated resort community of a few hundred people. St Simons is home to about 12k people. It has been an expensive place to live since at least the 80s. I, too, share your concerns ab…

This same attitude is why SF has a housing crisis.

Re: Georgia Has a Coast?

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Post by jcater » Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 4:48 PM UTC

lousyd wrote: post #92

ubertaco wrote: post #7

St. Simon's Island was a childhood vacation spot for me. I loved it. Having gone back just this year for the first time in over 20 years, I realized I like it even more now that I can enjoy the small-beach-town atmosphere and the deep-rooted history. It's not Orlando, It's not Miami, it's not even Jacksonville. It's a tiny little spot with decent beaches, a long history that's reasonably-well-preserved, and quiet rel…

It looks to be more of an "island" than an island. I mean, the piece of water barely separating it from the rest of Georgia is called a "creek", for pete's sake.

And three miles of saltwater marsh.

No, it’s not an island in the middle of the Atlantic, but it is one of the eight barrier islands of Georgia.