Water Spouts in the Gulf

The Emerald Coast had some unusual weather on Tuesday. We were forecast to have rain all day but it turned into several strong storms hitting the entire coast. These storms spawned several huge water spouts. Water spouts are tornado’s that are over water. There were many photo’s and video’s taken of big water spouts in the Gulf of Mexico off of Navarre and one near Pensacola.

Water Spout

In the 15 plus years I have lived in Destin I have seen water spouts about 7 or 8 times. A couple years ago a water spout formed in the gulf, crossed over Okaloosa Island and went into the bay where it finally dissipated. Most of the time water spouts do not cause any damage and that was the case on Tuesday but they were close to land so there was some anxious moments.

Another Water Spout

On Wednesday Sunshine Cindy and I went to Crust Pizzeria for dinner. Charlie and Brenda were off on a mini vacation so we missed them. Nick took care of us. He had a Saints tee shirt on so I had to give him a hard time about the last two weeks where my two teams beat them. He was good natured about it. I told him my Browns don’t win often so I have to gloat when I can! LOL  The food was good as usual as we had a chance to relax a little.

Last week I mentioned hearing Fisherman’s Wharf was going to close. I saw a report in the paper that said the owners of the property confirmed that on Nov. 1st the Wharf will close and they are not sure what they will do with property next. They mentioned another restaurant or possibly a hotel. I would bet on a restaurant.

Beach party

This is the time of the year we start to see more festivals around our area. This weekend is a BBQ festival at The Landing in downtown Fort Walton Beach and a Latin festival at the Conference Center on the island. In two weeks is the Destin Seafood Festival. They will start to come one right after the other now.

This Saturday we will be hosting a beach clean-up and beach party at Beachwalk #2 on Okaloosa Island with the ECPHC. Everyone is welcome to come out and help us clean up and then party with us the rest of the day. It starts at 9:30 am and goes till whenever we decide to call it quits sometime in the late afternoon. We hope to see a lot of our friends out on the beach. Most of the tourist are gone so this is a perfect time for the locals to come out and play. We will have our Crab Island Mambo Phlocking of the Phaithful raffle tickets with us for anyone that wants to take a chance on winning the $500 plus prize package. See us on the beach for your tickets! http://www.crabislandmambo.com/2015-Phlocking-of-the-Phaithful-raffle-page.html

Raffle Ticket

I will have a full report on the weekend fun on Monday. See ya then!!!