St.
Lucie County is closing all public beaches for the Fourth of July holiday weekend to limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
WPTVNEWSCHANNEL 5EXPLAINS HOW BEACH BUSINESSESFEAR THIS FOURTH COULD BE ABUST.<< (NAT CLIP 7722 @54:25 :2“WOULD YOU LIKE IT TOASTED”)AT STRAWBERRYBEACH, THE PANDEMIC HAS NOTPUT A DAMPER ON SUMMERBUSINESS.
(CLIP 7722 @55:21 :4“ACTUALLY WEFAIRLY GOOD BECAUSEEVERYBODYBEACH”) BUT DEBORAH DAY ANDHER CO-WORKERS HEARD THE SCOOPWEDNESDAY MORNING THAT THEBEACHES IN ST.
LUCIE COUNTYWOULD BE OFF LIMITS STARTINGFRIDAY AND THROUGH THISWEEKEND.
(CLIP 7722 @55:37 :5DEBORAH DAY/ STRAWBERRY“WEPROBABLY FROM THAT.
WE WEREHOPING THAT AT LEAST WEOPEN”) ACROSS THE PLAZA ATSUNRISE SURF SHOP..
(EMILYPHILLIPS/ SUNRISE SURF SHOPCLIP 7684 @22:37 :5“WEPRETTY STEADY RIGHT NOW, BUTFOURTH OF JULY IS A PRETTY BIGWEEKEND”) EMILY PHILLIPSTAKES PRIDE THAT AS A LOCALBUSINESS, LOYAL CUSTOMERS WILLCONTINUE TO COME DESPITE NOBEACHGOERS THIS WEEKEND.(EMILY PHILLIPS/ SUNRISE SURFSHOP CLIP 7684 @22:21 :5“IREALLY LIKE MY JOB.
I WANT TOMEET PEOPLE, I WANT TO SEEPEOPLE.
I WANT TO HELP THEMGET WHAT THEY NEED”) AS WORDSPREAD THAT THE SAND WOULD BESHUTDOWN, FAMILIES CAME OUTTODAY TO BEAT THE HEAT.(MELANIE LOPEZ/MOTHER BEACH7724 @41:20 :5“I FIGURED WESTPALM IS CLOSING SO I FIGUREITBEFORE IT STARTS CLOSINGHERE”) OTHERS SAID THECLOSING THIS WEEKEND ISNBIG A DEAL& SINCE THEY WOULDHAVE AVOIDED THE BEACH ON THEFOURTH ANYWAY.
(KRISTINEFORD/ST.
LUCIE COUNTY CLIP7727 @45:39 :9“THEY STARTEDDOWN SOUTH AND JUST KEPT GOINGFROM WEST PALM TO MARTINCOUNTY AND WE WOULD HAVEGOTTEN EVERYBODY”) (CLIP 7750@55:49 STAND CLOSE :10“WHILETHE BEACHES WILL BE CLOSEDTHIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND, THECOUNTY SAYS BOAT RAMPS WILLREMAIN OPEN.
IN ST.
LUCIECOUNTY, JS WPTV NC 5”)
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