Coronavirus on the Beach (pt 4)
Channel: Sean Anderson
Date: 2020-04-09

By early April 2020, COVID-19-motivated closures of beaches and other public open spaces across the coastal zone both intensified and fractured outside of California (see part 5 for the story in California at this same time). Some areas such as the state of Hawai'i were consistently managing their public access. Unfortunately, several other areas were not. In particular the southeast and the Gulf Coast states were often mired in infighting and reversals of access policy. The public and elected officials alike pushed against decisions (and in some cases the lack of decisions) amounting to irregular and inconstant advice in the time of the global pandemic.  

These news clips were from areas outside of California from March 31-April 8, 2020.

Click the following time stamps to jump to the coverage about the given state:

00:00 Mississippi
01:53 Georgia
07:37 Florida
18:36 Hawaii
22:53 Texas

If you have not watched the previous videos in this series, check them out:

Part 1: https://youtu.be/yAPBOaiauUo

Part 2: https://youtu.be/DuEFDIXcbFY

Part 3: https://youtu.be/LJ_2m2JJRoI

Part 5: https://youtu.be/CbSzOHAjJVw