VOTE HERE - Pismo Dunes riding ban

[slosurfer]

Crossposting this from Pirate. The local newspaper did a front page article on the dunes and it was very slanted towards closing it. Even though local paper polls don't mean anything, it will still be good to blow this poll up.

From my understanding, the "pollution" they are talking about is the blowing dust/sand and not emmissions. Stupid thing is that those same "particulates" are caused there no matter who/what are on the dunes. The wind blows 24/7 and that is how the dunes were created in the first place, by the wind blowing sand. Anyways, vote in the poll and read the article, it's very disturbing. They have been trying to close this place for so long.


FIRST, vote here:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/polls/story/951526.html

Pismo is under attack (again). Here is the news article:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/951274.html

NOW MORE THAN EVER---GET INVOLVED!

[Good Times]

voted :)

btw this is bs

[slosurfer]

This is my post from the pirate thread (had to edit it a tad)

This crap pisses me off. There will always be dust "particulates" at the oceano dunes even when man is long gone. Why? Because the wind blows there almost 24/7! I've had one side of my hilift almost sandblasted clean there once on one really windy night. How the hell do these people think that dunes are formed anyways? They were formed by the wind blowing f'n sand, a.k.a. "particulates". :shaking: What about the huge amount of dunes right below the mesa that we aren't allowed to drive on, you can see sand blowing off of that area all the time? Can't be from us, because we can't drive there because of the snowy plover, so if it isn't from us, then their version of "scientific research" should claim that that "dust" in that area is caused by their beloved snowy plover! :mad3:

If you don't want sand blowing by your house, don't move to a mesa that is made of sand and right next to a huge section of sand dunes! It's common f'n sense! The sand was blowing there long before they got there. Heck, there are sand dunes up ON the mesa! :shaking: :flipoff:


On a decent clear and windy day, we need to take these people up to the cliffs above Pirate's Cove. Just by the eye (with no binoculars), you can see the dust/sand in the air behind the dunes and it's the whole dunes, not just from the extremely tiny area we ride on. If anything, it appears to be worse in the section of the dunes that is the farthest south and closest to the mesa.[/

[Obi..]

Hey, sometimes when I ride my Kawi w/o a face shield I get bugs in my teeth, maybe we should ban motorcycles also..

Voted.

[puulboy]

Voted looks like the god guys are waaaaay, in the lead

[4x4mike]

Voted.

[Nick]

Voted. Idiots.

[randver]

voted

[slosurfer]

Thanks guys!

By the way, the "mesa" that they refer to in the article, is the Nipomo Mesa, which is in itself a very old giant set of sand dunes. Wind has been blowing sand up there forever, and it still has its own set of sand dunes up there. Therefore it makes sense that there are sand/dust "particulates" still being blown up there. It has squat to do with what "man" is doing!

Here's an interesting read about the guadalupe dunes and their restoration.
http://www.guaddunes.com/duneManual.html

From their explanation of how dunes are formed, Nipoma Mesa has been having sand blown at if for thousands and thousands of years.

[troyboy162]

Nell Langford, a longtime critic of the park, said the county and air officials should use their authority to shut the park down.
big hippie :loser:

wonderful. study shows roosting dune buggies put sand into the air and probably ignored the sand the wind kicks up.

i bet the air in town is full of sand on a good windy day. but its been that way for as long as that sand has been there. they should study the sand storms over seas and get a clue

[corax]

Voted



If you don't want sand blowing by your house, don't move to a mesa that is made of sand and right next to a huge section of sand dunes! It's common f'n sense! The sand was blowing there long before they got there. Heck, there are sand dunes up ON the mesa! :shaking: :flipoff:



There's no stopping the dunes - this is was part of a mini golf course that got taken over by the dunes at Jockey Ridge State Park in Nags Head (Outer Banks, NC)
http://www.mikehoganphotography.com/images/GalleryImages/Beaches_Images/LARGE/castle-jockey's-ridge.jpg

[neliconcept]

voted

[YotaFun]

East Coast Vote!!!

I want to be able to wheel when I get out there!!!

[DHC6twinotter]

Voted!

These tree huggers are ignorant....it's just like the folks that claim an Airbus A380 superjumbo is a "gas guzzler", when in reality, it has amongst the lowest per seat fuel consumption of any airliner. These people need to do some research and have a bit of common sense. :confused:

And to add to what Keith mentioned about the NC outer banks, the outer banks are moving towards the mainland a bit each year. This is caused by storm erosion and sand from the Atlantic side being blown to the Pamlico Sound side of the islands.

[Scuba]

True bullcrap.

If you live down wind from SAND DUNES, Wear a god damn face mask if you dont want to breathe in "particulates"

Voted.

[DHC6twinotter]

I still have sand in my bag from the pismo event 1.5 years ago. :hillbill:

[YotaFun]

I still have sand in my bag from the pismo event 1.5 years ago. :hillbill:


Same here!!! lol

[Scuba]

I still have sand in my vag from the pismo event 1.5 years ago. :hillbill:


Wut ?
:spit:

[CJM]

Welcome to the way alot politicians and idiots think. If they dont like it, then no one can enjoy or have it.

[Bob98SR5]

voted.

[expatoz]

Voted. Will cross post.

[jrock]

voted. pro-ohv of course!

[Crinale]

Nell Langford, a longtime critic of the park, said the county and air officials should use their authority to shut the park down.
big hippie :loser:

dont even get me started on Nell Langford... she is the most ridiculous person i have ever had the displeasure of knowing about... she makes ludicrous videos and posts them on the internet of how dangerous it is to have families on the dunes, and how we are hurting the environment etc... </rant>

btw, voted, and we are at 86% of the vote ;)

[WillRunner05]

I voted last month also. Has anyone heard any updates on this issue?

[slosurfer]

The actual findings from the report are supposed to come out in Feb. so there hasn't been much happening.