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xocetaceans

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14. With that bill, it seems that they also might have inadvertently just banned beach umbrellas....

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 10:26 PM

Dec 2

"the injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of a chemical, a chemical compound, a substance, or an apparatus into the atmosphere within the borders of this state for the express purpose of affecting the temperature, the weather, or the intensity of sunlight is prohibited."

Admittedly, the umbrella ( "an apparatus" ) would only be "released" or "injected" into the atmosphere six or so feet above the beach sand, but still it should affect the temperature and the intensity of sunlight beneath its canopy....

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