Orange Crush returned to Tybee Island with unprecedented force
WEBApr 24, 2023 — Between 40,00-50,000 people: Orange Crush returned to Tybee Island with unprecedented force. 'The biggest HBCU bash on the East Coast' brought good intentions but a strain on Tybee resources ...
Tybee Island leaders address Orange Crush issues in public forum
WEBMay 5, 2023 — Tybee Island’s relationship with Orange Crush has been strained by the city’s ugly racial history. The island is the site of a former slave trade quarantine station and was a whites-only beach ...
How Tybee is preparing for Tropical Storm Idalia rainfall and ...
WEBAug 28, 2023 — The City of Tybee Island issued alerts Monday to residents related to Tropical Storm Idalia, which is expected to move into the coastal Georgia area Wednesday. According to a post on the City of ...
Savannah feels the impact as Hurricane Helene nears the Gulf Coast
WEBSep 26, 2024 — A runner jogs along the beach at Tybee Island as heavy surf and winds from Hurricane Helene hits the Island on Thursday, September 26, 2024. Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News
Everything you need to know about Orange Crush weekend 2024
WEBApr 4, 2024 — The original event started on Tybee Island in 1988 as a gathering for and sponsored by Savannah State University students, but after less than a decade, the school severed ties with the event ...
High tides from Tropical Storm Debby leave their mark on Tybee
WEBAug 9, 2024 — A lifeguard from Tybee Ocean Rescue catches a wave on Thursday, August 8, 2024. Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News. Beachgoers walk along the beach about 2 hours before high tide on Thursday ...
Scenes from the Orange Crush 2024 celebration on Tybee Island
WEBApr 20, 2024 — Spring breakers dance near the Tybee Island Pier on Saturday, April 20, 2024 during Orange Crush on Tybee Island. Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News. A spring breaker takes a swig from a ...
Tybee Island Fire Department license reinstated
WEBSep 27, 2024 — Savannah Morning News. 0:01. 1:23. The state of emergency surrounding the Tybee Island Fire Department seems to be coming to an end, as its license to perform basic life-saving procedures has been ...
Helene hit Savannah with hurricane-force winds in pass through …
WEBSep 27, 2024 — Helene made landfall at about 11:10 p.m. ET Thursday near Perry, Florida, with 140-mph winds, making it the first known Category 4 storm to hit Florida’s Big Bend region since records began in ...
Tybee leaders fight beach litter, cigarettes, pollution
WEBSep 21, 2022 — In the last months, Arnold said Fight Dirty Tybee has counted up its collected cigarette butts and found a 75% reduction in the beach's most pervasive piece of litter. Where the volunteers used to ...