Why would you want to repel sharks? They're delicious! I've taken a few with a speargun off Okinawa and the NC coast...Okay...maybe not the brightest idea... but mmmm mmmmm...shark steak on the grill!
Fine. Filet it and grill it and I'm there.
It's just part of my paranoia. I know how slim the chances really are. The beach we visit is at the exact mid-point between the Outer Banks and Virginia Beach locations for those two fatalities last year. But we know all the safety "rules."
Funny thing is, there were fewer attacks than normal last year, but they got the media attention. Last year it was shark attacks. This year it's child abductions. The numbers don't go up...except for the news show ratings...