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Posted on 05/12/2017 6:34:52 AM PDT by C19fan
“You are paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks,” Deputy Brian Stockbridge announced via a loudspeaker.
Stockbridge was in a helicopter, flying off the coast of Dana Point in Orange County, Calif., at about 2 p.m. local time on Wednesday. And, indeed, swimming in the Pacific Ocean below and clearly visible from the air, were several great white sharks. Their fins rose menacingly from the water as they glided back and forth.
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Wait. I didn’t see where WaPo blamed Trump.
Thanks! That made me lol.
I live on the central west coast of California and have never cared for surfing (tried once) as I don't like putting myself in the food chain. Body surfing, sure, as I'm much closer to shore.
Reporter will be fired for failing to follow Bezos’s style guide.
See tagline.
It will be a cold day in hell before I subscribe to the Washington Post.
Most shark attacks happen in 3 feet of water.
Most shark attacks happen in 3 feet or less of water.
I heard ya the first time! :-) While I’ve never heard that, at least I could see them from the cliff where I jumped in.
Great white berthing area. Fairly safe.
Here’s another one for you - anytime you are in the ocean near a coastline you are probably less than 1 minute from a shark.
Well, they will likely do a follow-up article on how this was caused by glo-bull warming or some such theme.
The girl i worked with told me they don’t bother you if you don’t bother them.
I said they’re not bees.
That’s because most of their easy food supply (small slow people) is in less than three feet of water.
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Funny in a macabre sort of way.
Surfers. The new white meat.
“Well, they will likely do a follow-up article on how this was caused by glo-bull warming or some such theme.”
Already happening. It was only two years ago that I first saw a local SoCal news piece celebrating the appearance of juvenile Great Whites along the Orange County coast. The enviro types were all excited. Guess they don’t surf.
Some were attributing it to a return of sea lions, some to warming of the mostly cold ocean along our coast.
Whatever the cause we have now had two severe shark attacks. Both women. Sexist sharks.
lolololol
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