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FEAR ON CAPE COD AS SHARKS HUNT AGAIN
New York Times Magazine ^ | Oct. 20, 2021 | C.J. Chivers

Posted on 10/20/2021 7:48:05 PM PDT by Capt. Tom

...snip.. Later, Sexton realized the brief session contained the unsolvable puzzle. The waters of Cape Cod were not going to be free of white sharks or people anytime soon, and for all of his work studying the predators, he could not answer the most basic question. “It was awesome to be in the water and to see her there,” he said. “But should we really be in the water? I don’t know.”

Lanctot did not know either. “Felt really good to get back in the water,” she texted that evening. Then the old foreboding returned. By mid-October, peak season for white sharks near her home, she was unsure what to do. When she thought of surfing, her hands shook, her chest tightened, she struggled for a full breath. “If there were no sharks here, I’d be out in everything,” she said. “I’d go out in tiny waves, I’d go out in huge storms and everything in between. But it’s the end of an era now, of this being a carefree place.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: History; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: capecod; sharks; whitesharks
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To: mylife

This is the webcam from Wellfleet, MA (about halfway up the outer part of Cape Cod from the elbow).

https://www.livebeaches.com/webcams/the-beachcomber-webcam-in-wellfleet/

This is looking out into the Atlantic Ocean. Looks really nice and calm this morning. Keep in mind the ocean stays warmer into the fall because the Gulf Stream brings the warm water north all the way to Scotland.


21 posted on 10/21/2021 6:09:23 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Capt. Tom
Thanks for posting.

and loiter at the Chatham Fish Pier, attracting tourists who gather to watch them.

Yep, been there, done that.

22 posted on 10/21/2021 6:19:37 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: poconopundit

Joining the conversation in progress: until the realization the song mentioned was Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer, believed the discussion was focused on the tune “Old Cape Cod”.

If you’re fond of sand dunes and salty air
Quaint little villages here and there
(You’re sure) You’re sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod
(~sung by Patti Page)

If one didn’t know better Marjorie T. Greene might have been a Texan. LOL we’ll certainly claim her. When you truly think about it, she’s cut from the same cloth as AOC, but with more life experience and sanity.
Not that Georgia can’t produce such women! After all, there was Scarlett. :-)


23 posted on 10/21/2021 8:34:35 AM PDT by V K Lee (Resist, we will! Remember, we must!)
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To: woodbutcher1963
...snip>..The real hardos have a wetsuit with feet and a hoodie and then wear gloves. Some guys literally have 3 or 4 wets suits. One for each season of the year...snip ..

Although I am not a surfer, I can understand people's passion for certain endeavors.

I have a plaque on my wall that a friend made up and gave me many years ago. It states something I have said about life.

"Anything done in moderation shows a lack of interest." -Tom

24 posted on 10/21/2021 9:32:02 AM PDT by Capt. Tom (.It's COVID 2021 - The Events, not us, are still in charge - )
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To: V K Lee; poconopundit

Needing MTG clones.... Have you seen the woman in Nevada
running as Lady Trump for Governor? Her merits are unknown at this time, however, she does seem to have the potential to hit the mark in the same manner as Greene. Says a great deal about the future of the GOPe. The women fight stronger, longer, and are more skilled than most of the milk toast dudes who ‘want to be King of the Hill”.


25 posted on 10/21/2021 11:00:12 AM PDT by V K Lee (Resist, we will! Remember, we must!)
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Brilliant comment, V K. When you combine what Patti Page said with Nat King Cole’s tune, you pretty much summed up what Cape Cod was about back then...

In Georgia right now, I’ll be pleased as punch if we can just get rid of the RINO traitors like Brian the UnKEMPt and his sidekick, Rattsburger.


26 posted on 10/21/2021 4:48:14 PM PDT by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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To: Capt. Tom; TMN78247; Makana; 1Old Pro; Roccus; Justa; Faith65; lurk; rlmorel; Red Badger; ...

It appears the NY Times has this article in an 1-1/2 hour reading at:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/podcasts/the-daily/cape-cod-sharks.html

For those Freepers interested, and prefer not to read a very long article. -Tom


27 posted on 11/06/2021 2:00:59 PM PDT by Capt. Tom (.It's COVID 2021 - The Events, not us, are still in charge - )
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For those interested, Capt. Tom has put together a great website on New England sharks:

http://newenglandsharks.com/


28 posted on 12/17/2021 8:32:07 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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