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in reply to a message by Sarahjeanne
Hi Sarahjeanne ,
Several things you might try:
1) Vacation in Kansas instead.
2) Invite several friends along to VB and encourage them to rub their legs vigorously with bait squid before entering the water. Enter the water yourself (sans squid) no less than 50 yards away.
3) Avoid swimming near dawn or dusk. People who swim then DESERVE shark bites anyway, because all decent folks will be back in the condo sleeping off a hangover at the earlier time or nursing a sunburn at the swim-up bar at the later.
4) Collect several small children and buy them either paddleboards or seal costumes to use in the water. Place them between yourself and offshore sandbars, schools of fish, or exposed fins.
5) Remember that white-tailed deer, not sharks, are the primary animal killers of people in the US. Don't swim where you see antlers moving through the water!
My family swam in the Virginia Beach area for years without so much as SEEING a shark. The fatal attack there was tragic but very freakish.
If you want to worry about sea critters, look out instead for jellyfish and mass migrations of bluefish near the water's edge. One year my dad swam out into the path of the migrating blues to "get closer to the marine life". Eleven stitches later, he acknowledged that those critters have sharp teeth!
Have fun at the beach,
Da.
Several things you might try:
1) Vacation in Kansas instead.
2) Invite several friends along to VB and encourage them to rub their legs vigorously with bait squid before entering the water. Enter the water yourself (sans squid) no less than 50 yards away.
3) Avoid swimming near dawn or dusk. People who swim then DESERVE shark bites anyway, because all decent folks will be back in the condo sleeping off a hangover at the earlier time or nursing a sunburn at the swim-up bar at the later.
4) Collect several small children and buy them either paddleboards or seal costumes to use in the water. Place them between yourself and offshore sandbars, schools of fish, or exposed fins.
5) Remember that white-tailed deer, not sharks, are the primary animal killers of people in the US. Don't swim where you see antlers moving through the water!
My family swam in the Virginia Beach area for years without so much as SEEING a shark. The fatal attack there was tragic but very freakish.
If you want to worry about sea critters, look out instead for jellyfish and mass migrations of bluefish near the water's edge. One year my dad swam out into the path of the migrating blues to "get closer to the marine life". Eleven stitches later, he acknowledged that those critters have sharp teeth!
Have fun at the beach,
Da.
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As a certified scuba diver for 8 years I just wanted to note that I've never been bitten by a shark and no one I've ever gone diving with has been bitten either. I've dove in both the Atlantic and the Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef. I think Cole is right and it's not that there's more sharks we just hear more about it. What Nanaea posted about shark attacks is what divers are taught during certification classes and fortunately most of us never need to use it! By the way David , loved your answers...very funny!
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If you cant's beat 'em join 'em
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My "visions" have saved me from many a shark attack!
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As a certified scuba instructor for 18 years I just want to add that I am bitten by sharks on a fairly regular basis and enjoy it immensely! I suggest you don't knock it before you try it!
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Hey, welcome back, Daividh! Where the heck have you been?
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Hi Nan ,
I headed out middle of last week to my Mom's place Somewhere East of Philly. My step-dad's having a rough time after recent surgery and Mom's Alzheimer's is not severe but keeps her from driving, etc. The 3 out-of-state kids have been taking turns going up so the 2 living in-state (NJ) won't have to carry it all.
Had my eye surgery today and it was painfree and effortless. Will be back at work tomorrow. I hope to be around a little more from here on!
-- Da.
I headed out middle of last week to my Mom's place Somewhere East of Philly. My step-dad's having a rough time after recent surgery and Mom's Alzheimer's is not severe but keeps her from driving, etc. The 3 out-of-state kids have been taking turns going up so the 2 living in-state (NJ) won't have to carry it all.
Had my eye surgery today and it was painfree and effortless. Will be back at work tomorrow. I hope to be around a little more from here on!
-- Da.
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Sorry to hear about your folks, Daividh. The eye surgery news was good, though. :)
Pavlos had e-mailed me this morning, asking about you -- we were both wondering what had happened to you. If we hadn't heard from you today, one of us was gonna hunt you down. :)
-- Nanaea
Pavlos had e-mailed me this morning, asking about you -- we were both wondering what had happened to you. If we hadn't heard from you today, one of us was gonna hunt you down. :)
-- Nanaea
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