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re: 3 shark attacks in Destin in the last 5 hours
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:49 am to DaBeerz
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:49 am to DaBeerz
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I’ve been bringing my kids out to sandbar since they were less than a year old. Won’t change anything for us.
That’s great for you. I have the same attitude.
Probably one rogue shark or at worst, a bad statistical anomaly. For the tens of thousands of people in the water at that time, three got attacked. That’s such an outlier of a moment it isn’t worth considering.
Granted, if there’s some acid trip algae in bloom causing sharks to go into rage mode, then I’ll be worried.
But to think that my 5 and 10 year old can’t catch any waves at the shoreline because of something that has a stupidly low probability of happening doesn’t sit well with me. My wife won’t shut up about it.
(I’m venting about some issues I have with my wife obviously)
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Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:51 am to StringedInstruments
I live a couple counties over (gulf). Every mouth breather hill billy in the area wants to exterminate the sharks more than ever. Smh
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:54 am to StringedInstruments
When your kids see all the other kids in the water and beg to do the same, she’ll cave. Then, you’ll all have the added bonus of having less respect for someone who talks a mean talk but gives in at the last minute.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:54 am to StringedInstruments
Thankfully my wife is not that neurotic. We go in 4 weeks, probably won’t even think about it by then.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 9:12 am to Splackavellie
quote:googled where that was since I thought it was close to where we were. We’re just a few miles down the beach from there through the rest of the weekend. We’ve been here all week but after watching that GoPro video and Jaws I don’t feel like going swimming the rest of the time we’re here
Same. We were in the water for 3 days 100 yds from that Okaloosa fishing pier.
ETA still feels like an overall irrational fear. Been swimming at the redneck riviera for decades and never had any problems with them.
This post was edited on 6/8/24 at 9:23 am
Posted on 6/8/24 at 9:25 am to BugAC
This is why I stick to pools
Posted on 6/8/24 at 9:28 am to KennabraTiger
Just an update this morning: still double red flags out. No one in the water. It’s our last day here but this sucks.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 9:31 am to BugAC
We were at PC a few weeks ago and saw a 3-4 footer just inside of the first sand bar early one morning. Lots of rays swimming about also.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 9:32 am to KennabraTiger
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This is why I stick to pools
We have a place on Lake Michigan. Cool, laid back, fires on the beach. No tshirt shops. Ohh yeah, no fricking sharks.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 9:36 am to CorkSoaker
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When your kids see all the other kids in the water and beg to do the same, she’ll cave. Then, you’ll all have the added bonus of having less respect for someone who talks a mean talk but gives in at the last minute.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 9:50 am to Old Money
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Being a life long Florida baw, I’ve seen enough sharks that I don’t go in the ocean too often. Not my place
Hard same. I am perfectly happy looking at the ocean from my umbrella shaded chair and switching to the pool post lunch. Ocean freaks me out.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 10:07 am to BugAC
Did anybody think to call Fin or Gill?
Posted on 6/8/24 at 10:10 am to BugAC
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still double red flags out
“Still”? It just happened yesterday afternoon. It hasn’t even been 24 hours
Posted on 6/8/24 at 10:11 am to Robin Masters
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We have a place on Lake Michigan. Cool, laid back, fires on the beach. No tshirt shops. Ohh yeah, no fricking sharks.
Must be nice that one weekend in July.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 10:14 am to CorkSoaker
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quote:
still double red flags out
“Still”? It just happened yesterday afternoon. It hasn’t even been 24 hours
Saw that it’s actually single red and purple, meaning the beaches aren’t deemed closed. How many people headed out past the sandbar this morning?
Posted on 6/8/24 at 10:15 am to StringedInstruments
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Must be nice that one weekend in July.
We spend about a month per year there. My great grandfather built it so it’s been in the family for a long time and hopefully my great kids will get to go there with their kids.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 10:17 am to StringedInstruments
We are in Perdido now. My wife is worried but I told her that the sharks have always been there. I did bring my drone, I've always wondered how I will react if I actually saw a shark.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 10:18 am to Y.A. Tittle
Flags change at 10 am daily. Takes awhile for the lifeguards to get up & down the beach to physically change them.
Red flag = knee high is too high
Playing around at the shoreline is still fun.
Red flag = knee high is too high
Playing around at the shoreline is still fun.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 10:19 am to Y.A. Tittle
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How many people headed out past the sandbar this morning?
I’d say about 98% of the people at the beach. The other 2% are unhappily married
Posted on 6/8/24 at 10:27 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Saw that it’s actually single red and purple, meaning the beaches aren’t deemed closed. How many people headed out past the sandbar this morning?
There were a few people in waist deep about 10:00 a.m. where we were (between the two attacks). Lots of fish/baitfish activity in close. Water is pretty calm. I don’t think I’d be out there this morning.
This post was edited on 6/8/24 at 10:29 am
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