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Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:42 am to BeldarConehead
15 y/o Birmingham girl, lost a hand and a leg. She was the second one attacked, first girl had a leg injury but non-life threatening. Apparently they were at the sandbar when someone spotted the shark and a big group of teens wildly tried to get back to shore - and then the attacks happened. “Waist to chest” deep water and was “at least” 8ft.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:18 am to baldona
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Wuuut. As someone that’s lived in the panhandle I’ve literally never heard the gulf coast referred by this.
Bubba, I know people like to say that I can't admit when I am wrong, I don't have to this time. I'm right. You can look it up at the International Shark Attack Files which is kept by the Florida Museum of Natural History. They have a website, you have a computer.
ETA: I'll do it for you:
Edited to add this to this post as well:
I will give you that the Gulf isn't comparable to the Atlantic coast of Florida, yet anyway. That's why I said Florida beaches as a whole. Florida and the US have done a remarkable job with shark conservation, and that won't change. It won't be surprising to anyone who has paid attention if shark attacks on Florida's Gulf Coast continue to go up in the future.
This post was edited on 6/9/24 at 11:56 am
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:32 am to LegendInMyMind
See, that's the problem......complacency and a metric frick ton of people in the water. Are shark attacks even in Florida rare? Of course. That doesn't change the reality of what Florida's beaches and oceans are. Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people a year know (or should know) the risks and they deem that risk acceptable, and it is an acceptable risk......until it isn't.
ETA: I will give you that the Gulf isn't comparable to the Atlantic coast of Florida, yet anyway. That's why I said Florida beaches as a whole. Florida and the US have done a remarkable job with shark conservation, and that won't change. It won't be surprising to anyone who has paid attention if shark attacks on Florida's Gulf Coast continue to go up in the future.
ETA: I will give you that the Gulf isn't comparable to the Atlantic coast of Florida, yet anyway. That's why I said Florida beaches as a whole. Florida and the US have done a remarkable job with shark conservation, and that won't change. It won't be surprising to anyone who has paid attention if shark attacks on Florida's Gulf Coast continue to go up in the future.
This post was edited on 6/9/24 at 11:54 am
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:33 am to LegendInMyMind
Did they not know to get out of the water when they heard the music?
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:39 am to Lithium
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Did they not know to get out of the water when they heard the music?
that’s my trigger to go for dry land
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:54 am to Czechessential
Dr Forbess who assisted the victims is a General Practitioner in Orange Beach and in my Mardi Gras Krewe. Great guy and family.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:59 am to lsumailman61
There was a 4 foot nutse shark at the beach off Port St Lucie yesterday
My Siri does not speak southern dialect
My Siri does not speak southern dialect
This post was edited on 6/9/24 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:05 pm to Jake88
I believe airlifts cost around $10,000.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:09 pm to rd280z
quote:That is lowest possible.
I believe airlifts cost around $10,000.
They can cost upwards of $50k.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:13 pm to Scruffy
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They can cost upwards of $50k.
scratching the surface when you’re talking fixed wing air ambulance
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:14 pm to Czechessential
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:15 pm to Czechessential
quote:I don’t even know where to start for fixed wing.
scratching the surface when you’re talking fixed wing air ambulance
Just referencing helo.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:19 pm to lsumailman61
quote:The first rule of Krewe membership is zero public revelation of Krewe membership.
Dr Forbess who assisted the victims is a General Practitioner in Orange Beach and in my Mardi Gras Krewe.
Thanks for his service to the victims.
In his obituary “Dr Forbess was a member of several social organizations.”
That’s how MG is done.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:19 pm to Jake88
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Airlifted? Do you know how much that costs?
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3 shark attacks in Destin
In this case? Probably an arm and a leg
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:31 pm to deeprig9
When I was kid , alligators were hunted almost to extinction . By the late seventies and early eighties , one of the pilots that flew a helicopter where my dad kept his plane made 180 dollars an hour spotting alligator nests for the LDWF . Today , I am scared to take my labs swimming in any river because they might become lunch .
Somewhere between extinction of the gator and not being able to enjoy lakes and rivers , there has to be a happy place .
Same thing with sharks. You are this close to the beach on a heavily populated beach area … you are toast . It wouldn’t take the sharks long to learn to avoid humans
Somewhere between extinction of the gator and not being able to enjoy lakes and rivers , there has to be a happy place .
Same thing with sharks. You are this close to the beach on a heavily populated beach area … you are toast . It wouldn’t take the sharks long to learn to avoid humans
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:38 pm to LegendInMyMind
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That doesn't change the reality of what Florida's beaches and oceans are. Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people a year know (or should know) the risks and they deem that risk acceptable, and it is an acceptable risk......until it isn't.
If only 1 out if every 22 Floridians visited the beach per year, we'd be over a million beach goers. Then add on the tourists.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:39 pm to GumboPot
quote:the presence of sharks is not the issue. 3 attacks in 24 hours is.
There are always tons of tigers, bull and hammer head sharks at these beaches. Check out some of the YT videos of people dropping their gopro cameras from the Okaloosa Island piers. Sharks everywhere.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:56 pm to bamabenny
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Apparently they were at the sandbar when someone spotted the shark and a big group of teens wildly tried to get back to shore - and then the attacks happened.
This is interesting if true. The worst thing someone can do in the vicinity of a shark is to panic and start thrashing around to get away from it. The shark can interpret that as injured prey and instinctively bite.
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