In my back yard....

Mort · Post by **Mort** » August 20, 2003, 2:42 pm

What a fucking trip.... always read about shark attacks, but never 10 mins from my house. People are pretty freaked out, and Im sure for a tourist based economy....this does not bode well.

Hasn't been an attack around here for like 46 years. Sorry if you dont care, I just find it fucking scary (Especially after watching Discovery's channel's Sharkweek all week)

http://www.msnbc.com/local/KSBY/M319510.asp

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » August 20, 2003, 2:58 pm

Heh Mort you notice that witness looks like the typical hollywood stoner type

Mort · Post by **Mort** » August 20, 2003, 3:02 pm

We call them "Pismo Rats" or "Grommitts". They practically live on the fucking beach.... must be nice.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » August 20, 2003, 3:13 pm

Even augmented with fins, we naked apes move several steps down the food chain the second we step into salt water.

Ebumar · Post by **Ebumar** » August 20, 2003, 3:47 pm

I live in Huntington Beach, and the water isnt anywhere near warm enough to warrant sharks in the area, especially ones that could kill a human being. Is the water that much different in SLO?

Post by **Sylvus** » August 20, 2003, 3:51 pm

I've always been very scared of sharks, which is odd since I live in Michigan. I'll take the Great Lakes over the Oceans any day of the week!

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 20, 2003, 3:53 pm

Ebumar wrote:I live in Huntington Beach, and the water isnt anywhere near warm enough to warrant sharks in the area, especially ones that could kill a human being. Is the water that much different in SLO?

cold water is what will attract the big sharks like Great Whites. Not the water temps themselves, but the food.

The colder the water, the more dissolved oxygen.
The more dissolved Oxygen, the more plankton
the more plankton the more little fish
the more little fish, the more big fish
the more big fish, the more REALLY big fish

Atokal · Post by **Atokal** » August 20, 2003, 3:54 pm

Ebumar wrote:I live in Huntington Beach, and the water isnt anywhere near warm enough to warrant sharks in the area, especially ones that could kill a human being. Is the water that much different in SLO?

Don't know where you are getting your facts from but the largest of the maneating sharks love cold to temperate waters. So the next time you are swimming and you think the water is too cold say hello to the Great White Shark.

Cheers

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 20, 2003, 4:03 pm

721

the UNDER gets it!

pay up!!

now i have to think of a new joke to pester you with Atokal

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » August 20, 2003, 4:04 pm

heh they have started warnings about Great Whites possibly coming to Norway shortly due to weather changes...

Atokal · Post by **Atokal** » August 20, 2003, 4:08 pm

Voronwë wrote:721

the UNDER gets it!

pay up!!

now i have to think of a new joke to pester you with Atokal

FUCKING FINALLY!11!1

Thanks Voro and instead of looking for something else to pester me about please just look for someone else to pester

Cheers

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 20, 2003, 4:11 pm

i think i've got somebody in mind

Lexien · Post by **Lexien** » August 20, 2003, 4:11 pm

Did the shark have a laser beam attached to his head?

If not then what is so scary?

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » August 20, 2003, 4:27 pm

sharks, at least the type of sharks around the US never fuck with divers

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » August 20, 2003, 5:39 pm

Voronwë wrote:721

the UNDER gets it!

pay up!!

damn, I had my money on seventy three trillion.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » August 20, 2003, 5:50 pm

Xzion wrote:sharks, at least the type of sharks around the US never fuck with divers

You, sir, must never have heard of the mako shark.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 20, 2003, 6:49 pm

Xzion wrote:sharks, at least the type of sharks around the US never fuck with divers

I wouldn't say "never" on that.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/scuba/All2.htm

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » August 20, 2003, 10:18 pm

mako sharks usually wont fuck with you, well not "NEVER" but very very very rarely

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 21, 2003, 8:29 am

Makos are pretty aggressive, and get big enough that they really aren't afraid to bite anything that looks like a meal. I get out of the water when they're cruising around the boat. My buddies have lost quite a few fish bags to big makos when coming up off the bottom.

Bull sharks aren't too bright, and hang out in murky water. They also get big enough to be willing to bite just about anything that looks remotely edible. Swimming in the middle of Tampa Bay during late summer isn't the best idea.

Hammerstalker PE · Post by **Hammerstalker PE** » August 21, 2003, 8:52 am

Ninety divers have been attacked off the shores of the USA representing 25.6% of all attacks against divers world-wide. So sir I submit that you are wrong.