Personally I stay out of the water around any beaches north of the Golden Gate, and south of Seacliff...too many great whites in the water around here, especially stinson beach to pt.reyes area and down around watsonville. Also avoid early morning and dusk, aka feeding time. :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Humboldt County has the highest number of unprovoked shark attacks in > California but even so, the total number is only 12 since 1926 > (including this latest) and none of them were fatal. Most, if not > all, of the shark attacks are presumed to have been accidental taste- > testing by sharks who mistook the silhouette of the board with the > surfers' arms and legs dangling to be either big seals or sea turtles > which are their normal diet. Apparently humans don't have the same > calorie-rich composition that sharks require and after the first bite > they move on in search of something worth sinking their teeth into. > > This particular shark, based on the size of the bite, was estimated > to be 16 feet long and approximately 3000 lbs. > > Gulp... > > ** > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > On Oct 2, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > > > Yesterday morning, during the trial calendar call, another public > > > defender and long time surfer asked if I'd heard about the woman > whose > > > board got bitten the other day at a break I go to a lot, Moonstone > > > Beach (I was just there Sunday, but it was all mush so I didn't go > > > out). This morning the news finally made it to the local > newspapers > > > but another, better version of the event from a Norcal surf site > can be > > > found at > > > > > > http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/article_bamp.cfm?id=11376 > > > > > > Nothing like a good dose of the heebie-jeebies to take your mind > off > > > the current tempest in a teapot. > > > > Better the board than the person. Must have tasted awful. > > > > Sal > > >
