You are paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks, chopper tells Cali

[jpak]

Source: Washington Post

“You are paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks,” Deputy Brian Stockbridge announced via a loudspeaker.

Stockbridge was in a helicopter, flying off the coast of Dana Point in Orange County, Calif., at about 2 p.m. local time on Wednesday. And, indeed, swimming in the Pacific Ocean below and clearly visible from the air, were several great white sharks. Their fins rose menacingly from the water as they glided back and forth.

“They are advising you exit the water in a calm manner,” Stockbridge added. “The sharks are as close as the surf line.”

No one was hurt, and OC Lifeguards Chief Jason Young said the situation wasn’t dire enough to call for an ocean closure, which only occurs when the sharks are more than 8 feet long or acting aggressively.

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[whistler162]

1. Yummm. luv me some sushi on

a cracker.

Hushi - Human sushi

[yallerdawg]

2. Movies have taught me two things:

"Don't go in the water" and "Never get out of the boat."

Been high and dry ever since!

[wasupaloopa]

3. I live up the coast from there. I think paddle boarding around here is asking

to be shark bait.

[Lochloosa]

4. You look like a nice tasty seal from below.

[IronLionZion]

5. Trump will build a wall to keep out sharks

those sharks need to learn their place....in the ocean!

Warmer water brings out more sharks, and more people.

“El Niño conditions last year created warmer temperatures that enticed white sharks to linger along the Southern California shoreline into the winter and then return quickly again early this spring,” Joshua Emerson Smith wrote in the San Diego Union Tribune.

Warmer waters bring out greater numbers of people, too, and they tend to go for longer swims, researchers say. With more humans and more sharks hanging out in the same place, shark attacks could climb.

So now sharks are conspiring with liberals to promote the myth of global warming and climate change?

[Yavin4]

9. Liberals are responsible for Sharknado? n/t

[FSogol]

12. And make the sharks pay for it!

[trusty elf]

6. .....

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[MFM008]

7. Your gonna need a bigger BOAT

Much bigger.

[rgbecker]

8. Shark attacks remain about as rare as terrorists attacks and much less common than

random shooters with NRA supported assault weapons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_shark_attacks_in_California

[yurbud]

10. if I was on that paddleboard, they'd have to make a second announcement to the sharks...

"You are swimming next to approximately 15 pounds of shit" because I would have lost my load.

[SunSeeker]

11. I'm guessing sharks are swarming because seals are having their pups all up and down the coast.

Spring is pup season.


http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/node/267

[dembotoz]

13. somehow the indoor swimming pool at my condo lodge looks better and better

no sun, but i do burn rather easily so not a problem there