at California beaches: link to news.
"Lucas Ransom, a 19-year-old student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was bodyboarding with friend Matthew Garcia off Surf Beach some 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles on Friday when the shark pulled him under the water. He resurfaced with his leg nearly severed amid what Garcia told The Associated Press was a wave of pure red."
Horrible.
Still in shock at the death of Fran Crippen.
Parents
Former Member
However you look at it, you are far more likely to get killed in an auto accident on your way to the beach than by a shark while swimming in the water. And keep in mind, you may make it to the beach safely, and you may survive a swim in the shark infested waters, but you still have to survive the drive home before you can feel "safe" again. Just make sure to stand under a hose outside to get the sand off. You wouldn't want to slip and fall in the tub and break your neck. (I think there are far more deaths resulting from a fall in a tub than there are from shark attacks) :-)
However you look at it, you are far more likely to get killed in an auto accident on your way to the beach than by a shark while swimming in the water. And keep in mind, you may make it to the beach safely, and you may survive a swim in the shark infested waters, but you still have to survive the drive home before you can feel "safe" again. Just make sure to stand under a hose outside to get the sand off. You wouldn't want to slip and fall in the tub and break your neck. (I think there are far more deaths resulting from a fall in a tub than there are from shark attacks) :-)
