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
US figures:
one death-by-shark per 75 thousand hours ocean swim training
one traffic death per 2.5 million hours driving
M = 2974 billion vehicle miles driven per year
N = 37423 traffic fatalies per year
S = 30 mph average speed estimate
2974000000000 / 37423 / 30 = 2648994
similarly,
M = 50 thousand ocean training miles swum per year
N = 0.33 = 3 OW ocean swimming fatalities every 10 years
S = 2 mph typical speed
50000 / 0.3333 / 2
LOL
US figures:
one death-by-shark per 75 thousand hours ocean swim training
one traffic death per 2.5 million hours driving
M = 2974 billion vehicle miles driven per year
N = 37423 traffic fatalies per year
S = 30 mph average speed estimate
2974000000000 / 37423 / 30 = 2648994
similarly,
M = 50 thousand ocean training miles swum per year
N = 0.33 = 3 OW ocean swimming fatalities every 10 years
S = 2 mph typical speed
50000 / 0.3333 / 2
LOL
