"Visitors flee..."
How are you celebrating the novel Coronavirus’s demise? Hugging your elderly neighbors? Burning your mask in the street? Spitting on the ashes? Invoicing China?
Well, Santa Barbara residents celebrated over the hot Southern California weekend by flocking to the beach en masse.
It’s hardly surprising that eight hideously opportunistic Great White sharks were there waiting, smacking lips, acting like very rude small shop owners that look very much forward to human catastrophes so they can price gouge and make kingly sums off toilet paper and hand sanitizer.
Profiteers.
But let us turn to Santa Barbara’s local NBC affiliate for the morally vacant latest.
A heatwave caused people across Southern California to flee to local beaches Saturday, but a shark sighting caused some visitors to flee.
No one was injured, though members of the United States Coast Guard spotted eight sharks from a helicopter at about 3:15 p.m., according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.
After being notified by the Coast Guard, county law enforcement notified all of their parks and beaches about the spotting. However, the Carpinteria Beach was not closed.
Sharks and small shop profiteer/owners.
Bastards.
Bastards the lot of ’em.
good to know that the coast guard helos are there to let us know there are sharks in the ocean. its good to know our tax dollars are being used wisely. I do think it is a waste to be flying those frenchi helos. we should be able to call in fire support from coast guard a10’s. a couple of runs from a coast guard ‘hog would neutralize any sharks
“a gun with a plane mounted on it”; imagine that bugger flying in to deal with the sharkies . . . . “BRRRRR . . . . . BRRRRRRRR . . . . . .BRRRRR” haha, what a sight that’d be. the 40 foot kill radius could be a problem in a crowded lineup but some might welcome that . . . depending on the spot and whose out. If i had access to a hog, i’d call it in on the all the electric bikes at trestles, BRRRRRRR, haha. then id bring it to hawaii, and BRRRRRRRR a few large tourist cars (suburbuns maybe; surely they opted for the insurance) and maybe an irritating homeowner who illegally blocks access (when they’re out shopping of course) . . . . . BRRRRRRRR . . . . Boom! (drop a bomb too). the sky is the limit.
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Was surfing just out of news camera frame on the full tide Saturday and two novice SUP’s decided to have a look at the outside reef. Made it about a third the way when the woman screamed and the man fell off and got back on and they paddled directly back to shore and dragged the boards all the way back to town. The outside reef always has big sharks and a seal preserve lies a mile south… you could film this part all day every day.
I guess the government officials thought if the ‘Vid did not get them, the sharks don’t stand a chance.
News bulletin: there are a large number of great white sharks in the Carpinteria area. The presence of a seal rookery offers constant and consistent meals. That and all the Carps in Carp.
I’m partial to the sufferings of our underwater friends…none have been impacted by the lockdown laws, keeping the human population out of the oceans, as much as the great white Kings of the sea…
Call me the voice for those who don’t have one
What’s that I hear …. it’s the ringing call of tui’s and other birds.
It sure beats the moaning and agonised whines and grunts of a tortured grom.
Peaceful.
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