The Bagel's sweaty summer of discontent continues…
The ´Ol NYC can take a chunk outta ya in many ways.
Every corner reveals some new chic and trixy way to liberate you of everything from self-esteem to the loose change in your sack.
And now you can add the loosing of a femoral artery by way of our old pals Selachimorpha.
The beaches of Hempstead (Lido, Point Look Out, Long Beach –The Quiksilver Pro was run there) are a pretty haven where the suburbs meet the sea. They rest about thirty minutes, or five hours if you take the Cross Bronx Expressway, from Manhattan.
As of today, where the weather hovered around ninety-six degrees, those beaches are closed.
Locals received this message via text today: *Shark Sighting Update* A second shark has been spotted in the water near Town of Hempstead beaches. Lifeguards have red flagged the strip of water as per the NYS protocols. Due to this second sighting, swimming remains prohibited at certain Town of Hempstead beaches: Civic Beach, Lido Beach, Lido West Beach, Town Park, Point Lookout and Town Park at Sands. Lifeguards will continue to monitor the situation and determine when it is once again safe for swimming to resume.
Remember Clash of the Titans ?
The Stygian Witches?
“A TITAN VS. TITIAN!!!!!”
Apparently, being a member of the alien family with a wing span of an NBA point guard is not enough to win a game of tag verses Jaws.
Thresher sharks are common in the waters off Long Island during the summer months as the Gulfstream warms the waters, but their cute little mouths probs can’t incise the hunk of flesh ripped outta this carcass.
Any marine biologists care to take a guess what left this dental impression?
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Very kinky,,,, these sharks….
i hear ya, Waaay OutThere!
you’da thunk ol’ shark~boy Chas woulda been allll over this story:
https://www.necn.com/news/l…
Condolences to Thee Family+Freindz…
That said,
please allow me to quote here from the local news ~ reporting:
The woman killed in Maine’s first known deadly shark attack Monday
has been identified as a 63-year-old woman from New York City who had a
summer home in the community.
The Maine Department of Marine Resources on Tuesday identified the
woman as Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63. She was attacked by a great white
shark, authorities said Tuesday.
“It is tragic but also an isolated incident that we’re kind of
working our way through, that the state’s never seen,” said Major Rob
Beal of the Maine Marine Patrol at a news conference.
Holowach was swimming with her daughter about 20 yards from shore off
Harpswell’s Bailey Island when she was attacked just before 3:30 p.m.,
Beal and Maine Marine Patrol Commissioner Patrick Keliher said.
While swimmers are being urged not to swim near schools of fish and
seals, which attract sharks, local beaches are not being closed.
“We feel like the prudent thing to do at this time is to just express caution within the area,” Keliher said.
I have a photo of a porpoise with two huge chunks missing from just off Kennebunk. Buddy just sent it to me. crazy. said it was floating 2-300 yards off beach. Don’t know how to upload the damned thing
I’m not saying that all this shark hysteria is Chas’ fault.
All this shark hysteria is totally Chas’ fault.
I mean this in the most complimentary adjacent way.
The sharks want a bite of the Big Apple
If sharks can make it there they’ll make it anywhere!
years back surfing up North on a good swell, could not believe the number of big ole seals popping their heads next to you all day long. Big bastards two. you get so used to it, them swimming in the swell above you as your trying to stay under the lip. porpoises and harbors down in southern maine, but the big guys (food for big guys) just North of Portland, crazy
That shark was fly fishing
Damn.. that’s a two faced loan shark bite if ever I saw one.. Bex is still circling the corpse..
Sunfish… They really do look alien like and swim super slow… Very boney fish
Definitely not a Mola Mola. We had one wash up dead on the bay side of Long Beach about a month ago. This was a skate…and a pretty big one at that.
Looks like a bullnose sting ray
nice little B52s reference!
https://m.youtube.com/watch…
Dude,,,, what’s going on out there ..??.. friend from Long Beach sent me a pic of a 50 inch (now 25) striped bass cleaved in half!!! I know the threshers are out there ( I’ve seen them before) but I just heard Bull…. gnar gnar….. btw, yesterday down in seaside a fisherman caught a 6 foot sand tiger, teeth and all ….. carful out there brah,,,, fingers and toes outta wata!!!!!!
Beach was closed for swimming again today due to a shark sighting. They said yesterday that it was a bull shark but I am not convinced. Blues, Browns and Threshers…sure…but a bull shark?
Here’s the thing…there is A LOT of bunker in the water. My crew caught a 40lb+ striper about a month ago…the thing was a cow. If there are big, fat, slow stripers around then the sharks will be here.
It’s going to be a fun weekend!
Saturday morn looks like light north wind and south swell for u guys…. 4 ft @ 8 sec….. “they say”…. not a fan of the long period swell after …. we also have tons of bunker running… whales, sharks , dolphins, skates flying all over the place. It’s like Sea World out there!!!!!!!!….
I was just outside and one of the news copters was hovering over the center of town. I wonder what they see…(cue the Jaws music!).