Shark takes woman in New South Wales

[Jimbuna]

How terribly tragic :nope:

A woman has been killed by a shark while swimming off a popular beach in Australia's New South Wales.

Christine Armstrong, 63, was swimming between the wharf and the beach in Tathra village when she was attacked.

Police said her husband saw the shape of a shark which looked between three and four metres long, reports said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26863565

Not sure how far this is from TarJaks place of abode but a website for the beach states it is a protected area.

Tathra Beach is located east of Bega and is a protected beach for surf and board riding. Below the waters, diving, snorkelling and fishing possibilities are endless. Fur seals and Fairy penguins from the colony at Montague Island often frequent the waters and are willing to let you be a part of their underwater world.

http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/south-coast/merimbula-and-sapphire-coast/tathra/attractions/tathra-beach

Evidently the sharks mustn't be aware.

[Wolferz]

I don't think Sharks can read signs.
Uneducated fish are dangerous and people are stupid to expect otherwise. :roll:

[AVGWarhawk]

Shame. Horrible way to go...

[STEED]

Stay out the water!

[BossMark]

Stay out the water!
Wrong place wrong time...

[Jimbuna]

Looks like it.

She was swimming with a group of people early on Thursday morning, but had turned back from the group and was on her own when she was attacked, police said.

Mrs Armstrong's family said in a statement that she had been swimming at Tathra Beach for 14 years.

[Ducimus]

Stay out the water!

{Insert Jaws movie reference pictures here} :O:

[nikimcbee]

early on Thursday morning There's the problem. Sharks hunt in the morning and evening.:gulp:

on her own Problem number 2.

I don't know for the Southern Hemisphere, but Northern, Sept-November is when whitey is active hunting seals. Surf at your own peril.

[MGR1]

When sharks are about, do not go in the water. Just because it's never happened before and never happened to you.....

Luckily, we generally only get Basking Sharks up here, though Porbeagles have been sighted.

Mike.:hmmm:

[Gargamel]

I'm planning another shark dive trip in a few weeks. I'll post up some pictures.

[Herr-Berbunch]

she had been swimming at Tathra Beach for 14 years

Tiredness may have set in then.

If you can guarantee a quick and clean death then I'd like to go out via nature, seems better to be food for a greater animal than shoved in the ground for near eternity, or being burned and polluting the atmosphere.

[Tango589]

Daaaaaaaaaaaah dum, daaaaaah dum, daaah dum, daah dum, daah dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, diddlee! :eek:

@HB: Ba. Dum. Tish.

[Wolferz]

I find this racist!
:haha:
:03:

The great White snark. :roll: :D:haha:

[Ducimus]

When sharks are about, do not go in the water. Just because it's never happened before and never happened to you.....


Herein is a common problem with many folks way of thinking, that "It", in whatever context you want to assign to the word, "only happens to other people".

[Tango589]

Herein is a common problem with many folks way of thinking, that "It", in whatever context you want to assign to the word, "only happens to other people".
Yep, and it's an inescapable fact that one day you will become 'the other person' to someone else.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Herein is a common problem with many folks way of thinking, that "It", in whatever context you want to assign to the word, "only happens to other people".

But you can't go through life thinking that 'it' will happen to you, either. I'd rather go for that swim than not.

[Tango589]

But you can't go through life thinking that 'it' will happen to you, either. I'd rather go for that swim than not.
This is also true. I want my death to serve as a warning to others. 'See the way he died kids? Don't be dumb enough to do the same.'

[Ducimus]

But you can't go through life thinking that 'it' will happen to you, either. I'd rather go for that swim than not.

True. You can't live your whole life in fear, but you can't go around thinking your special either. It's about weighing the likelihood and severity of the risks with the rewards. Some things are worth a risk, others are not.

edit: Personally, if I had a choice of swimming on a beach that is known to have sharks, or going to a swimming pool, Ill go to the damn swimming pool. Getting sand up the crack of my ass isn't worth it to me. :haha:

[fireftr18]

But you can't go through life thinking that 'it' will happen to you, either. I'd rather go for that swim than not.

And look at me. I spent half my life going into burning buildings, willingly. :hmmm: My wife and son kept saying there was something wrong with me. :hmmm:

[Ducimus]

And look at me. I spent half my life going into burning buildings, willingly. :hmmm: My wife and son kept saying there was something wrong with me. :hmmm:

The difference is, you knew the risks coming with the job, and made the conscious decision to make (or accept) that commitment.

[Jimbuna]

This is also true. I want my death to serve as a warning to others. 'See the way he died kids? Don't be dumb enough to do the same.'

So in future, look left then right, then left again :03:

[Wolferz]

So in future, look left then right, then left again :03:

And then you're struck and killed by the drunk driver on the sidewalk behind you.:huh:
Bumper sticker on the car...
If you don't like my driving. Stay off the sidewalk.

[Mr Quatro]

I know this is horrible ... not to mention the fear it adds to anyone that swims in area's that are visited by sharks especially NZ and Australia I would presume, but which one of these claims more lives?

Rouge waves taking people right off the beach and out into the water to drown or sharks dragging there victims off to there certain death?

[Herr-Berbunch]

. . . but which one of these claims more lives?

Rouge waves taking people right off the beach and out into the water to drown or sharks dragging their victims off to there certain death?

And then throw in driving a car, walking down a street. Dog bite? 20 people in the US die every year from man's best friend. Double that for Bees. Gun ownership increases the likelihood of an early death (don't tell Charlton Heston!). Just get in the damn water! :03:

Source (http://list25.com/the-25-most-likely-ways-you-will-die/?view=all)

[Sailor Steve]

Rouge waves
Red waves? I thought they were blue. :O:

there certain death?
Where certain death? I want to run the other way! :hmm2:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/CopyofGrammarNazi.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/CopyofGrammarNazi.jpg.html)

[Wolferz]

Red waves? I thought they were blue. :O:


Where certain death? I want to run the other way! :hmm2:



http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/CopyofGrammarNazi.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/CopyofGrammarNazi.jpg.html)

I won't want to run the other. I WILL!:haha:

Nice sig, Steve.:up: Old Sam may get his wish after I read where some foo is suggesting that the government put a hefty sin tax on meat because it makes you fat.
Damned Vegans!:stare:

Be sure and eat the Shark before it eats you.:arrgh!:

[Tango589]

So in future, look left then right, then left again :03:
Unless you're an American in which case following this method of street crossing will get you knocked down by the first car that comes up behind you when you are looking the wrong way.:O:

[eddie]

So in future, look left then right, then left again :03:

I think an American tourist would have a higher risk of getting run over in the UK. Why, because you folks drive on the wrong side of the road,lol Would be confusing as heck I would think! Wouldn't it be better to look right, then left then right again in your part of the world?:D

[Jimbuna]

Much better if your the motorist I suppose :)

[eddie]

:haha::haha: