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2010-01-14 Africa Horn

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Posted by Oscar 2010-01-14 06:57|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Skinner was said to have been about 328 feet from the shore

Wat die fok? Fish Hoek coastline, summer months, sharks, ....who knew? Sorry Lloyd, ~~next time~~ mind the locals and the signage. There really is no mending stupid.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-14 08:33|| 2010-01-14 08:33|| Front Page Top

#2 'about' 328 feet ... *chuckle*

They obviously had their digital laser rangefinder .

Posted by Oscar 2010-01-14 08:46|| 2010-01-14 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Photo

Shark warning system

Cape Towns shark spotters scan the beaches from their elevated mountainside posts above Muizenberg and Fish Hoek from 8am to 6pm, seven days a week.

Equipped with radios, they are able to communicate with each other and when a shark is spotted, the alarm is raised to warn bathers and call them back to the shore pronto. The siren is set off by remote control by the spotters.

The spotters use four different coloured flags for signalling different messages to bathers.

This is how the four-flag system works:

Green flag shark spotters on duty, that visibility is good and no sharks have been spotted.
Black flag shark spotters on duty but visibility is bad and its difficult to determine if there are sharks in the area.
Red flag a shark has been spotted in the last two hours but it is no longer visible to the spotter.
White flag with a black shark logo a shark is in the vicinity of the bathers, and a siren is sounded from the beach. Swimmers should stay out of the water until the flag is lowered and the siren has stopped sounding.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-14 08:52|| 2010-01-14 08:52|| Front Page Top

#4 328 ft. = about 100m

Unless, of course, they were converting from fathoms, in which case it is about 53 fathoms. Or 11,761 barleycorn, or 222 Egyptian cubits, or 4284 Vietnamese dong, .49 furlongs, .02 leagues, or 27.3 mark twain.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-01-14 08:57|| 2010-01-14 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks for clearing that up Anonymoose

I have a silly grin on my face :)

Posted by Oscar 2010-01-14 09:15|| 2010-01-14 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Dinosaurs came in all sizes so... how big was it?

Posted by 3dc 2010-01-14 09:50|| 2010-01-14 09:50|| Front Page Top

#7 "Waat de Fook" would be a great name for a SA diplomat, eh?

Posted by mojo 2010-01-14 11:20|| 2010-01-14 11:20|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm sure the shark looked at least 328 feet long to the witnesses who saw the man get chomped. Even if was a ten-footer ...

Posted by Steve White 2010-01-14 11:23|| 2010-01-14 11:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Moose, I had no idea Vietnamese dongs were so small....

Posted by Kofi Thrusomble5686 2010-01-14 12:04|| 2010-01-14 12:04|| Front Page Top

#10 So....the article doesn't blame global warming and Bush? They're going to get their "I is a jounalist." card revoked.

Posted by Silentbrick 2010-01-14 12:05|| 2010-01-14 12:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Ja, lekker one, Mojo! What a pity Bob Mugabe is a non-swimmer, shark got thd wrong Zimbo.
I remember body-surfing in Durban until I learnt that the shark nets weren't all joined together, and didn't go from top to bottom. All swimming done in the pool after that.
Then again, most of the surfers were toked up on 'Durban Poison', increasing the stupid factor.
Me, I was cured.

Posted by Rhodesiafever 2010-01-14 12:45|| 2010-01-14 12:45|| Front Page Top

#12 There are an average of 3 dozen shark attacks in Florida each year, but these are rarely fatal. Why? Florida is infested with Bull Sharks, which prefer to bite and flee. California and Florida very few shark attacks, but most are fatal. Why? Great White Sharks don't believe in cut-and-run; they aren't into snacking.

Floridans should stop culling swamp Pythons, and move against Bull Sharks.

Posted by Chaigum Tojo2469 2010-01-14 15:43|| 2010-01-14 15:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Only 4 colors?

The need get in touch with Homeland Security pronto.

Posted by Kelly 2010-01-14 16:06|| 2010-01-14 16:06|| Front Page Top

#14 while all the shark profiling? Could've been an angry bass. Quit the hatin!

Posted by Frank G 2010-01-14 19:20|| 2010-01-14 19:20|| Front Page Top

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