ScottyLee
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http://www.wptv.com/News/021307_FloridaNumber1ForSharkAttacks.cfm
Atleast we are number one at something..
Atleast we are number one at something..
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ScubaFinder
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Hey Scotty, Did you check out the Chopper 5 shark migration video from the link you provided...shot over Jupiter inlet
There must have been 1000 sharks just in the area they shot video...I highly recommend it! Would have been neat ot be there for that one eh?
There must have been 1000 sharks just in the area they shot video...I highly recommend it! Would have been neat ot be there for that one eh?
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Re: Shark Attack off Treasure Coast
Shark attacks surfer off coast of Hutchinson Island
By JEREMY ASHTON
jeremy.ashton@scripps.com
March 12, 2007
HUTCHINSON ISLAND — Cries of help from the water and the sight of blood broke up the relative quiet of a Sunday afternoon on Tiger Shores Beach after a surfer was bitten by a shark.
The surfer suffered deep cuts on his right forearm from the attack by an unknown species of shark, witnesses said.
The surfer identified himself to at least one witness as Adam McMichael, a prosecutor with the State Attorney's Office in West Palm Beach.
After the attack, McMicahel was taken to Martin Memorial North hospital, where he was listed in stable condition later in the afternoon.
More than an hour after the incident, surfers and would-be swimmers first arriving at the beach heard about the attack from other people on the unguarded beach and stayed out of the water.
Several witnesses said they heard McMichael screaming for help from the water around 1 p.m.
Kaye Cross, a Massachusetts resident on vacation in Florida, looked in McMichael's direction from her spot on the beach and could see "big, long deep slices" on his arm and "a trail of blood."
"Nobody could quite process it at first," said Marni Sawyer, Cross' friend from New Hampshire.
As McMichael paddled back to shore, Cross and Sawyer estimated at least 10 people ran toward the water to help him.
Among that group was Jensen Beach resident Craig Price, who had been enjoying a day at the beach with his family when he heard someone yell, "Shark!"
One of the other people who rushed to help retrieved a medical kit, cleaned McMichael's wound and applied a tourniquet. Price and another member of the group then elevated McMichael's arm to slow the flow of blood, Price said.
During the brief wait for Martin County Fire-Rescue workers to arrive, McMichael, who never lost consciousness, told Price he "just felt a tug" and never saw the shark. McMichael also said he thought he had lost his arm, Price said.
McMichael and his wife, Amber, an attorney based in Coral Springs, are avid surfers who often come to Stuart's beaches on weekends, McMichael told Price.
Shark attacks surfer off coast of Hutchinson Island
By JEREMY ASHTON
jeremy.ashton@scripps.com
March 12, 2007
HUTCHINSON ISLAND — Cries of help from the water and the sight of blood broke up the relative quiet of a Sunday afternoon on Tiger Shores Beach after a surfer was bitten by a shark.
The surfer suffered deep cuts on his right forearm from the attack by an unknown species of shark, witnesses said.
The surfer identified himself to at least one witness as Adam McMichael, a prosecutor with the State Attorney's Office in West Palm Beach.
After the attack, McMicahel was taken to Martin Memorial North hospital, where he was listed in stable condition later in the afternoon.
More than an hour after the incident, surfers and would-be swimmers first arriving at the beach heard about the attack from other people on the unguarded beach and stayed out of the water.
Several witnesses said they heard McMichael screaming for help from the water around 1 p.m.
Kaye Cross, a Massachusetts resident on vacation in Florida, looked in McMichael's direction from her spot on the beach and could see "big, long deep slices" on his arm and "a trail of blood."
"Nobody could quite process it at first," said Marni Sawyer, Cross' friend from New Hampshire.
As McMichael paddled back to shore, Cross and Sawyer estimated at least 10 people ran toward the water to help him.
Among that group was Jensen Beach resident Craig Price, who had been enjoying a day at the beach with his family when he heard someone yell, "Shark!"
One of the other people who rushed to help retrieved a medical kit, cleaned McMichael's wound and applied a tourniquet. Price and another member of the group then elevated McMichael's arm to slow the flow of blood, Price said.
During the brief wait for Martin County Fire-Rescue workers to arrive, McMichael, who never lost consciousness, told Price he "just felt a tug" and never saw the shark. McMichael also said he thought he had lost his arm, Price said.
McMichael and his wife, Amber, an attorney based in Coral Springs, are avid surfers who often come to Stuart's beaches on weekends, McMichael told Price.
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Here is another local story in todays Treasure Coast News.
Man drowns while diving off Jupiter Inlet
By staff report
Posted at 3:19 p.m.
Updated at 5:13 p.m.
March 9, 2007
JUNO BEACH — A Juno Beach lobster dive on Friday proved fatal for an Orlando man.
Robert Michael Deverall, 52, was found dead in 110 feet of water Friday afternoon at a popular dive site known as the Hole in the Wall, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
He and a friend had traveled to Jupiter for the day and were among a group of 11 advanced divers aboard the Republic IV out of Jupiter Dive Center.
The Hole in the Wall, located about four miles southeast of the Juno Beach pier, is a deep-water dive from which divers should surface after 25 to 30 minutes, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office spokesman Teri Barbera said.
Deverall, after 45 minutes into the morning dive, still hadn't — and the captain immediately called the U.S. Coast Guard, she said.
"A diver close to him saw him picking up lobsters (at some point during the dive), and he seemed be fine," Barbera said, but the current separated them.
The Coast Guard, along with the Sheriff's Office, Fish and Wildlife Commission and Republic IV divers, searched the surface for two hours without success.
They then returned to dive original site, where they found Deverall's body.
An autopsy to determine the cause of death is scheduled for Saturday.
Man drowns while diving off Jupiter Inlet
By staff report
Posted at 3:19 p.m.
Updated at 5:13 p.m.
March 9, 2007
JUNO BEACH — A Juno Beach lobster dive on Friday proved fatal for an Orlando man.
Robert Michael Deverall, 52, was found dead in 110 feet of water Friday afternoon at a popular dive site known as the Hole in the Wall, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
He and a friend had traveled to Jupiter for the day and were among a group of 11 advanced divers aboard the Republic IV out of Jupiter Dive Center.
The Hole in the Wall, located about four miles southeast of the Juno Beach pier, is a deep-water dive from which divers should surface after 25 to 30 minutes, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office spokesman Teri Barbera said.
Deverall, after 45 minutes into the morning dive, still hadn't — and the captain immediately called the U.S. Coast Guard, she said.
"A diver close to him saw him picking up lobsters (at some point during the dive), and he seemed be fine," Barbera said, but the current separated them.
The Coast Guard, along with the Sheriff's Office, Fish and Wildlife Commission and Republic IV divers, searched the surface for two hours without success.
They then returned to dive original site, where they found Deverall's body.
An autopsy to determine the cause of death is scheduled for Saturday.
ScottyLee
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By Allyson Bird
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Two people were bitten by sharks between 2 p.m. and 2:20 p.m. Saturday on St. Lucie County beaches.
The first was a 9-year-old boy who was bitten on his foot at Waveland Park, said St. Lucie County Fire District spokeswoman Catherine Whitaker. Witnesses took the boy to a local grocery store, where paramedics picked him up and took him to Martin Memorial Medical Center.
The second was 30-year-old man who was bitten on his ankle at Normandy Beach, Whitaker said. Rescue workers took him to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute.
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Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Two people were bitten by sharks between 2 p.m. and 2:20 p.m. Saturday on St. Lucie County beaches.
The first was a 9-year-old boy who was bitten on his foot at Waveland Park, said St. Lucie County Fire District spokeswoman Catherine Whitaker. Witnesses took the boy to a local grocery store, where paramedics picked him up and took him to Martin Memorial Medical Center.
The second was 30-year-old man who was bitten on his ankle at Normandy Beach, Whitaker said. Rescue workers took him to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute.
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