if you couldn’t swim in the ocean?
I wouldn’t. I still like walking on the beach, being in a beach town, hearing waves. I think Amity would have been economically ok with some restrictions.
I would probably cancel it.
shareThat just gave me an idea: why didn't they build a cage in the water around the shallow part to keep the shark out? Yes it would have cost a lot, but it's possible. And can't they do that for all beaches that have shark issues? You know some kind of high-tech net/cage that lets the water in and the sharks out. Just a thought.
shareI think Australia has shark nets that act like a fence line in the water. There are sonar barriers being tested too.
Here’s an article about them, they don’t sound too effective
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/09/shark-nets-used-at-most-beaches-do-not-protect-swimmers-research-suggests
Oh yeah, but the nets they use only cover part of the depth, so don't work. What if a net covered the whole depth? There must be some way to do it. But I think most shark attacks the victims are surfers or people way out in the ocean, so guess it wouldn't work for them. Yes maybe some kind of sonar technology--eventually they'll figure it out.
shareNo I wouldn't cancel. I've been to Hawaii a number of times and Nevis in the Caribbean. And I never ONCE swam in the ocean anyway.
I like sitting on the beach and wading up to my knees. But for me, the ocean is strictly for looking at and not getting into. I'm just a landlubber. And one who has great respect for sharks, stingrays, electric eels, sea snakes, jellyfish, etc. If they don't hang out in my backyard, I won't venture into theirs.
Wrong. Most shark attacks occur in 3 feet of water; and most shark bites happen on a boat, from a fish caught by a fisherman.
share"Three feet of water"? i guess I was safe because I only got my feet wet. I never waded in farther than a few feet. If a shark got me there, well they should get credit for trying that hard!
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shareYou need to worry about land sharks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_NS2H55dxI&t=56s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnfX466iVEU
Since I'm not into swimming I'd still go.
shareThat scene on the beach with the Mayor always baffled me.
"Why aren't you swimming? I need you to go in swimming!"
Why the hell did he care if they were swimming or not? The crowds were there. Whether they swam or not wouldn't have made a difference in the economics of the situation.
Exactly. The guy put “suntan lotion” on, lol. The kids were building sandcastles. The beach looked crowded. People were relaxing, having fun. Water at New England beaches is usually too cold for casual beach swimmers anyway.
share"suntan lotion" is so quaint and startling to hear when I watched on Fourth of July this year.
shareBrody and Hooper were trying to cancel Amity Island. The mayor wanted no part of their cancel culture.
Quint was trying to cancel Jaws to get his reward.
I don't take beach vacations, I sunburn too easily.
As for most people, I don't think the lack of swimming would bother them, most people who are nuts about beaches seem to just like lying in the sun in minimal clothing.
The government really couldn’t risk the .00001% chance someone might go in the water and get eaten. It would be better to just shut down all business, close all the schools, bankrupt everyone, and give them wellfare checks that doubled their normal take home pay. Because that’s sustainable real life.
The boys over at the TheMatrix®️ had it all figured out. Life locked up under your bed without risk is much more fulfilling.
The real tragedy is they didn’t have Netflix for all the lemmings on Amnity island yet.