Wow, that sounds painful. By the way, even though this is a bad story, did anyone else laugh when they saw the last sentence of this paragraph?
This whole scenario could be like those new American Council of Cheese commercials. "Behold the power of Clutchcity." Thatt was hilarious.
Just wanted to plug my roommate Aaron who's gonna be on the Today Show tomorrow morning. He was the one who carried her to shore. He hadn't seen her since they were in 8th grade so I'm sure it'll be a cool show.
Apparently on set, Al Roker tried to eat Aaron but he got away. It was funny because they were just talking about how they'd never be eaten by Al Roker. Yeah, the questions weren't much to work with. They were mostly playing the good samaritan angle which worked.
Yeah, he said the director lady from Good Morning America was like "yall would make beautiful babies". He thought the whole thing was hilarious. We stayed at my place till 4am (5am taping) so he didnt have to spend the night in galveston with her family. We were just thinking of funny stuff he could say to the obvious questions he was gonna be asked, but the interview looks like it was pretty narrow, not much room for personal responces (How'd you feel? Were you scared? Whats's your favorite color? etc) We decided we're getting a Jaws poster for our apartment. It'll be fun telling the story behind it.
Saw your friend on the news. Pretty cute. Anyone ever been on a cruise out of Galveston, or has anyone ever been on the ferry. I was amazed at how many dolphins are around Galveston.
I'm sorry, but I have known people for years who have been bitten by sharks in Galveston. I have had many friends with close encounters and a couple myself. It never made the news then btw. This is nothing but hype. It happens all the time and never gets reported. What happened to the shark mania in Florida right before 9-11? There are sharks in Gulf of Mexico. People sometimes get bit. People get bit by dogs too. Wow.
This story was on click2houston today. Just thought some might be interested. Link: http://www.click2houston.com/news/3598619/detail.html
Yeah, A-rone stayed the ngiht again last night bc Fox were picking him and her up in a limo for another segment this morning. This thing is crazy. I've gotten some perks from it, which is cool by me. The hot new girl we hired this week came to work at the end of my shift to invite me to the beach. Said she needed protection from sharks. Heh. I have to study. Damn.
"Dead zone" spreads across Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, August 4, 2004 HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -- A huge "dead zone" of water so devoid of oxygen that sea life cannot live in it has spread across 5,800 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico this summer in what has become an annual occurrence caused by pollution. The extensive area of uninhabitable water may be contributing indirectly to an unusual spate of shark bites along the Texas coast, experts said. A scientist at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium said Tuesday measurements showed the dead zone extended from the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana 250 miles west to near the Texas border and was closer to shore than usual because winds and currents. "Fish and swimming crabs escape (from the dead zone)," said Nancy Rabalais, the consortium's chief scientist for hypoxia, or low oxygen, research. "Anything else dies." In the last 30 years, the dead zone has become an annual summer phenomenon, fed by rising use of nitrate-based fertilizers by farmers in the Mississippi watershed, Rabalais told Reuters. The nitrates, carried into the gulf's warm summer waters by the river, feed algae blooms that use up oxygen and make the water uninhabitable. The dead zone's size has varied each year depending on weather conditions, but averages about 5,000 square miles and remains in place until late September or early October. Virtually nothing is being done to stop the flow of nitrates into the river, meaning the dead zone will reappear every year, Rabalais said. The dead zone forces fish to seek better water, which may be a reason for the recent shark bites on Texas beaches. Three people have been bitten by sharks along the upper Texas coast this year -- a high number for a state that has recorded only 18 shark attacks since 1980. Terry Stelly, an ecosystem biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said increasing numbers of sharks have been found in recent years in the waters along the Texas-Louisiana border, near the edge of the dead zone. Along with other factors, "chances are good they (sharks) were looking for higher dissolved oxygen in the water," he said. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/08/04/environment.deadzone.reut/index.html
Yea...I saw her interviewed on TV. There was something up with her teeth from my vantage point. Her teeth almost reminded me of that dude's teeth in "There's Something About Mary". By that dude, I mean the guy he sent to do some PI work to see what Mary was up to who then had his teeth whitened and whatever else. I dunno...I may have been hallucinating. Her teeth seemed to be kind of funky.
