Lot of misinformation in these comments. We’ve had 2 fatal shark attacks in 3 years, both in the same general area….Green Cay/ Rose Island. Yet zero shark attack fatalities in the area where the highest number of human-shark encounters takes place…South-West New Providence. There are hundreds of people, scuba divers,snorkellers and swimmers in the water interacting with 20,30,40 sharks at a time, twice a day, every day, 365 days a year. And that has been going on for over 30 years. During the 1990s and early 2000s, when there were 3 scuba companies operating out of Coral Harbour and South Ocean there were, on average, between 1,000 and 2,000 divers and snorkellers in the water swimming and diving with sharks during feedings every month. No fatalities or even major injuries. So if the problem were really the sharks then there would have been hundreds if not thousands of bites and numerous deaths out there between 1990 and now. No, the problem is not sharks or the number of them…its the uncontrolled and unregulated fish-cleaning,chumming and unregulated wildlife feeding combined with untrained boat crews and far too many people in the water. It’s a cowboy free-for-all in that area.
All good if they are actually easy and user-friendly for people to access and use. And if they can keep them up and actually working…unlike the last 2 iterations of the Real Property Tax portals.
So this is tragic and condolences to the family. However I have to wonder, although the article says he “was an experienced diver” that does not mean he had any actual training in diving with compressed air, the dive tables or the signs of compression sickness. Secondly, can 16 year olds even get a license that allows them to dive and hunt using a compressor? I know that when we first got the Hyperbaric recompression chamber in Lyford Cay that 99% of the cases of “bends” that were sent to it were “ experienced commercial “ divers who had almost no training about dive tables. Apparently it is not functional now.
So this is tragic and condolences to the family. However I have to wonder, although the article says he “was an experienced diver” that does not mean he had any actual training in diving with compressed air, the dive tables or the signs of compression sickness. Secondly, can 16 year olds even get a license that allows them to dive and hunt using a compressor? I know that when we first got the compressor in Lyford Cay that 99% of the cases of “bends” were “ experienced commercial “ divers who had almost no training about dive tables.
It is not a lie. Plenty of vacationers bring in lots of food from home with them, even if they are only staying for a week. They bring steaks, hamburger meat, pork, deer etc. Plus ordinary stuff, like peanut butter,oatmeal,coffee, brownie or cake mix, powdered potatoes etc. Its bizarre.
I seem to remember this fish and shrimp farming was tried in Nassau…the shrimp were good. And I think somewhere in the Berrys also back in the 70s or 80s maybe?
And yet here you are advocating exactly what you oppose, that "Your mother should have dismembered you limb by limb and then sucked your remains out of her womb with a vacuum cleaner". Your hypocrisy is stunningly obvious.
becks says...
Lot of misinformation in these comments. We’ve had 2 fatal shark attacks in 3 years, both in the same general area….Green Cay/ Rose Island. Yet zero shark attack fatalities in the area where the highest number of human-shark encounters takes place…South-West New Providence. There are hundreds of people, scuba divers,snorkellers and swimmers in the water interacting with 20,30,40 sharks at a time, twice a day, every day, 365 days a year. And that has been going on for over 30 years. During the 1990s and early 2000s, when there were 3 scuba companies operating out of Coral Harbour and South Ocean there were, on average, between 1,000 and 2,000 divers and snorkellers in the water swimming and diving with sharks during feedings every month. No fatalities or even major injuries. So if the problem were really the sharks then there would have been hundreds if not thousands of bites and numerous deaths out there between 1990 and now. No, the problem is not sharks or the number of them…its the uncontrolled and unregulated fish-cleaning,chumming and unregulated wildlife feeding combined with untrained boat crews and far too many people in the water. It’s a cowboy free-for-all in that area.
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becks says...
All good if they are actually easy and user-friendly for people to access and use. And if they can keep them up and actually working…unlike the last 2 iterations of the Real Property Tax portals.
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becks says...
So this is tragic and condolences to the family. However I have to wonder, although the article says he “was an experienced diver” that does not mean he had any actual training in diving with compressed air, the dive tables or the signs of compression sickness. Secondly, can 16 year olds even get a license that allows them to dive and hunt using a compressor? I know that when we first got the Hyperbaric recompression chamber in Lyford Cay that 99% of the cases of “bends” that were sent to it were “ experienced commercial “ divers who had almost no training about dive tables. Apparently it is not functional now.
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becks says...
So this is tragic and condolences to the family. However I have to wonder, although the article says he “was an experienced diver” that does not mean he had any actual training in diving with compressed air, the dive tables or the signs of compression sickness. Secondly, can 16 year olds even get a license that allows them to dive and hunt using a compressor? I know that when we first got the compressor in Lyford Cay that 99% of the cases of “bends” were “ experienced commercial “ divers who had almost no training about dive tables.
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becks says...
Apparently both the Lyford Cay and Freeport chambers are not working.
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becks says...
Cobalt, thank you for your opinion. And your expertise in this matter derives from what precisely. 🙄
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becks says...
The Click2Clear thing is a dogs breakfast. It’s a nightmare to use, totally not intuitive, overly complicated and complex….a total disaster.
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becks says...
It is not a lie. Plenty of vacationers bring in lots of food from home with them, even if they are only staying for a week. They bring steaks, hamburger meat, pork, deer etc. Plus ordinary stuff, like peanut butter,oatmeal,coffee, brownie or cake mix, powdered potatoes etc. Its bizarre.
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becks says...
I seem to remember this fish and shrimp farming was tried in Nassau…the shrimp were good. And I think somewhere in the Berrys also back in the 70s or 80s maybe?
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becks says...
And yet here you are advocating exactly what you oppose, that "Your mother should have dismembered you limb by limb and then sucked your remains out of her womb with a vacuum cleaner". Your hypocrisy is stunningly obvious.
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