Chuck,
That area off the coast of Charleston where the shark path is seen
to meander a bit is the location of the "Charleston Bump". It is an
area in the Gulf Stream in which the sea bottom rises and is well
known as a great place to fish. She was likely enjoying the fishing as
well.
Charlie
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Based on the reported location on Cape Cod she was about 2000 feet
> inland in a place there is no water. So, although I think it's likely
> she went up Beresford Creek I don't think it's possible to say exactly
> where she was since the GPS locator doesn't seem terribly accurate. But
> you didn't see her because she was in there at 1am. Just don't go
> skinny-dipping in the creek after midnight. :-)
>
> She was probably visiting the Cape to chase seals which tend to gather
> on the ocean side of the Cape. Last time I was there this past August I
> heard it said: "We don't have a shark problem, we have a seal problem."
> :-) It's interesting to see that after leaving the Cape she pretty
> much stayed well off-shore following the continental shelf. But she
> found something in Charleston worthy of investigation or chasing. Make
> sure it's not you. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt (who goes to the Cape each year but doesn't live there)
>
>
>
> On 11/5/2012 4:59 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Interesting, Charlie. But is all of that based on a single "ping" in your
>> creek? Could it be a false signal? Or female curiosity............
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:39 PM
>> Subject: [OM] [OT] I may never go in the creek again
>>
>>
>>> This is way off topic but I have to share:
>>>
>>> http://sharks-ocearch.verite.com/
>>>
>>> Go to this website. It will display a map of the Atlantic Ocean and
>>> the east coast of the USA. This is a web page put out by a research
>>> group that tracks sharks with radio tags. On the right side of the
>>> page you will see a tab "Sharks". Click on it and a list of names will
>>> appear. Click on the shark named "Mary Lee". A window with information
>>> will slide out. Scroll down and click on a button labeled something
>>> like "Where I've been". A path will appear on the map. As you can see,
>>> this shark was tagged up along the NE coast up where Chuck lives. She
>>> made her way down the coast at a pretty good clip. Off the coast of SC
>>> she moved in closer. From this far out it looks as if she went inland.
>>> WTF. Zoom in closer and we see that she entered Charleston Harbor,
>>> swam up the Wando River and took a turn into Beresford Creek. I know
>>> this creek well as my house backs up to it. This shark probably turned
>>> around and went out the way she came in since the creek gets pretty
>>> small as it nears where it goes under I-526 Interstate. Ultimately she
>>> made her way out to sea again. Now go back to the information panel
>>> about this shark and you see that she is a 16', 3500 lb. Great White
>>> Shark! At the point of the last radio ping in Beresford Creek it is
>>> only about 40' wide. I've seen plenty of small sharks up these creeks
>>> but would never in my wildest dreams imagined a shark this size going
>>> that far up the river.
>>>
>>> Charlie
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