Monday, July 17, 2006
The Matawan Creek Man-Eater
I will not be attempting to conserve energy over the next few days. I have this new a/c & I intend to use it to the max. It is easily 100 degrees here, miles away from open water, surrounded by asphalt. But even the shore isn't a relief in this kind of heat. When it's 100 degrees in Belmar, the beach is no escape, & to sit on white-hot sand under a blazing sun is to suffer. There's no sea breeze; one has to go into the water, & then only those portions of the body actually wet are cooled. Any exposed part of the body may be subject to attacks from green flies. At the shore, it's an afternoon for indoor boardwalk amusements or a long siesta. Head for the beach around the time the lifeguards leave.
Just over 90 years since the series of deadly shark attacks in July 1916 that terrorized the Jersey shore.
Just over 90 years since the series of deadly shark attacks in July 1916 that terrorized the Jersey shore.
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
& Sandy Hook. I recall a day like today, late afternoon, waist deep in water, my torso baked by the sun even at that hour, & attacked by green flies, mosquitoes, & noseeums. I finally gave up, got back in the car, drove down to a bar in Monmouth Beach with a river view & had a draft Killian's Red. I remember that beer very fondly.
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