great white

On Friday there was a fatal shark attack at a beach near where I grew up.

http://www.independent.com/news/2010/oct/22/shark-attack-vandenberg-beach/

In 2003 there was a fatal shark attack at a different beach near where I grew up, a beach I swam at many times when I was a kid.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-08-20/news/17505290_1_white-shark-first-fatal-shark-attack-avila-beach

I feel sad about these attacks (even though getting struck by lightning is more common).

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm