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The Ocean
Habitat
More than a dozen sharks are known to live in Gulf of Mexico including the bonnethead, scalloped hammerhead, great hammerhead, tiger, lemon, bull, shortfin mako, sandbar, thresher, dusky, silky, Atlantic sharpnose, blacknose, finetooth, spinner and blacktip. Great white sharks have appeared and been tracked for years, with one weighing more than 2,000 pounds tracked off the coast of Louisiana in 2020.
[S]even guys from Idaho [on] their March 3 trip at Pensacola Beach, Florida. While fishing with retired professional ice hockey player John McLean, who now is a fishing guide (Big John Shark Fishing Adventures), the Idaho group hooked and landed a great white shark.
There are eight million sharks in the Gulf of Mexico; this is one of them.
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Local Transportation
Businesses Struggle as Pensacola Bay Bridge Reopening Delayed Again
FDOT had previously announced the bridge would be open in some capacity by March 22, but now officials say the bridge’s reopening could be delayed as far as Memorial Day.
“A trophy piece that was considered not damaged shifted and indicated there’s some instability in the pilings,” State Representative Alex Andrade told WKRG News 5. “The suggested timeframe for a Memorial Day reopening is a conservative estimate because we’re not exactly sure how much repair and work is needed.”
Hurricane Sally’s effect lingers on…. On the positive side, we can be thankful that the State of Florida has a governor that didn’t cave in to the recent widespread ‘shutdownitis’, or everyone would be out of business.
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Freedom and the Economy
NICS Figures Show Growth
As we tally up the body count from the COVID-19 pandemic, and compare the numbers between red and blue states, citizens of all colors continue to vote with their wallet’s when it comes to exercising freedom.
NSSF released the adjusted FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figures for February, which were nearly 1.4 million checks for the sale of a gun. That represented a 7.2 percent increase over February 2020s figures and was the third-highest February on record. While not the staggering double and triple-digit growth seen in monthly year-over-year comparisons that have been witnessed for nearly a year, it was still strong growth even as gun retailers are dealing with depleted inventories and empty shelves. The continued elevated firearm purchases come at a time when gun control politicians are pursuing legislation to limit gun rights. It is staggering the tone-deaf response by politicians to attempt to curb gun owners rights and ignore criminals that break the law, said NSSFs Mark Oliva in a Townhall.com report.
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