有名なリゾート・サーフィング・スポットのビーチで10代の少年がサメに襲撃され、死亡。
BBC Teenage boy killed in Australia shark attack 28 Dec 2023By Fiona Nimoni
サメは以前からいたけど、こんなにいたっけかなあ…というか死亡事故なんか、ここでは…聞いたことあったっけかあ…と地元民が言う様子。
「A teenage boy has been killed in a shark attack at a popular holiday and surfing spot in South Australia, police have said.
The body was recovered from the water after the attack, near Ethel Beach in the Innes National Park on the Yorke Peninsula, officers said.
A local resident told ABC News Thursday's attack was the first fatal one at the resort that he was aware of.」
このビーチでどうかはともかく、オーストラリア南部ではここ最近、サメの襲撃の被害が注意されている様子。
「He said the area had always had sharks - "but there does seem to be a lot more of them now".
The shark attack is the latest of several in South Australian waters in recent months.
In May, a surfer was killed off the Eyre Peninsula, and in February, a girl was mauled by a shark in a river in Perth, the capital of Western Australia.」
サメの目撃例が増えたからって、襲撃例まで増えるわけじゃないけどね…と科学者はいうのだとか。
「Scientists have cautioned that an increase in shark sightings doesn't necessarily mean an increase in numbers.」
まあ、サメの実数のチェック・推定がまずは来るべきだし、今年殊更襲撃が増えたというなら（というかそもそも米国に次いでサメ被害が多い国ではあるという）、その原因は何であるやら。
そして同時期のニュース。クリスマス・プレゼントの時期だというのに大嵐。暴風で家の屋根は引っぺがされ、電柱は根扱ぎにされ、洪水が家やらキャンプやらを流し去るのである。それで9歳くらいの女の子も水死したとか。
BBC Australia: Child among 10 killed after severe storms hit country's east 27 Dec 2023 By Kathryn Armstrong
「At least 10 people, including a nine-year-old girl, have died in eastern Australia during severe thunderstorms on Christmas and Boxing Day.
Most of the deaths were in the state of Queensland, where tens of thousands of people are still without power.
Victoria and New South Wales were also hit by widespread flooding and destructive winds.
Further thunderstorms have been forecast but conditions are expected to improve over the next day.
The winds were so strong in places, they tore roofs off buildings, felled trees and ripped concrete-based electricity poles from the ground.」
「Among the 10 people killed in the extreme weather over Christmas and Boxing Day was a girl, named in local media as nine-year-old Mia Holland-McCormack, whose body was found in a flooded storm drain after she went missing.」
これはもう気象変動のせいだよな！ということで意見はガンギマリといったところ。エルニーニョは理解するが、にしてもこれまでにない強度だろ！というわけだ。実際日本でも、今年は、なにやら東南アジアのスコールを思わせるような集中豪雨が各地に散見された感がある。
気象変動はもはや覆せない事実とみるほかないでしょうし、まあ諸個人レベルではあれ、我々も多少は気にした生き方をしておくとよいかな、くらいではあろう。
BBC Teenage boy killed in Australia shark attack 28 Dec 2023By Fiona Nimoni
サメは以前からいたけど、こんなにいたっけかなあ…というか死亡事故なんか、ここでは…聞いたことあったっけかあ…と地元民が言う様子。
「A teenage boy has been killed in a shark attack at a popular holiday and surfing spot in South Australia, police have said.
The body was recovered from the water after the attack, near Ethel Beach in the Innes National Park on the Yorke Peninsula, officers said.
A local resident told ABC News Thursday's attack was the first fatal one at the resort that he was aware of.」
このビーチでどうかはともかく、オーストラリア南部ではここ最近、サメの襲撃の被害が注意されている様子。
「He said the area had always had sharks - "but there does seem to be a lot more of them now".
The shark attack is the latest of several in South Australian waters in recent months.
In May, a surfer was killed off the Eyre Peninsula, and in February, a girl was mauled by a shark in a river in Perth, the capital of Western Australia.」
サメの目撃例が増えたからって、襲撃例まで増えるわけじゃないけどね…と科学者はいうのだとか。
「Scientists have cautioned that an increase in shark sightings doesn't necessarily mean an increase in numbers.」
まあ、サメの実数のチェック・推定がまずは来るべきだし、今年殊更襲撃が増えたというなら（というかそもそも米国に次いでサメ被害が多い国ではあるという）、その原因は何であるやら。
そして同時期のニュース。クリスマス・プレゼントの時期だというのに大嵐。暴風で家の屋根は引っぺがされ、電柱は根扱ぎにされ、洪水が家やらキャンプやらを流し去るのである。それで9歳くらいの女の子も水死したとか。
BBC Australia: Child among 10 killed after severe storms hit country's east 27 Dec 2023 By Kathryn Armstrong
「At least 10 people, including a nine-year-old girl, have died in eastern Australia during severe thunderstorms on Christmas and Boxing Day.
Most of the deaths were in the state of Queensland, where tens of thousands of people are still without power.
Victoria and New South Wales were also hit by widespread flooding and destructive winds.
Further thunderstorms have been forecast but conditions are expected to improve over the next day.
The winds were so strong in places, they tore roofs off buildings, felled trees and ripped concrete-based electricity poles from the ground.」
「Among the 10 people killed in the extreme weather over Christmas and Boxing Day was a girl, named in local media as nine-year-old Mia Holland-McCormack, whose body was found in a flooded storm drain after she went missing.」
これはもう気象変動のせいだよな！ということで意見はガンギマリといったところ。エルニーニョは理解するが、にしてもこれまでにない強度だろ！というわけだ。実際日本でも、今年は、なにやら東南アジアのスコールを思わせるような集中豪雨が各地に散見された感がある。
気象変動はもはや覆せない事実とみるほかないでしょうし、まあ諸個人レベルではあれ、我々も多少は気にした生き方をしておくとよいかな、くらいではあろう。
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