AND WEST LINN.
217 SOUTHBOUND 7 MINUTES.
EXPECT 17 MINUTES FOR I-5
NORTHBOUND FROM WILSONVILLE
TO
THE MARQUAM BRIDGE.
JENNY: THANKS, CARLY.
NOW TO THAT WARNING ABOUT THE
WATER ALONG
SOME POPULAR OREGON
BEACHES AFTER A SERIES OF SHARK
SIGHTINGS.
KEN: REPORTER BRENT
WEISBERG
JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH MORE
ABOUT THIS.
BRENT?
BRENT:
KEN AND JENNY, GOOD
MORNING TO YOU.
CANNON BEACH POLICE TELL US
THAT
THANKFULLY THERE HAVE BEEN NO
RECENT SHARK ATTACKS ON THE
OREGON
COAST, BUT THEY SAY THERE
HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SHARK
SIGHTINGS IN THE CANNON BEACH
AREA.
THAT'S
WHY FOLKS ARE REMINDED TO
BE EXTRA CAREFUL.
IF YOU'RE A SURFER, HEADED
A SURFER, HEADED TO
THE OREGON COAST, SPECIFICALLY
THE CANNON BEACH AREA, BE AWARE
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RECENT
SHARK
SIGHTINGS IN THAT AREA.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR SHARK
SIGHTINGS IN THE AREA OF THE
OREGON COAST,
THE COAST ALONG
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
MARINE EXPERTS SAY THEY ARE
AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING
LATELY.
EARLIER
THIS WEEK CREWS DID POST
SOME WARNING SIGNS.
THE BEACHES THEMSELVES WILL
REMAIN OPEN.
SINCE 2000, THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY
EIGHT SHARK ATTACKS ALONG THE
OREGON COAST.
WE
TALKED TO PEOPLE ON BEACHES,
IN CANNON BEACH, TO GET THEIR
REACTION.
WE'RE KEEPING A GOOD EYE OUT
FOR THINGS.
WE'RE NOT JUST WATCHING THE
SHORE.
WE'RE WATCHING FOR
FINS OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BRENT: THE MOST RECENT
SHARK
ATTACK WAS OCTOBER 2016 WHEN
JOSEPH TANNER WAS
ATTACKED.
LATER TODAY KOIN 6 NEWS WILL
TALK WITH HIM ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERTS
TELL US THANKFULLY
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A FATAL SHARK
ATTACK IN OREGON.
