Robinson, I know you have kids. The discussion is not really about all the people who live in Florida. It's about having an alligator in your own pond that you frequent regularly or even live in. You know that!
ewest's last sentence is important. When I was in the Keys on vacation a few weeks back, I got to do a session in the water with trained dolphins. For one photo opportuniy, I was holding a dolphin while it was resting on my knee. For the first try, the dolphin was a female, maybe 400lbs., that had a two year old pup in the water also. When I first held her, she thought something was happening about thirty feet away with her pup. She bolted out of my arms and over to the youngster. I almost had the wind knocked out of me even though this dolphin was relatively so gentle. Actually, it was just more of a surprise, and I may have lost my own breath.
That's when I fully realized how disadvantaged a human is in the water when faced against any kind of water beast.
Imagine if you were in a float tube in a lake or stream. If you hook a 15lb. steelhead, it will easily pull you around the water.
