What I was surprised to find in reading about this was that this was the fourth attack this year in the islands - fortunately none of them fatal. One was just last month - a woman was wading in the ocean on Maui and got bit. I searched all over to find stories about that attack - or any of the others this year - and there simply aren't any. I couldn't even find any in the Honolulu Advertiser. This year looks to be better than last year though when there were six or eight attacks, again none fatal. Still the number of attacks in Hawaii seems to be about equal to the number in all of Australia. Florida looks to hold the lead though.

While statistically the chances of getting attacked are very small (more people die each year from getting hit in the head by coconuts), this lack of coverage sure gives the impression there's attempt to keep the tourists from hearing about these.