Jun 14, 2022
In response to high spring tides augmented by widespread atmospheric river rainfall in the Pacific Northwest, the Army Corps of Engineers is restricting water flow over some dams to control downriver flooding.
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Jun 14, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
In response to high spring tides augmented by widespread atmospheric river rainfall in the Pacific Northwest, the Army Corps of Engineers is restricting water flow over some dams to control downriver flooding.
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Jun 12, 2022
A look at the effects of heavy rain and spring tides on the Columbia – with more rain on the way. We’ll talk about what this means for people who live near the river and work or play on it, as we approach a full moon with record rainfall already this spring.
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Jun 12, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A look at the effects of heavy rain and spring tides on the Columbia – with more rain on the way. We’ll talk about what this means for people who live near the river and work or play on it, as we approach a full moon with record rainfall already this spring.
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Jun 08, 2022
Today a look at our Rose Festival Fleet of ships traveling from Astoria to Portland for the annual Rose Festival. Ships dock on the Willamette River waterfront in Portland and will be open for tours on the weekend.
Photo: The USCGC Elm, Astoria’s resident buoy tender, is among the US military ships headed upriver today for the Rose Festival.
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Jun 8, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today a look at our Rose Festival Fleet of ships traveling from Astoria to Portland for the annual Rose Festival. Ships dock on the Willamette River waterfront in Portland and will be open for tours on the weekend.
Photo: The USCGC Elm, Astoria’s resident buoy tender, is among the US military ships headed upriver today for the Rose Festival.
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Today ships begin heading upriver to Portland – they’re called the Rose Festival Fleet. We’ll talk about who you might see today.
And a look at a news story about a man who thought he could float across the Columbia on a raft: so some practical advice for people who aren’t familiar with big, powerful rivers like ours.
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Jun 8, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today ships begin heading upriver to Portland – they’re called the Rose Festival Fleet. We’ll talk about who you might see today.
And a look at a news story about a man who thought he could float across the Columbia on a raft: so some practical advice for people who aren’t familiar with big, powerful rivers like ours.
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Jun 06, 2022
Each year, the Rose Festival Fleet of visiting military vessels arrives in the river just in time for the Portland Rose Festival. Today we talk about who will be here in the river this year and when they’ll arrive over the next few days.
It’s an interesting mix of active duty US Navy ships, Canadian Navy vessels, and Astoria’s USCG cutter Elm, our hometown buoy tender, based at Tongue Point.
Photo credit: each year the Fleet is greeted in Portland Harbor by a fireboat in a display of welcome. Photo by Jason McHuff from Portland, Oregon, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jun 6, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Each year, the Rose Festival Fleet of visiting military vessels arrives in the river just in time for the Portland Rose Festival. Today we talk about who will be here in the river this year and when they’ll arrive over the next few days.
It’s an interesting mix of active duty US Navy ships, Canadian Navy vessels, and Astoria’s USCG cutter Elm, our hometown buoy tender, based at Tongue Point.
Photo credit: each year the Fleet is greeted in Portland Harbor by a fireboat in a display of welcome. Photo by Jason McHuff from Portland, Oregon, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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A look at an amazing and mostly unseen ship whose role is absolutely vital to safe passage on the Columbia River and surrounding waterways. The Coast Guard Buoy Tender Elm, homeported in Astoria.
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Jun 6, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A look at an amazing and mostly unseen ship whose role is absolutely vital to safe passage on the Columbia River and surrounding waterways. The Coast Guard Buoy Tender Elm, homeported in Astoria.
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