Who’s on the river, and what’s next for the weather?
Today, a look at who’s traveling on the river, including tugboats and a Military Sealift Command vessel. And a look at the next round of weather headed our way.
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Trusted sources of weather info – be your own fact-checker!
On Monday’s podcast I mentioned some trusted sources I use to get accurate weather and emergency info for our region. Here’s that list, with a few additions. You may have your own sources for trusted info. Use them and stay informed. Be your own fact-checker!
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National Weather Service: go to the National Weather Service Portland page on the web or on Facebook for timely weather and beach info.
Nixle: Nixle is a communication system that public safety agencies use to send alerts to residents via text message, email, and a mobile app. It provides real-time, neighborhood-level notifications about critical events like severe weather, public safety hazards, and missing persons, as well as community information and events. To sign up, you can text your zip code to 888-777 or register on the Nixle website.
Local emergency response agencies: Look for those in your area. Locally here, Pacific County Emergency Management’s Facebook page provides updated accurate information that is often relevant to the entire region, not just Pacific County.
Clatsop County’s Facebook page also provides local weather and emergency updates.
Chinook Observer – this Pacific County based newspaper offers great updates on their Facebook page about evolving weather and other emergency information.
Local Radio stations like KMUN and others: you can stream KMUN at kmun.org, or get the KMUN app.
NOAA weather radio: You can buy a NOAA weather radio that will automatically find local NOAA weather radio stations that broadcast current weather info. They also broadcast alerts.
Weather apps: there are many weather apps out there. Find one that offers an easy to read satellite map of weather activity over the Pacific. My current favorite is Storm Radar, which derives its data from the Weather Channel..
Road Conditions: Tripcheck: Tripcheck.com is an ODOT site that offers real time updates on road condition in Oregon. In Washington, see https://wsdot.com/travel/real-time/ for Real-time Travel Data for Washington roads.
Coastal bar conditions: Find out what the USCG says about conditions on coastal bars in Oregon and Washington here: https://www.weather.gov/pqr/allbars
Other good sources of info that are reliable and provide updates on local conditions in local areas are Facebook police department pages such as: Seaside Police Department, Astoria Police Department, etc.
The bottom line is that there is plenty of reputable accurate information available to us, we just have to know where to look.
Accurate sources for weather (marine and land-based), road and emergency info
With so much misinformation flying around on social media, and more bad weather on the way this week. I thought it would be helpful to share some trusted resources you can use to keep yourself up to date with trusted weather, road and emergency info.
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Stormy weather is upon us – get ready for wind and rain, and possible power outages
The stormy weather we’ve been promised all week is arriving today – be ready for gusty winds and heavy rain. We may see interruptions in ship traffic today and through the weekend.
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The coastal jet is here again – a disconcerting weather quirk of our maritime environment
Ship captains don’t like the coastal jet much. It’s a quirky local weather phenomenon that can cause the weather to get worse the closer approaching ships get to the Columbia River Bar.
Today we’ll hear from Capt. Thron Riggs, who spent many years as a Columbia River Bar pilot, explaining what a coastal jet is.
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The USS Plainview, a relic of lower Columbia history, beached in the shallows of Hungry Harbor
Today we take a look at the USS Plainview, a once-innovative, prototype hydrofoil ship design that was decommissioned by the Navy in the 1960s. She ended up sidelined by her civilian owner after plans to make her into a seafood processing vessel didn’t pan out. She remains, partially dismantled, on the shores of the Columbia on the Washington side of the river, a few miles east of the Megler Bridge, beached on private property.
Today we’ll take a look at her once exciting history, and why she remains where she is.
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