A US Coast Guard rescue swimmer was seriously injured in an accident during the course of a rescue mission last Friday.
As of earlier this week, he was on life support in a British Columbia hospital.
We’ll talk about the important role rescue swimmers and all Coast Guard personnel play in keeping us safe in challenging conditions.
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I learned something interesting the other day – that winds spin differently in different kinds of weather systems. It has to do with the Coriolis Effect, and air pressure. An interesting look at “how things work” in weather.
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Today we’ll look at the ship schedule and talk about why outbound ships can look so different you might think it’s another kind of vessel altogether. Also, a look at tides and the moon – and a lunar eclipse.
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Today we’ll do a quick debrief on this past weekend’s 29th annual Fisher Poets Gathering, and then we`ll address an important maritime issue that can be a matter of life or death: why you should never get between a tug and its tow at sea, or on the river.
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Today we’ll hear more from my interview with Len Tumbarello, who is currently the executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots.
Earlier in his life, he spent 28 years in the US Coast Guard, a career he really loved. Today we’ll talk about what a career in the Coast Guard can be like.
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Today we hear Part 3 of my interview with Len Tumbarello, executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots. We’re talking about pilot risk, which comes in many forms. Pilots are a lot like first responders, in that they have to be ready for the unexpected at all times and be ready to respond in a timely and effective manner, sometimes at great risk to themselves. It’s a job that only a small number of people in the world ever qualify for, and are hired to do.
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