Dec 19, 2019
Our weather continues to be a topic of conversation this week, as PNW winter makes its presence known.
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Dec 19, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
Our weather continues to be a topic of conversation this week, as PNW winter makes its presence known.
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Dec 18, 2019
According to current forecasts, we’re slated to get smacked with a Pineapple Express sort of atmospheric river event over the next day or so. What’s an Atmospheric River, anyway? Not to mention a Pineapple Express, which sounds like a dessert you might order in Hawaii… We’ll talk about all that today on the Ship Report. Spoiler alert: it means lots, and lots, of water up in the air, ready to rain down upon us. Some areas could see seven inches of rain before this storm is over!
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Dec 18, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
According to current forecasts, we’re slated to get smacked with a Pineapple Express sort of atmospheric river event over the next day or so. What’s an Atmospheric River, anyway? Not to mention a Pineapple Express, which sounds like a dessert you might order in Hawaii… We’ll talk about all that today on the Ship Report. Spoiler alert: it means lots, and lots, of water up in the air, ready to rain down upon us. Some areas could see seven inches of rain before this storm is over!
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Dec 17, 2019
We’ve been talking lately about pilot boat crews and how they support and make possible the work of marine pilots on the river and ocean. Today we take a look at the pilot boat Connor Foss, frequently seen on the waterfront in Astoria. What’s her role in the piloting network and what challenges does her crew face? She also carries both kinds of local pilots: Bar and river pilots, who tackle separate hazards on the channel between the river’s mouth, Portland, and beyond.
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Dec 17, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
We’ve been talking lately about pilot boat crews and how they support and make possible the work of marine pilots on the river and ocean. Today we take a look at the pilot boat Connor Foss, frequently seen on the waterfront in Astoria. What’s her role in the piloting network and what challenges does her crew face? She also carries both kinds of local pilots: Bar and river pilots, who tackle separate hazards on the channel between the river’s mouth, Portland, and beyond.
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Dec 16, 2019
Once there were lightships on waterway entrances around the U.S. Now there are none. There’s a famous one here in Astoria, at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria. She was one of a number of lighthips – floating lighthouses – that marked the entrance to the river, dating back to the 1800s.
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Dec 16, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
Once there were lightships on waterway entrances around the U.S. Now there are none. There’s a famous one here in Astoria, at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria. She was one of a number of lighthips – floating lighthouses – that marked the entrance to the river, dating back to the 1800s.
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Dec 13, 2019
It happens every year: sooner or later the weather gets messy enough that ship traffic is affected. Today the Columbia River Bar is in yellow status, and some ships will have to wait. We’ll talk about what yellow status is, and how it affects vessels entering and leaving the river.
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Dec 13, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
It happens every year: sooner or later the weather gets messy enough that ship traffic is affected. Today the Columbia River Bar is in yellow status, and some ships will have to wait. We’ll talk about what yellow status is, and how it affects vessels entering and leaving the river.
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Dec 12, 2019
It’s that time of year again, where the weather goes to hell in a handbasket on the coast. Not as bad as it can be, but winter weather is here. Just another fall and winter day in the Pacific Northwest. We’ll talk about what that means for mariners.
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Dec 12, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
It’s that time of year again, where the weather goes to hell in a handbasket on the coast. Not as bad as it can be, but winter weather is here. Just another fall and winter day in the Pacific Northwest. We’ll talk about what that means for mariners.
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