Sep 27, 2023
We’ve got one fast moving storm to deal with today and then a break in the weather (we hope!). We’ll look at who’s here on the river today, and why it’s good to see ships in the anchorage on stormy days like this. (Hint: tired mariners need a rest from storms at sea.)
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Sep 27, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We’ve got one fast moving storm to deal with today and then a break in the weather (we hope!). We’ll look at who’s here on the river today, and why it’s good to see ships in the anchorage on stormy days like this. (Hint: tired mariners need a rest from storms at sea.)
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Sep 26, 2023
“If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute” – that’s an old saying. But some folks get mad when they don’t like the weather, and blame the forecasters. We’ll talk about why weather prediction, especially on the coast here, is part art and part science. And sometimes the weather itself couldn’t give a hoot about our ideas about what should happen.
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Sep 26, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
“If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute” – that’s an old saying. But some folks get mad when they don’t like the weather, and blame the forecasters. We’ll talk about why weather prediction, especially on the coast here, is part art and part science. And sometimes the weather itself couldn’t give a hoot about our ideas about what should happen.
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Sep 25, 2023
Today’s stormy weather is a great opportunity to talk about how weather can affect ship traffic, and what it means when the Columbia River Bar is on Yellow, or even Red, status. All part of fall and winter on the mighty Columbia.
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Sep 25, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today’s stormy weather is a great opportunity to talk about how weather can affect ship traffic, and what it means when the Columbia River Bar is on Yellow, or even Red, status. All part of fall and winter on the mighty Columbia.
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Sep 22, 2023
Today we’ll talk about what the autumnal equinox really is and why it affects everything so much on our planet. Kind of a refresher of what we learned in school, but we probably haven’t thought about it much lately. So we’ll talk about equinoxes, seasons, and – what’s an equator, and where is it exactly?
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Sep 22, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll talk about what the autumnal equinox really is and why it affects everything so much on our planet. Kind of a refresher of what we learned in school, but we probably haven’t thought about it much lately. So we’ll talk about equinoxes, seasons, and – what’s an equator, and where is it exactly?
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Sep 21, 2023
Today I’ll be answering a listener question about ballast water: what is it, how is it handled, and why it’s such a problem for world ecosystems despite ongoing efforts to make it safer.
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Sep 21, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today I’ll be answering a listener question about ballast water: what is it, how is it handled, and why it’s such a problem for world ecosystems despite ongoing efforts to make it safer.
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Sep 20, 2023
Today we’ll talk about an emergency at sea in the Ocean Globe Race, the round the world race that started just 10 days ago in the UK. A crew member on one of the sailboats suffered an injury that was so severe he needed to be rescued. The incident shows the limits of rescue at sea, and also the dangerous environment mariners take on when they go far offshore.
Image Caption: The crew of French OGR entrant Triana (66) FR assisted Stéphane Raguenes into the liferaft before being winched onboard the helicopter and flown to Madeira for medical attention. Credit: OGR 2023 / Margault Demasles
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Sep 20, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll talk about an emergency at sea in the Ocean Globe Race, the round the world race that started just 10 days ago in the UK. A crew member on one of the sailboats suffered an injury that was so severe he needed to be rescued. The incident shows the limits of rescue at sea, and also the dangerous environment mariners take on when they go far offshore.
Image Caption: The crew of French OGR entrant Triana (66) FR assisted Stéphane Raguenes into the liferaft before being winched onboard the helicopter and flown to Madeira for medical attention. Credit: OGR 2023 / Margault Demasles
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