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CG41332: Part 2 of the story of a Coast Guard tragedy
Jul 18, 2024Note: I’m taking a break from the Ship Report for some vacation time. I’ll be back on the air and on Facebook, with updated ship schedules and marine weather reports on Monday, July 29. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this interview series about a tragic real life incident that happened here in our maritime neighborhood.
Today we contiue hearing parts of an interview series featuring John Kopp. former USCG surfman, and author of a book about a little-known Coast Guard tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977. The book is titled CG41332, named for the boat involved in a horrendous accident in which three students lost their lives. It’s a harrowing, meticulously researched account of how things can go horribly wrong, even for the Coast Guard, in challenging conditions in our local maritime backyard.
Today Kopp reads from his book to explain a bit about the USCG at Cape Disappointment and the bar, which is so dynamic and dangerous.
Sho transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071824.pdf
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CG41332: Part 1 of an interview with author John Kopp about a USCG tragedy
Jul 17, 2024I’m taking a break from the Ship Report for some vacation time. I’ll be back on the air and on Facebook, with updated ship schedules and marine weather reports on Monday, July 29. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this interview series about a tragic real life incident that happened here in our maritime neighborhood.
Today we begin an interview series featuring John Kopp. former USCG surfman, and author of a book about a little-known Coast Guard tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977. The book is titled CG41332, named for the boat involved in a horrendous accident in which three students lost their lives. It’s a harrowing, meticulously researched account of how things can go horribly wrong, even for the Coast Guard, in challenging conditions in our local maritime backyard.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071724.pdf
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Who’s on the river today, and a look at an upcoming interview series
Jul 16, 2024Today we’ll look at daily ship traffic and where it’s headed, and also a heads up that I’ll be taking some vacation time for the next week and a half. While I’m gone the show will air as usual and you’ll be hearing an extended interview I did with author John Kopp about his 2023 book, CG41332, about a USCG tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1975.
Ship Report radio shows and podcasts will continue to air as usual on KMUN, the Ship Report website (at shipreport.net), Facebook and on Apple and Spotify.
Ship schedules and marine weather reports will return in Monday, July 29. If you’d like to follow ship traffic during that time you can find some vessel information on the Columbia River Bar Pilots and Columbia River Pilot websites, and of course in real time on vesselfinder and marinetraffic. You’ll find local marine weather forecasts at: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KPQR.html
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Tragedy on the Columbia River Bar
Jul 15, 2024This weekend, a recreational boat overturned on the Columbia River Bar. Out of the five people on board, two were rescued safely, one died, and two remained missing when the Coast Guard called off their search Saturday night. Today we’ll talk a bit about why the bar has been historically, and remains, one of the most dangerous river entrances in the world.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071524.pdf
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National Data Buoy Center: a rewarding agency to work for
Jul 12, 2024Today we conclude this week’s interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chieg for the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve learned a lot about this agency and its network of high tech data buoys in US and international waters. Today Kohler talks about how rewarding it is to work for an agency that does good teamwork at low cost, and provides valuable information to scientists and to the public.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071224.pdf
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National Data Buoy Center: how buoys stand up to brutal ocean weather
Jul 11, 2024Today we’ll hear more from my interview with Craig Kohler; he’s an official with the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve been talking this week about the network of data-gathering buoys in US waters and around the world. Today we talk about how this data helps scientsits, and also how these hardy buoys stand up to the punishing conditions at sea where they are stationed.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/.pdf
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National Data Buoy Center tsunami warning buoys
Jul 10, 2024We continue this week’s interview with Craig Kohler from the National Data Buoy Center, a US agency under NOAA and the National Weather Service that operates a network of data buoys in US coastal waters and around the world.
Today we’ll talk about the NDBC tsunami buoys that are strategically placed in the ocean to warn officials when a tsunami wave is occurring.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071024.pdf
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National Data Buoy Center – an important local buoy gets repaired and put back in service
Jul 09, 2024Today we’ll talk about our local National Data Buoy Center buoy, 46029, which was returned to service in June, 20 miles off the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific.
This important data buoy had been out of service since last fall. Today we’ll talk with NDBC adminstrator Craig Kohler about the buoy’s journey back to being in working order, transmitting data to waiting satellites – all about sea state, weather and other info. Important info for mariners.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070924.pdf
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National Data Buoy Center – valuable local resource and worldwide agency
Jul 08, 2024Today we’ll begin hearing excerpts from my interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chief for the National Data Buoy Center. NDBC maintains a network of buoys in US coastal waters and in other places in the world, that transmit weather and climate data to satelites. We have NDBC buoys in our coastal waters including one right off the Columbia River Bar in the ocean called 46029.
This week we’ll talk about that buoy system and why it is so valuable to mariners and scientists.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070824.pdf
Image: NDBC data buoy 46029, located off the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy NOAA and NDBC.
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A look at ship traffic, and – hot weather is about to arrive
Jul 03, 2024Today we’ll take a look at ship traffic on the river, and at the predictions for our upcoming holiday weekend heat wave.
I’ll be taking the long holiday weekend to regroup a little from the exhausing but wonderful process of finally launching my boat (see yeastserday’s podcast.) So after today, I’ll see you all again Monday on the Ship Report.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070324.pdf
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