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Broken Buoys
Jul 23, 2019The Coast Guard Cutter Elm is a buoy tender based in Astoria, Ore. Her mission is to repair navigational devices like buoys. Today we hear more from an officer on board about broken buoys and how they get repaired.
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USCG Cutter Elm and her long journey to Astoria
Jul 22, 2019The USCG Cutter Fir is now based in Astoria. She’s our new hometown buoy tender based at the Tongue Point Coast Guard station. To get here, she made a long journey that kept her crew for months at sea.
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USCG Cutterman honored for 20 years at sea
Jul 17, 2019On board the USCG Cutter Elm, a buoy tender now based in Astoria, Ore., one of the ship’s crew was recently honored with the title “Cutterman,” which honors his 20 years at sea in Coast Guard service.
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USCG Cutter Elm arrives in Astoria
Jul 16, 2019The recently renovated and refurbished USCG Cutter Elm arrived in Astoria Monday. She’s replacing a well known hometown ship here, the Fir. Both are buoy tenders, a specialized ship that installs and maintains navigation aides around the PNW. Which means she creates and monitors the markers, buoys and lights that create the water highway vessels rely on. Without cutters like the Elm, ships would not get very far in our waters.
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Become a “water reader”
Jul 15, 2019Today we’re talking about rip currents – areas at the beach where water is rushing at high speed out to sea. Learn how to read the water and save your life and the life of your loved ones.
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Oregon Commercial Fishing
Jul 12, 2019The commercial fishing industry is a huge economic driver on the coast. But most people don’t realize that the fresh-caught, wild fish we love so much is caught, for the most part, by small business owners, fishermen and women who go out in relatively small boats, catching fish and crab in horrible weather. Today’s show is about appreciating the people who catch our dinner.
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Pilot boats
Jul 11, 2019We see pilot boats working on the waterfront all the time. What are they and why are they important?
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Rainy July?
Jul 10, 2019This week we have a rainy weather pattern that’s more typical of late fall than summer. We’ll talk about the weather and what it means for the PNW to have rain in the summer like this.
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Earthquakes
Jul 09, 2019Recent earthquakes in California have us wondering whether the Oregon coast will be next. Today we talk about whether, in this case, the two regions are seismically connected.
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The power of water
Jul 08, 2019Recent events on the coast where people have gotten into severe trouble on the water show us the power of water. Today we talk about the immense forces at play where turbulent water meets beaches, ships and people, and why we should all treat all bodies of water with great respect.
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