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Vancouver earthquakes
Oct 22, 2018A series of earthquakes has rattled Vancouver Island and surrounding areas in BC – we”ll take a look at what happened and why there was no tsunami activity. Whew.
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Great American Shakeout
Oct 18, 2018Today is the annual Great American Shakeout, where we remind ourselves about what to do when the Big One hits – a topic especially relevant here in the Pacific Northwest. Joanne Rideout talks with Oregon State University Coastal Hazards Outreach Specialist Patrick Corcoran, an expert whose local specialty is public outreach about earthquake preparedness.
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Women in the maritime coastwise trades
Oct 17, 2018Women still represent a small percentage of the maritime workforce. We’ll look at their role in coastwise shipping, domestic cargo vessels that ply coastal waters.
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What is the Cajun Navy?
Oct 15, 2018During recent disasters in southern states, an independent and loosely structured group of local heroes has emerged: the Cajun Navy – boaters in small trailer-able craft, who travel to flooded areas to help their stranded neighbors.
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A bit about ship names
Oct 10, 2018Ships have all sorts of names, for all sorts of reasons. We’ll look at a few and what they mean.
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Local cruise ship, the Portland Spirit
Oct 08, 2018A visitor to Astoria this week: the Portland Spirit, a local cruise/excursion vessel from Portland.
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Indonesian Tsunami
Oct 04, 2018A disaster in Indonesia, where a tsunami has lessons for us here in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Dredge Stuyvesant
Oct 03, 2018A look at one of the unnoticed and unsung heroes on the river: the dredge ship Stuyvesant, one of several similar vessels that perform vital maintenance dredging on the Columbia.
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Ships & Cargo
Oct 02, 2018A look at the types of ships on the Columbia, and the cargoes they carry.
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Why are the days getting shorter so quickly? 10/1/18
Tomorrow will be more than 3 minutes shorter than today. While we know that the days are getting shorter, they seem to be accelerating now. Are we imagining things, or are the days getting shorter faster?
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