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A look at the forecast: more snow?

Well, we had a tiny "snowpocalyps" in Astoria Monday and Tuesday, and by that I mean short periods of intense snow that were really cool and pretty (for those of us who love snow) but disappeared almost as quickly as it arrived. Will there be more? We'll take a look at the forecast for the rest of the week. And some ships...

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Barges: an integral part of the chain of commerce

We’ve seen a maritime story in the news recently about a barge that was taking on water in BC waters with containers on board. The story highlights how widely barges are used in marine commerce, although most of us don’t notice they’re out there, functioning as an integral part of the chain of commerce.

In rural areas, they can also be a vital way for people to ship goods locally in a way that is much less expensive than other means.

Our third and final interview segment with long distance paddler Carmen Perez

Today we’ll hear the third and final segment of my interview with Carmen Perez, a long distance paddler who recently traveled 1200 miles in her canoe with her dog, Zuri.

They traveled for two months, from the headwaters of the Columbia River in British Columbia to Clatsop Spit in Oregon, where the river meets the Pacific Ocean.

More from Carmen Perez, the gal who just canoed the length of the Columbia River with her dog

Today we hear more from my interview with Carmen Perez, the gal who last week ended her two-month long journey canoeing the entire length of the Columbia River, from its headwaters in British Columbia, Canada, to Clatsop Spit in Oregon. She made the trip with her loyal dog, Zuri, a border collie mix.

 

Mighty Fitz follow up – interview with a Coast Guardsman

Today, as a follow-up to yesterday’s show about the sinking of the ore-carrier Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago on Lake Superior in 1975, we’ll hear an interview with local resident Reid Johnson, who is now retired from the Coast Guard. He was 19 years old in1975, and serving on a USCG ship on Lake Huron the night the Fitz was lost in a storm.

We’ll also hear a poem from Fisher Poet Clem Starck about his real life experience hearing a nearby sister ship sink in a storm, while he himself was at sea within radio range, but unable to help.

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