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Car ship blaze off Alaska shows dangers of shipboard fires, especially involving EVs

There's a car ship ablaze off the coast of the Aleutians, after a fire started on board. The crew has been safely evacuated but the ship remains on fire. We'll talk about the dangers of shipboard fires, made worse in the modern era of electric vehicles (EVs).

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Storm on the high seas will send us big swells

Jan 04, 2023

A look at this week’s marine weather, which includes a huge storm offshore in the ocean that will likely hit California hard but miss us in the northern part of Oregon and southwest Washington. The storm will give us big ocean swells and surf locally. We’ll also take a look at how big ships handle high seas and stormy weather when they can’t get to port in time.

How did yesterday’s storm rate on the Beaufort Wind Scale?

Dec 28, 2022

We had a rowdy storm yesterday on the coast, with lots of havoc on land. But it probably doesn’t compare to what was happening at sea. We’ll take a look at yesterday’s conditions and compare them to what might have been happening out in the ocean, according to the Beaufort Wind Scale.

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