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When archaeology and beachcombing might not mix
Jun 17, 2022A big story in the news this week is the discovery of the timbers of a sunken Spanish galleon from 1693 in a sea cave on the beach near Manzanita, Oregon. This doesn’t mean you should run out there and try to find your own treasure. We’ll talk about why this is a bad idea for most people.
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The perils of buildings built over the water
Jun 15, 2022After the partial collapse yesterday of the old cannery building in Astoria that now houses Buoy Beer, we take a look at the inherent perils of owning a building that is built over the water on pilings. There are miraculous aspects to these old venerable structures, and plenty of nautical charm. But they can be a headache to their owners, who navigate great risk owning something that stands in the shallows of the mighty Columbia.
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Army Corps to control dam water releases to prevent Columbia flooding
Jun 14, 2022In response to high spring tides augmented by widespread atmospheric river rainfall in the Pacific Northwest, the Army Corps of Engineers is restricting water flow over some dams to control downriver flooding.
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High water on the river
Jun 12, 2022A look at the effects of heavy rain and spring tides on the Columbia – with more rain on the way. We’ll talk about what this means for people who live near the river and work or play on it, as we approach a full moon with record rainfall already this spring.
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Upriver journey today for Rose Festival Fleet ships
Jun 08, 2022Today a look at our Rose Festival Fleet of ships traveling from Astoria to Portland for the annual Rose Festival. Ships dock on the Willamette River waterfront in Portland and will be open for tours on the weekend.
Photo: The USCGC Elm, Astoria’s resident buoy tender, is among the US military ships headed upriver today for the Rose Festival.
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More Rose Festival Fleet, and some info for newcomers to the River
Today ships begin heading upriver to Portland – they’re called the Rose Festival Fleet. We’ll talk about who you might see today.
And a look at a news story about a man who thought he could float across the Columbia on a raft: so some practical advice for people who aren’t familiar with big, powerful rivers like ours.
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The Rose Festival Fleet arrives this week
Jun 06, 2022Each year, the Rose Festival Fleet of visiting military vessels arrives in the river just in time for the Portland Rose Festival. Today we talk about who will be here in the river this year and when they’ll arrive over the next few days.
It’s an interesting mix of active duty US Navy ships, Canadian Navy vessels, and Astoria’s USCG cutter Elm, our hometown buoy tender, based at Tongue Point.
Photo credit: each year the Fleet is greeted in Portland Harbor by a fireboat in a display of welcome. Photo by Jason McHuff from Portland, Oregon, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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A look at one of our great hometown ships, the USCG Buoy Tender Elm
A look at an amazing and mostly unseen ship whose role is absolutely vital to safe passage on the Columbia River and surrounding waterways. The Coast Guard Buoy Tender Elm, homeported in Astoria.
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Automated ships, ahem
Jun 03, 2022Today a bit about advances in the development of fully automated ships, that would ultimately operate with no people on board. And a small rant from me about the need for real live humans.
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Pacific coast wind energy projects
Jun 02, 2022Wind energy projects are being proposed for the West Coast thanks to evolcing technology that allows floating turbines. We’ll talk about why that matters here in the PNW.
Image: floating wind tubine assembly in Norway, courtesy Wikipedia.
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