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Freezing Spray Advisory highlights the dangers of cold temps and steep seas for commercial vessels
Feb 23, 2023The only folks likely to be out in these stormy waters this time of year are cargo ships, fishing boats and the Coast Guard. All need to pay attention to the Freezing Spray Advisory, which is currently in our marine forecast.
We’ll talk today about what that means and why most fishing vessels have headed into port.
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Fisher Poets Retrospective
Feb 22, 2023This weekend the Fisher Poets Gathering returns live to Astoria, Oregon, after a two-year digital stint during the pandemic. Now once again familiar downtown venues will be filled with music, poetry and storytelling about life at sea in the commercial fishing industry.
Today we remember one of the FPG’s greats, Jon Campbell, whose gritty, profund and often hilarious songs entertained us, made us laugh and cry. John passed away in 2022, but his spirit lingers on in the hearts of all those who love fisher poets and their work.
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Winter storm warnings and gale warnings mean an interesting week ahead on land and sea
Feb 21, 2023Everywhere you turn in the weather forecast it’s gales this, and storms that, sneaker waves, beach warnings, and even – snow! We’ll take a look at how all this could affect everything from marine traffic to road traffic in our corner of the coastal PNW.
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As Golden Globe Race frontrunner Kirsten Neuschafer rounds Cape Horn, we take a look at other women solo circumnavigators
Feb 17, 2023This week, sailor Kirsten Neuschafer, in the lead in the grueling nonstop, solo round-the-world Golden Globe race, rounded Cape Horn, a significant milestone in this difficult competition.
She’s the only woman in the race and only the second woman ever to compete in the intentionally low-tech Golden Globe.
We take a look at Kristen’s accompishments, and also celebrate a few of the other women in history who have accomplished sailing around the world alone.
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The path of cargo to its final destination can be complex
Feb 16, 2023Today we could see wind turbine equipment arriving by ship for delivery to the Port of Vancouver. This is a cargo that requires special handling at sea and on land. We’ll talk about how these very large pieces get from one place to another.
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Why are our weather forecasts sometimes unclear about what will happen and when?
Feb 15, 2023A look at yesterday’s maybe a snow day but maybe not… turns out our sometimes seemingly whimsical weather forecasts are a consequence of living on the edge of the continent, where most of our weather comes to us from the sea.
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Why bad weather closes the river bar here on the Columbia
Feb 14, 2023The Columbia River Bar is on Red status until the weather clears sometime this morning. We’ll take a look at why our river’s mouth is considered the most dangerous river entrance in the world by marine insurer Lloyd’s of London.
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Wintry weather could slow ship traffic
Feb 13, 2023We’ve got a little bit of everything on our weather plate today, on land and sea: High Surf Advisory, Winter Weather Advisory, Columbia River Bar on Yellow status, which means ship traffic maybe asked to wait. We’ll see what happens as this Alaskan weather system spins through our area today.
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Tides, weather and ships in the anchorage
Feb 10, 2023Today a look at tides and how they affect ships in the anchorages. And more on how weather can affect tides too. Watching the tides is one way to feel a little more connected to our natural world.
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What looks like smoke from ship stacks on the river has a much better cause: IMO 2020
Feb 09, 2023Today we’ll talk about a recent sight on the river that caught my attention and the attention of some other people too: what looked like white smoke pouring from a ship heading upriver. Turns out it has a much better explanation: it’s steam from scrubbers that are pulling pollutants out of the exhaust to meet new emissions standards enacted three years ago.
Today we’ll revisit the maritime industry game-changing regulation that cut certain damaging ship emissions in half: IMO 2020.
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