by Tim Flanagan on January 27, 2010
by Tim Flanagan on January 27, 2010
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El Niño to top extreme tidesTheNewsTribune.comThe warmer ocean water expands, the southwest winds pile up the ocean water feeding into Puget Sound, and the northwest Pacific Ocean experiences persistent …and more »
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by Tim Flanagan on January 26, 2010
Got a little promotional notice about the Seattle Boat Show from West Marine. It included the picture below. But right off the bat, medical I knew that something was just…wrong. The more I looked at this picture, seek the more my head hurt! Can you tell what’s wrong with this picture?
by Tim Flanagan on January 26, 2010
Emily Heffter has the story in the Seattle Times: Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn told the City Council on Monday that his deep concern for public safety was his only motive for wanting to rush a tax measure onto the ballot to replace the city’s sea wall. He was trying to convince a skeptical council that […]
by Tim Flanagan on January 26, 2010
An interesting post by Sue Frause over at the Seattle PI’s Whidbey Island Life blog: What’s in a name? Possession Sound is part of Whidbey Basin that’s in Puget Sound that belongs to the Salish Sea Here’s [an excerpt from] an article in The Herald that may be of interest to Whidbey Islanders: EvCC students […]
by Captain Richard Rodriguez on January 26, 2010
I don’t enjoy traveling like I used to. The experience this last weekend was a pleasant surprise. The trip was a short three day affair from Seattle to Oakland, CA for my Mom’s memorial service.
Deciding to use my federally issued Transportation Worker’s Identification Credential (TWIC) was a test to see if the TSA had figured out their own system. [...]
by Tim Flanagan on January 26, 2010
by Deborah Bach on January 25, 2010
Sailing can be one of the greenest activities to enjoy. But the increased complexity and size of sailboats have made sailing less environmentally friendly than it could be. In his new book “Sustainble Sailing: Go Green When You Cast Off,” Portland, Ore. author and editor Dieter Loibner explains how sailors can reduce their environmental impact and be [...]
by Captain Richard Rodriguez on January 25, 2010
This 15-million-year-old fossilized sea star was discovered by a tourist on Olympic National Park’s Beach No. 4 near Kalaloch.
(Photo: Peninsula Daily News)
KOMOnews.com is reporting:
The sea star – also known as a starfish – was spotted by an unidentified tourist last July embedded in a sandstone bluff at ONP’s Beach No. 4 near Kalaloch WA.
The [...]
by Deborah Bach on January 24, 2010
As early as November, George Harris starts getting the phone calls. What seminars are being offered this year? callers ask. Who will be speaking?
“It’s really amazing,” said Harris, president of the Northwest Marine Trade Association. “We just can’t ever seem to get the seminar schedule up on the website soon enough.”
The broad offering of seminars [...]
by Tim Flanagan on January 23, 2010
Threats Prompt Navy to Be More Tight-Lipped on Ship MovementsKitsap SunThe USS Abraham Lincoln leaves Bremerton earlier this month after completing work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Navy officials, who usually … A healthy Puget Sound depends on Washington's decision makersHeraldNetPuget Sound is a hallmark of Washington. It provides critical habitat for wildlife, such as […]
by Tim Flanagan on January 23, 2010
by Tim Flanagan on January 22, 2010
by Tim Flanagan on January 22, 2010
by Puget Sound Maritime News Service on January 22, 2010
Almost any Seattleite alive in the ‘40s and ‘50s can recall the large, black, four-masted schooner Fantome (ex. Flying Cloud). She sat, anchored, in Portage Bay like a centerpiece, visible from both bridges and numerous points along the shore. More than one duffer at the old University golf course tried to drive a ball onto [...]
by Tim Flanagan on January 21, 2010
Air Station Astoria Airman Cristopher J. Angus is scheduled to attend Aviation Survival Technician “A” school in Elizabeth City, remedy N.C., buy more about next month. The highly demanding 18 week program is designed to identify individuals with the exceptional physical and mental capacities required for the job. Angus, online a Vancouver, Wash. native, has […]
by Tim Flanagan on January 21, 2010
[Time for another press release from my friends at the Seattle Boat Show. I’m looking forward to it. —Tim] The Seattle Boat Show, sick Indoors + Afloat, decease opens next Friday, January 29 and runs through Saturday, February 6. Over the next seven days, we’ll be fitting 1,000 boats and yachts into Qwest Field Event […]
by Tim Flanagan on January 21, 2010
by Tim Flanagan on January 21, 2010
Sandi Doughton has the story in the Seattle Times: The most extensive survey of pH levels in the Pacific Ocean confirms what spot measurements have suggested: From Hawaii to Alaska, caries the upper reaches of the sea are becoming more acidic in concert with rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. "If you see these changes […]
by Tim Flanagan on January 21, 2010
Sandi Doughton has the story in the Seattle Times: The most extensive survey of pH levels in the Pacific Ocean confirms what spot measurements have suggested: From Hawaii to Alaska, caries the upper reaches of the sea are becoming more acidic in concert with rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. "If you see these changes […]