NOAA SATELLITE OBSERVES VENUS TRANSIT June 8, 2004  The NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., used the NOAA GOES-12 satellite space weather instrumentation today to observe the passage of Venus in front of the sun. This transit of Venus is the first in 122 years. The GOES observation, using its Solar X-ray Imager, […]
GPS UNRELIABLE GPS UNRELIABLE WITHIN A CIRCLE OF 350NM RADIUS OF CHERRY POINT,NC TACAN (NKT, 345408N 0765229W) AT FL400, DECREASING IN AREAWITH DECREASE IN ALTITUDE TO 300NM RADIUS AT FL250, A 230NM RADIUS AT 10,000FT MSL, AND185NM RADIUS AT 4,000FT AGL IFR OPERATIONS BASED ON GPS NAVIGATION SHOULD NOT BE PLANNEDIN THE AFFECTED AREAS DURING […]
Merchant Mariner Sentenced to Two Months in Jail for Falsifying U.S. Coast Guard License Application In a case that shows that the federal government’s stepped up security measures impact more than just terrorists, Joseph A. Boevink, of Panama City, Florida, was sentenced on May 5 by United States District Judge Thomas S. Zilly in Seattle […]
Enjoy National Fishing and Boating Week – June 5 to 13, 2004 Remember the first time someone showed you how to cast a fishing line or remember all those ‘big fish’ tales you heard? Now you can recreate those memories for yourself or someone else during National Fishing and Boating Week, June 5 to 13, […]
NORTH CAROLINA REIMBURSED FOR HURRICANE ISABEL PREPARATIONS WASHINGTON – North Carolina will receive $1.8 million to help cover costs of emergency preparations for Hurricane Isabel, Senator John Edwards announced Wednesday. “The preparations made by our state ensured that a bad situation didn’t become worse,” Senator Edwards said. “Governor Easley and state emergency workers did a […]
NOAA RELEASES NATIONAL ESTUARIES RESTORATION INVENTORY June 7, 2004  NOAA announced today the initiation of the National Estuaries Restoration Inventory that will track the progress made toward the goals of the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000. The inventory is an online tool to monitor restoration projects implemented around the country and will serve as […]
6-YEAR-OLD FOUND ALIVE AFTER OVER TWO HOURS UNDER CAPSIZED BOAT Portsmouth, Va. – A six-year-old boy was found alive under a capsized boat near Huntington Park, Newport News, Va. tonight. The boy was found by Newport News Dive Team members in a joint-agency rescue effort involving the Coast Guard, Virginia Marine Resource Commission, Newport News […]
COAST GUARD CUTTER YELLOWFIN SAVES 4 PEOPLE, 2 DOGS CHARLESTON, S.C., May 31 – The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a disabled vessel approximately 47 miles east of Charleston, S.C., late Sunday on Memorial Day weekend. The SQUID ROW, a 60-foot vessel (homeported in Charleston) was experiencing fuel problems and had lost all means propulsion, prompting a call […]
NEW STRATEGY PROPOSED TO REDUCE SHIP COLLISIONS WITH ENDANGERED NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES June 2, 2004  NOAA Fisheries today proposed a comprehensive strategy for reducing collisions between ocean-going vessels and highly endangered North Atlantic right whales along the East Coast. The strategy includes measures tailored to vessel traffic patterns, ocean conditions, and right whale […]
1 PERSON HOSPITALIZED, 11 PEOPLE SAVED FOLLOWING THREE RESCUES PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Eleven people were rescued and one man was taken to the hospital as the holiday weekend gets a busy start. “Within 30 minutes we had three cases and 12 people in the water,” said Petty Officer Russell G. Lockey, a Coast Guard search […]
