Category: SFL

NOAA COMPUTER SYSTEM IS

NOAA COMPUTER SYSTEM IS “FIRST STEP” TOWARD EASIER ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL DATA April 13, 2004 — NOAA is using a new computer system that is a critical “first step” in giving users faster, easier access to America’s environmental data. Last month, two NOAA sites began using the system, called the Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System […]

Proposed Regulations for Trade of Swordfish and Tuna

Proposed Regulations for Trade of Swordfish and Tuna What is the proposed rule? NOAA Fisheries proposes regulations that would require dealers who import, export, or re-export fresh or frozen bluefin tuna (BFT), southern bluefin tuna (SBFT), bigeye tuna (BET) and/or swordfish (SWO), regardless of ocean area of origin, to comply with following: hold a valid […]

Busy Holiday Weekend for Rescuers

Busy Holiday Weekend for RescuersEncourages Coast Guard to Address Boating Safety PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard rescue crew hoisted three people to safety Sunday about 7:30 p.m. This was the third Coast Guard rescue in the region after the death of a North Carolina man Wednesday, urging the service to stress the importance of […]

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS April 06, 2004

Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS MONTHLY EDITION April 06, 2004 Click “Read More” belowNC – MYRTLE GROVE SOUND TO CASINO CREEK – BOGUE INLET – SHOALINGThere has been a report of shoaling to an approximate depth of 3 feet MLW in the vicinity of Bogue Inlet buoy 14 (LLNR 29559) and Bogue […]

100,000 Page Views!

FryingPanTower.Com Breaks 100,000 Page Views! April the 11th 2004, FryingPanTower.Com broke the 100,000 page view mark.  We broke the 100 member mark today as well.  Just over 4 months old, FryingPanTower.Com was created Nov 13th 2003 and did not go LIVE until Dec. 1st 2003. WOOT WOOT! “4 months over the winter…..100,000 page views.  I can honestly […]

Coast Guard Saves Two Men Ejected from Boat

Coast Guard Saves Two Men Ejected from Boat PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two men were saved by a Coast Guard boat crew after they were ejected from their boat in Currituck County on the North River in the vicinity of the Great Bridge Albermarle Sound at about 7:30 a.m. Today. One of the men sustained a […]

EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL

EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2004 The recent upturn in Atlantic basin hurricane activity which began in 1995 is expected to continue in 2004. We anticipate an above-average number of Atlantic basin tropical cyclones and an above-average probability of U.S. hurricane landfall. (as of 2 April […]

Four People Rescued Off Cape Lookout

Four People Rescued Off Cape Lookout ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – Two good Samaritans saved four people after their boat lost power and capsized about 30-miles southeast of Cape Lookout today at 11 a.m. The crew of the 21-foot Amber Jack radioed for help and said that their vessel had lost power and was taking on […]

U.S. COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MAN AFTER BOAT SINKS

U.S. COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MAN AFTER BOAT SINKS NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard is searching this evening for a man who was reported missing after his boat sank about noon today in the Gulfport, Miss., Ship Channel approximately three miles northwest of Ship Island. The names are being withheld pending notification of […]

Requirements For Uninspected Passenger Vessels

Requirements For Uninspected Passenger Vessels I got one of My Boats Inspected the other day by the USCG Reserves.  I bummed a copy of the check list….You can check it out  HERE Please let me know if it is hard to read and I will rescan it.  I can read it but I am using a large monitor. […]