Rhode Island woman medevaced from yacht off Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Coast Guard Station Mayport rescue boat crew medevaced a 24-year-old Rhode Island woman from the 180-foot yacht Grand Mariner about 2:18 a.m. today 12 miles east of Mayport, Fla. Lyndsay Sears, 24 of Warwick, R.I., was dehydrated and vomiting blood. Concerned for Sears’ […]
COAST GUARD SUFFERS FIRST COMBAT DEATH SINCE VIETNAM PORTSMOUTH, VA – U.S. Coast Guard Damage Controlman Third Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, 24, from Smithtown, N.Y., died from injuries sustained when a small boat exploded as he and six other coalition sailors attempted to board it near the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal Saturday. Injured […]
47 COUNTRIES, EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGREE TO TAKE “PULSE OF THE PLANET”Milestone Summit Launches Plan to Revolutionize Understanding of How Earth Works April 26, 2004  Recognizing that Earth’s most pressing problems know no geographic boundaries, ministers of 47 nations and the European Commission agreed Sunday to develop pioneering global architecture that will, over the next […]
New Smyrna Beach man rescued after boat hits jetties JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coast Guard Station Ponce Inlet and local EMS units rescued a New Smyrna Beach man after the 17-foot pleasure craft he was in hit the tip of the North jetties at Ponce Inlet about 1:15 a.m. today. Buell Fidler, 47, of New Smyrna […]
Senate Commerce Cmte FY05 Budget Hearing Wednesday, April 28, VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee (Chair John McCain R-AZ) on NOAA’s FY05 Budget Request. Senate Commerce Cmte FY05 Budget Hearing Wednesday, April 28, VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and […]
Minke whale disentangled off Gloucester- 4/24/04 Late in the morning yesterday, 4/23/04, a fisherman reported a small whale entangled and anchored in fishing gear just outside of Gloucester Harbor. Supported by the US Coast Guard (USCG), the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP), the Whale Center of New England (WCNE), and the National Marine Fisheries Service, the […]
DROUGHT MOVES INTO U.S. SOUTHEAST April 22, 2004  The NOAA Climate Prediction Center and its partners at the NOAA Climatic Data Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Drought Mitigation Center Thursday released the latest USA drought conditions. New to the U.S. Drought Monitor this week is the moderate drought in the Southeast. […]
Search Suspended For Missing Swimmer PORTSMOUTH, Va.–The Coast Guard suspended the search at 1:15 p.m.today for a swimmer who was missing two miles west of Cape Charles, Va. Tyree Taborn, 20, jumped into 60-degree water from a 25-foot Grady White to go swimming and never resurfaced. The Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxillary and the Virginia […]
April 22, 2004 Friends of the South End There will be a public discussion on the closure of the South End on Wednesday April 28, 2004 at 6:00 pm at the Kure Beach Fire Department located at 7th Street North and K Ave. Hot Dogs and Hamburgers will be provided. Please bring drinks and chips, […]
CG Searching For Missing Swimmer PORTSMOUTH, Va., –The Coast Guard is searching for a 20-year-old man in the water two miles west of Cape Charles, Va. after he jumped off of his boat without a life jacket to go swimming. The man jumped off of his boat around 5:15 p.m. today. The Coast Guard was […]
