Columbia River Bar Closure

Columbia Bar Remains in Yellow Condition: Another front is due to arrive Friday morning with seas quickly ramping up from 10 to 20+ feet by 1600. This creates the likelihood of another suspension of traffic.

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Carlos Del Toro – America’s Maritime Statecraft Evangelist Is On A Tear
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October 13, 2024
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Carlos Del Toro – America’s Maritime Statecraft Evangelist Is On A Tear

By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed) Inspired by his vision for a “New, Bold Maritime Statecraft,” Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro spent the last year offering a master class on...
Waterspouts: How Dangerous Are Ocean Tornados?
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October 12, 2024
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Waterspouts: How Dangerous Are Ocean Tornados?

In the wake of Hurricane Milton, videos of tornadoes and waterspouts flooded social media. We have to ask: Which is more dangerous? by Astrid Werkmeister (University of Strathclyde) After weeks...
US Navy Reloads Missiles At Sea: Is America Finally Ready for a Naval War with China?
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October 12, 2024
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US Navy Reloads Missiles At Sea: Is America Finally Ready for a Naval War with China?

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Picture this: A hulking warship bobbing in the Pacific, its missile silos as empty as a politician’s promises. Until last week, that ship would’ve been limping back to port, tail...
Biden Administration Designates Third-Largest National Marine Sanctuary
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October 11, 2024
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Biden Administration Designates Third-Largest National Marine Sanctuary

The Biden Administration has taken a significant step in ocean conservation by designating 4,543 square miles of California’s central coast as the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. The designation, announced...
Racing to Save the Mediterranean’s Last Great Whites: Researchers Turn to the North Atlantic for Answers
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October 11, 2024
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Racing to Save the Mediterranean’s Last Great Whites: Researchers Turn to the North Atlantic for Answers

Global nonprofit shark research organization OCEARCH has embarked on a multi-year project to study and protect the critically endangered Mediterranean white shark population. OCEARCH traveled over 4,000 miles across the...
Watch: Saildrone Intercepts Hurricane Milton at Sea
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October 10, 2024
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Watch: Saildrone Intercepts Hurricane Milton at Sea

As Hurricane Milton barreled towards Florida as a Category 3 storm, uncrewed Saildrone surface vehicles were already on the front lines, capturing crucial data near the storm’s core. On Wednesday,...
Russian Sanctions Fail To Curb Blacklisted Oil Tankers
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October 10, 2024
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Russian Sanctions Fail To Curb Blacklisted Oil Tankers

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) Moscow’s use of the tankers sanctioned for their involvement in the Russian oil trade is accelerating, with close to one-third of the blacklisted vessels back at work....
Why Do Some Hurricanes Stall While Others Dissipate?
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October 10, 2024
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Why Do Some Hurricanes Stall While Others Dissipate?

With Hurricane Milton’s damage less than experts predicted, we must ask why Some Hurricanes Stall While Others Dissipate.by Kimberly Wood (Mississippi State University) A lot can go wrong when hurricanes...
Insurance Companies Dodge Bullet With Milton
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October 10, 2024
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Insurance Companies Dodge Bullet With Milton

By Gautam Naik (Bloomberg) After fearing the worst from Hurricane Milton, investors in catastrophe bonds appear to have sustained losses well below those predicted as recently as Wednesday. Estimates that had...
Tampa Boater Dubbed “Lt Dan” Survives Hurricane Milton
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October 10, 2024
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Tampa Boater Dubbed “Lt Dan” Survives Hurricane Milton

Joseph Malinowski, known as “Lieutenant Dan,” defied both a massive hurricane and authorities’ pleas to evacuate, choosing to stay aboard his tiny 22-foot sailboat as Hurricane Milton battered Florida’s west...
Sexist Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Erupts After New Zealand Navy Ship Sinking – Defense Minister Hits Back
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October 10, 2024
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Sexist Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Erupts After New Zealand Navy Ship Sinking – Defense Minister Hits Back

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Defence Minister on Thursday publicly criticized online trolling of the female captain of a naval vessel that sunk at the weekend, saying while the...
Black Sea War: Russia’s Naval Defeat to Ukraine but Strategic Gains with China
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October 9, 2024
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Black Sea War: Russia’s Naval Defeat to Ukraine but Strategic Gains with China

by Colin Flint (Utah State University) The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has played out largely on land and in the air. It is a bitterly contested, grueling ground...