Rough Seas Photos

The following photos -- in this post and the next two posts -- are from a PowerPoint Presentation authored by a guy named, Antonio. I doubt he is the original photographer and I wish I could attribute the photos to their rightful owners. Unfortunately, I don't have enough information. Be that as it may, these photos are just too good to pass up. Maybe a reader can help identify the photographers and their subjects. [Note: At least one of the photos looks like it may have been doctored a little. It's the one with the offshore/service/utility vessel climbing a wave with its stern half sunk.]

Rough Seas Photos

Rough Seas Photos

New Hampshire's Killer Tornado

I was five minutes away from intersecting with this tornado. This is the slimmed-down video of its aftermath. The rain and thunder storm in the beginning is part of the cell that spawned the twister, which landed in Deerfield and carved a path down RT 107 in Epsom. The tornado turned east and tore through Northwood Meadows, then went on to Barnstead, where I heard it destroyed another home. I heard that a woman died and four others required hospitalization. Residents were bused out rapidly. The video shows the Northwood Meadows destruction, and later, rescue and service crews on South 107.

Rescue and emergency crews were amazing.

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Interesting Boats: Freighted with Herring

Entering Rockland Harbor with 30 knot gusts during Blues festival Weekend.

Port Clyde America

Interesting Boats: Lobster Smack Bound for Rockland Harbor

Phillipine Ferry Capsizes with More Than 700 Passengers and Crew

Full Story from the New York Times here.

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VPIRB Logic

When the Coast Guard and the Marine Electronics Industry forced satellite EPIRB technology on the general seagoing public I was the first to cry foul. Inshore mariners, professional and recreational, had to give up their VHF beacons for the way more expensive Sat-devices. The new EPIRBS were ten times the cost of VHF EPIRBS, and they were geared more for deep sea rescues. They're still more appropriate for finding people who get in trouble way out there where the waters are deep and the traffic is thin. I've been saying it for years: Inshore mariners need a VHF EPIRB that will initiate a rescue response in seconds and minutes and not hours or longer. If you're trap fishing three miles from shore and you get wrapped up in a warp and yanked over the side, the 406 mHz EPIRB attached to your wheelhouse roof is about as much help to you right now as your anchor. Thank you Mobilarm for the V100 VPIRB.

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Interesting Boats: Rockland Lobster Boat Races June 22, 2008

The 2008 Lobster Boat Races in Rockland started late due to heavy fog. That didn't stop spectators and racers from getting a leg up on the action. Boats rafted early, and racers were ready to go by the time the fog scaled at about 11:30. Here are the details from Village Soup complete story with photos and results. Click Here for Story!

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Young Killer Whale Dies at SeaWorld in San Antonio

The 2-1/2 year-old female Orca that died on Monday was the second killer whale to die at the San Antonio facility. The other one, a 14 year old male, died last October.

An necroscopy will take four to six weeks. In the meantime, we can speculate.

• A disease or some other pathological cause, e.g. genetic defect.
• Trauma -- from another whale or from a self-inflicted injury.
• A toxicological cause, chemical or environmental. Toxic habitat.
• Depression. She was rejected by her mother and was, after all, a captive animal.
• Foul play.

Two dead whales in less than a year at the same location. I'd say that was something to look into.

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Corrected AP Story on Sailor's Rescue in GoM

Here from TBO.

Abridged version:

Keel fell off racing sailboat. Vessel sank quickly. C0-captain died heroically. Five spent 26 hours clinging to each other in 84 degree waters of Gulf before being rescued by CG helicopter.

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