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More Water Spouts in New England

Safe/Sea’s own Captain Andy Casey spied this water spout chasing him down Narragansett Bay last week. I’m jealous because I’ve always wanted to see one. Click on the picture to see a larger version. This was taken with his iPhone.

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August 17, 2008 Read the full article →

When Good Jobs Go Bad, Part 1

File this story under: “Some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug.” It all began quite routinely, as a thunderstorm approached Block Island on Wednesday. As this cloud passed, it started to rain, and the wind shifted from E @ 6 to W @ 15. The weather caused a three boat raft-up of [...]

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August 17, 2008 Read the full article →

TowBOAT/US Oyster Bay spies water spout

Mitch Kramer of TowBOAT/US Oyster Bay, NY, saw a water spout today inside his harbor. See the story here: Photo by John McGrane http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-listor0808,0,6494023.story

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August 7, 2008 Read the full article →

USCG Buoy Tender collides with Block Island Ferry

Wow, this is not the kind of news we expect to be hearing during this age of modern electronics – radar, AIS, GPS…. Earlier this afternoon, in dense fog, the passenger ferry BLOCK ISLAND (first photo) collided with the 140′ USCG cutter MORRO BAY. (second photo) Preliminary reports are that there were no injuries, and [...]

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July 2, 2008 Read the full article →

Hurricane Perparedness Week

Hurricane Perparnedness Week is May 25th – 30th, and NOAA has just issued their above average prediction for tropical storms in 2008. Of course, they did that last year, and it wasn’t so bad. Click on the chart to right to see last year’s storm tracks. Click on the link below to read the prediction. [...]

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May 26, 2008 Read the full article →

Large Low Pressure system stikes East Coast

I’m holed up in Cape May, NJ, waiting for this stinking lousy weather to pass. This low was forcast to bring gusts around 45kts. We’ve had sustained winds over that for most of the morning, and local weather stations are recording gusts over 58kts. My readers ask for more photos. Here is what Cape May [...]

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May 12, 2008 Read the full article →

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