danielw
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| Thu Jun 23 2005 10:29 AM |
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42057 Buoy Adrift!
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The Western Caribbean buoy is adrift. As of this post 23/1009Z data is not being transmitted to the NDBC site. Present Data cutoff is 6/22/05 2150Z.
42057 mooring position was 14.99 N 79.99 W (14°59'25" N 79°59'27" W)
It appears to be drifting NW. It's .35 N and 2.1 W of the moored position.
ByTheWay-this buoy is 10m (32.8 ft) in diameter and yellow. So it should be rather obvious to marine traffic. Probably to aircraft as well. Statement from the NDBC is below.
"Station 42057 went adrift on 06/14/2005 and the last report from its moored position (listed above) was at 0642Z. It is still transmitting valid observation data, which continue to be reported here, but with only this daily update of its location. The 1042Z position on 06/21/2005, is 15°22'10' N 81°04'04" W."
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42057
| Clark |
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| Thu Jun 23 2005 07:25 PM |
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Re: 42057 Buoy Adrift!
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Sounds like they found it sometime today -- or at least that's what the site says now. Strange, though -- that's one of their newer buoys. Too late of a break-off to have been Arlene-related, though.
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danielw
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| Fri Jun 24 2005 12:19 AM |
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Re: 42057 Buoy Adrift!
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Probably got a near miss from a ship. I know from personal experience that the ships are sometimes piloted by other personnel. After the captain or first mate goes to sleep.
We had a near miss on our offshore drilling rig back in 1995, off of Corpus Christi. In the middle of the night a freighter came close enough to us that we could have used the crane (150ft boom) to offload him.
Now this rig was 234ft x 234ft square and 80ft out of the water, not including a 150 tower on top. You can't see with your eyes closed!
| B.C.Francis |
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| Mon Jun 27 2005 01:32 PM |
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Loggerheads
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Just got back from the beach this morning, and we had 4 new turtle nests layed during the night with 3 trails in the sand showing that the mom turtles decided to turn around and try some where else on the beach maybe tonight. We had a post a week ago or so about fresh water turtles laying their eggs hgher up on the levys down near Lake Okeechobee, and with that in mind, we had one turtle crawl all the way to the newly restored dune line which a pretty good distance and then when she got their according to her trail , she crawled up an almost 45 degree grade of the new dune and crawled up on sand on someones property and layed her eggs up there. Every body that lives there and goes to the beach have never seen a turtle crawl that far up to lay. I have pictures of the crawl and will try to post them when I figure how to do it......It makes me wonder, do they know something that we don`t ?.......I`m betting on the turtle.......Weatherchef
| Terra |
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| Fri Jul 08 2005 05:33 AM |
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Re: Loggerheads
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I'd trust those animals, too... In China they use cows (I think) to help predict earthquakes to some extent... It apparently works!