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NOAA Satellites Help Keep Competitive Sailors Safe (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-26-2005 at 11:46:11
| The international Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System (COSPAS-SARSAT) is giving an extra measure of safety for sailors competing in the worldwide Volvo Ocean Race. The SARSAT program is providing life-saving, alert capabilities for 21 emergency beacons, which were purchased by race organizers to use in the race. Each boat is carrying three Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons, or EPIRBS?one on the boat and one on each of the two life rafts onboard. Also available are Personal Locator Beacons, or PLBs. |
NOAA Reports Warmer 2005 for the United States, Near-record Warmth Globally: Hurricanes, Floods, Snow and Wildfires All Notable (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-26-2005 at 11:46:11
| After a record-breaking hurricane season, blistering heat waves, lingering drought and a crippling Northeast blizzard, 2005 is ending as a warm year in the United States. It will come close to the all-time high global annual average temperature, based on preliminary data gathered by scientists at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. |
NOAA Disentanglement Team Works to Remove Material from Endangered Right Whale (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-26-2005 at 11:46:11
| The NOAA Fisheries Service led a team of federal, state and non-profit biologists and scientists to rescue an entangled North Atlantic right whale off the southeast coast of the United States. The team was successful at removing much of the gear entangling the whale but lost their ability to track the whale after the telemetry buoy that had been signaling the whale?s location broke free. |
NOAA National Weather Service Issues Warnings as Dam Fails in Missouri (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-26-2005 at 11:46:11
| Flood and flash flood warnings were issued along the Black River in Missouri by the NOAA National Weather Service forecast office in St. Louis, Mo., following the failure of the Upper Tom Sauk Lake Dam near Lesterville, Mo. The dam is in the Ozark foothills about 120 miles southwest of St. Louis. |
NOAA Organizes Rescue Team to Disentangle North Atlantic Right Whale; Rescue Team Awaits Calm Weather as Whale Moves North off South Carolina Coast (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-26-2005 at 11:46:11
| The NOAA Fisheries Service is leading a team of federal, state and non-profit biologists and scientists to rescue an entangled North Atlantic right whale off the southeast coast of the United States. Severe weather and ocean conditions are keeping the team temporarily in port, however, the group is currently tracking the whale using the telemetry buoy they attached to the 75 feet of rope and fishing gear entangling the whale. |
NOAA?s National Weather Service Declares Hawaii the First Tsunamiready State in the United States (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-26-2005 at 11:46:11
| Officials from the NOAA National Weather Service were in Honolulu to praise Hawaii?s civil defense team for completing a set of rigorous warning and evacuation criteria necessary to earn the distinction of the entire state being TsunamiReady and StormReady. |
NOAA, NASA, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. Use Unmanned Aircraft for Environmental Research and Disaster Protection (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-26-2005 at 11:46:11
| NOAA successfully completed its first series of missions using a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system to support NOAA's operational and research needs. Over the course of one flight, the Altair UAS set a number of records, including the longest duration it has flown, the farthest distance from take off to return to the same base, and the farthest total distance. "With this successful demonstration, our ability to understand and predict the world we live in is reaching new heights," said retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. |
NOAA Weather Radio: Essential Item on Every Holiday Wish List (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-26-2005 at 11:46:11
| Shoppers scurrying for holiday gifts are encouraged to purchase a NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards unit for everyone on their list. They can be purchased at many electronics and department stores or via the Internet from many online merchants. "NOAA Weather Radio is a critical beacon that warns of potentially life-threatening weather and man-made events," said Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), director of the NOAA National Weather Service. "NOAA Weather Radio is of value throughout the year. It is truly a gift that will keep giving." |
NOAA Reviews Record-setting 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season; Active Hurricane Era Likely To Continue (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-26-2005 at 11:46:11
| The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season is the busiest on record and extends the active hurricane cycle that began in 1995?a trend likely to continue for years to come. The season included 25 named storms, including 13 hurricanes in which seven were major (Category 3 or higher). "This hurricane season shattered records that have stood for decades?most named storms, most hurricanes and most category five storms. Arguably, it was the most devastating hurricane season the country has experienced in modern times," said retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. |
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