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Posts on ‘August 17th, 2008’

Coast Guard medevacs injured man

BALTIMORE – A Coast Guard crew from Station Annapolis, Md., medevaced an injured man following a boating accident near Thomas Point Lighthouse Sunday.
Injured was Jesse Lee Rhode, 45, from Upper Marlboro, Md.
At about 1:30 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders were notified via marine band radio by a person aboard the Tiger Stripe, a 40-foot [...]

Marine Safety Information Bulletin – Port of Key West

MIAMI – Effective 12:00 p.m. Sunday, Hurricane Condition YANKEE (sustained Gale Force winds from a hurricane force storm are predicted within 24 hours) is set for the Port of Key West, Fla.
All mariners are reminded that there are no safe havens for the Port of Key West area and that the port is safest when [...]

Coast Guard searching for missing kayaker

BOSTON – The Coast Guard is searching near Grand Isle, Vt., today for a man who went missing after he and a friend flipped over in their kayak at about midnight in Lake Champlain, Vt.
Neither man was wearing a lifejacket. One made it to shore, and reported to local police that his friend was missing.
After [...]