MIAMI – Effective 6 p.m. Tuesday, Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Capt. James Fitton, increased port conditions for the Port of Palm Beach, Fla., and Fort Pierce, Fla., to X-RAY due to the expectation that gale force winds generated by Tropical Storm Hanna will arrive within 48 hours. Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will [...]
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Mississippi River Patrol After Hurricane Gustav Left New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS- Boat crews from Coast Guard Sector New Orleans conduct the first waterway patrols after Hurricane Gustav on the Mississippi River near downtown, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. The crews assessed damage from Gustav by looking for pollution, sunken vessels, any hazards to navigation and verifying the location of navigational markers and buoys. The teams [...]
Coast Guard Locates Overdue Hunters
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard located three Anchorage hunters overdue during a trip from Whittier to Green Island in Prince William Sound today. They were in no distress but their radio was inoperable.
Tom Tibor, and his sons Jim and Michael were reported to the Coast Guard as overdue by Tibor’s wife shortly after 6 [...]
Coast Guard overflight of Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana
Houston – An Air Station Houston HH-65C helicopter rescue crew conducts an overflight of the Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, Texas, and Cameron, La., areas post Hurricane Gustav. The purpose of the flight is to scan portions of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana for damage or pollution as a result of the hurricane.
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Coast Guard transports female tubing rafter after fall
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Coast Guard Station Buffalo medically evacuated an 18-year-old female who fell off a tubing raft pulled by a 24-foot Bayliner in the outer harbor near the Buffalo River at approximately 5:30 p.m., Tuesday.
“She couldn’t feel her legs, they were tingling quite a bit. She was conscious,” said Boatswain’s mate 3rd Class [...]
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater Winds Down From Busy Weekend, Gears Up For Busy Month
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Helicopter and search-plane crews from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater are winding down from a busy weekend along America’s Gulf Coast and gearing up for a stormy September.
A rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater rescued two kayakers, Chris Copenhaver, 19, of Clearwater, and Andrew Kolonick, 19, of St. Petersburg, [...]
Broadcasting False Distress Signals Results in Operational Burden
SAN FRANCISCO – After several unresolved flare sightings were reported over the holiday weekend, the Coast Guard reminds the public that flares are visual distress signaling devices, and should only be used for their intended purpose. Additionally, making false calls for help over VHF-FM channel 16 is illegal, and punishable under federal and state law.
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