HOUSTON – In this video by the U.S. Coast Guard, an HH-60J helicopter rescue crew completes an overflight of the Bolivar Peninsula, providing a view of the damage left behind by Hurricane Ike, Sept. 16, 2008.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer Steven Lehmann
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Video – Coast Guard Hurricane Ike Damage Overflight
Coast Guard investigating Hurricane Ike related pollution incidents
WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard units operating in the Houston – Galveston area of responsibility have as of 4 p.m. Tuesday processed 51 reports of pollution and repaired or replaced 40 percent of critical aids to navigation damaged or missing in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
Of the 51 pollution reports, 15 incidents require active cleanup, [...]
Coast Guard responds to oil spill at Shelter Island
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard is responding to an oil spill at Shelter Island after the M/V Reel Pain II spilled approximately 20 gallons of oil into the water around 1:30 p.m.
A Coast Guard Station San Diego boat observed the spill and immediately reported it to the Command Center. Responders were sent [...]
Coast Guard saves two from sinking boat near Hatteras Inlet
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Boat crews from Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet, N.C., rescued two boaters from an 18-foot pleasure craft that was taking on water from heavy weather two miles east of Hatteras Inlet today.
Watchstanders at the station got a cell phone call from one of the people aboard the boat stating that they were [...]
Army National Guard Soldiers training Coast Guard Reservists for deployment
By Army Master Sgt. Bob Haskell
CAMP EDWARDS, Mass. – On Sept. 11, a Thursday and the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Coast Guard Reservists fired M240 machine guns, trained in convoy operations, and refined other skills they may one day need to combat another terrorist attack against American men and women.
The “Coasties,” members of [...]
Cummings: Coast Guard Must Act with a Sense of Urgency
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, released the following statement in response to the Subcommittee’s hearing this morning examining the circumstances surrounding the collision of a tanker and a barge that resulted in the release of nearly 300,000 gallons of oil into [...]
Coast Guard closes portions of Upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
ST. LOUIS – The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Upper Mississippi River closed portions of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 to recreational vessel traffic within the following areas:
St. Louis Harbor mile marker 179.0 to 184.0 on the Upper Mississippi River.
Clarksville, Mo., mile marker 273.4 to 301.1 on the Upper Mississippi [...]