MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard assisted with saving two lives Tuesday evening after they received a report of a vehicle that had driven off Highway 96 several miles South of Somes Bar and came to rest upside down in the Klamath River 250 feet below.
Posts on ‘April 22nd, 2009’
Work group meetings continue to discuss Weaver’s Cove Energy LNG proposal
WOODS HOLE, Mass., – Coast Guard representatives met today in Fall River, Mass., as they hosted the second of two navigation safety-focused work group meetings with partner agencies and local navigational experts.
The focus of the meeting was to review and validate the waterway suitability assessment submitted in January by Weaver’s Cove Energy, which proposes to [...]
Coast Guard establishes safety zone for bridge salvage
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Crews from Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Huntington, W.Va. and Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh, Pa. have established a safety zone for the Ohio River closure, in the vicinity of mile marker 251. The safety zone surrounds the demolition of the Ohio Pomeroy Bridge and its clean-up operation, which began April 21, [...]
Oil spill rsponse equipment staged at Fort Pulaski
SAVANNAH, Ga.- Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Savannah has pre-positioned oil spill response equipment at the Fort Pulaski National Monument Wednesday in the event of an oil spill on the Savannah River.
Coast Guard harnessing the power of the sea
Eastport, Maine – Being stationed at the most northern Coast Guard station on the East Coast certainly has its share of challenges. For one thing, the water temperature this winter averaged 37 degrees and the rocky coast is unforgiving to careless or unlucky mariners. But perhaps the greatest challenge of all is dealing with the [...]
Video – Atlantic Strike Team Emergency Response Training
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Atlantic Strike Team conducted hazardous material response exercises April 13-17, 2009 at the Center for National Response in Standard, W. Va., inside the Memorial Tunnel. The facility is designed to prepare responders for real world incidents.
Missing boat with six people on board found
SEATTLE – A Good Samaritan contacted the Coast Guard stating he spotted the missing 20-foot bayliner tied to a fuel pier in West Sound, on Orcas Island, Wash., Wednesday.