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We’re looking at an unusual cold weather event through today, with cold air coming down from Alaska. That could bring inland snow, and maybe some light snow/flurries to the coast.

The marine weather forecast includes the potential for gale force winds.

Overall it will be a wet week – a good thing for mitigating drought and fire risk later in the year.

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In a tragic follow up to last Thursday’s show, we’ll talk about the passing of Tyler Jaggers, the US Coast Guard rescue swimmer who was gravely injured in a accident in Late February. The incident happened while Jaggers and his fellow helicopter crew members were attempting to rescue a stroke victim from a bulk carrier that was operating off the coast of Washington state. He passed away late last week.

We honor him and all service members of the US Coast Guard, who take serious risks on behalf of the public to do their jobs.

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A US Coast Guard rescue swimmer was seriously injured in an accident during the course of a rescue mission last Friday.

As of earlier this week, he was on life support in a British Columbia hospital.

We’ll talk about the important role rescue swimmers and all Coast Guard personnel play in keeping us safe in challenging conditions.

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I learned something interesting the other day – that winds spin differently in different kinds of weather systems. It has to do with the Coriolis Effect, and air pressure. An interesting look at “how things work” in weather.

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Today we’ll look at the ship schedule and talk about why outbound ships can look so different you might think it’s another kind of vessel altogether. Also, a look at tides and the moon – and a lunar eclipse.

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Today we’ll do a quick debrief on this past weekend’s 29th annual Fisher Poets Gathering, and then we`ll address an important maritime issue that can be a matter of life or death: why you should never get between a tug and its tow at sea, or on the river.

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Today we’ll hear more from my interview with Len Tumbarello, who is currently the executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots.

Earlier in his life, he spent 28 years in the US Coast Guard, a career he really loved. Today we’ll talk about what a career in the Coast Guard can be like.

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Today we hear Part 3 of my interview with Len Tumbarello, executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots. We’re talking about pilot risk, which comes in many forms. Pilots are a lot like first responders, in that they have to be ready for the unexpected at all times and be ready to respond in a timely and effective manner, sometimes at great risk to themselves. It’s a job that only a small number of people in the world ever qualify for, and are hired to do.

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Today we continue listening to excerpts from an interview I did recently with Len Tumbarello, executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots, the public body that oversees operations for the Columbia River Bar and River Pilot organizations, as well as maritime pilots in Coos Bar and Newport.

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I’ll be away this week for a little time off, and I’ll be featuring excerpts this week on the show from a recent interview I did with Len Tumbarello, executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots.

We’ll be taking a look at this vital organization and talking about a subset of the maritime industry that passes by our doors daily here on the Columbia River, but which most of us know little about – the specialized profession of being a maritime pilot, and how that profession is regulated by the state, for safety and commerce.

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