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Swimming Bears
September 24 , 2008
Of all the safety concerns I have had regarding fishing, especially from a boat- worrying about a bear jumping in the boat and mauling me never even made the bottom of the list. It’s not anywhere even near the list.
But that’s exactly what happened to an unnamed man in ’s
British Columbia province. The unidentified man survived, and is currently recovering at a local hospital.
Conservation officer Gord Hitchcock said Wednesday the 52-year-old man was fishing at a marina in a tiny coastal community off 's Pacific coast when the bear mauled him. According to witnesses, the bear swam across a river, climbed onto a dock, and then jumped onto the man’s boat and started the attack.
Fortunately for our fisherman, onlookers did not stare dumbfounded, and once they realized what was happening acted quickly, by using convenient weapons such as hooked poles, knives and a hammer to pull the bear off of him. The bear was killed during the counter attack.
Fire Chief Dan Tennant said he's never heard of such an incident in an area where the bears are normally docile.
So, be watchful for bears. Even when on the water.
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Hurricane Season is Keeping Marinas Busy
September 24 , 2008
Gustav, Hanna, Ike, and others yet to form are keeping this years Atlantic hurricane season and meteorologists busy! But the storms are also keeping marinas along the entire eastern and southern coasts busy too!
Many marina owners along the
Gulf
Coast
are still cleaning up from Hurricane Gustav. While no levees burst, some marinas outside of the levees, such as those in
Shell
Beach
, Reggio, Hopedale and Delacroix, were invaded by up to 10 feet of flood water as a result of Gustav. Marinas on the west side of the Mississippi River from Venice to Lafitte received mostly minor damage and should be able to reopen within the week, the newspaper suggested.
Along the Carolina Coasts, marinas are flooded with requests for temporary boat storage, so much so that many docks are now turning down requests. With marinas full, and their own coastlines often in danger, they can’t afford to harbor any more boats.
This years’ active season should serve as a reminder to everyone who owns a vessel- whether a simple jet-ski or high dollar beauty, to make sure they have plans that are secure for storm storage. As many boat owners are now finding out, not having those plans arranged can make the difference between a minor inconvenience of having to get your boat to a marina, and the severe nausea of trying to explain to your insurance company of WHY your boat wasn’t in a marina or secured properly!
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Melting Away...
September 24 , 2008
Glacier Melting
No one has ever accused me of being a tree hugging environmentalist. And I doubt they ever will. Yes, I recycle (not as much as I could), yes I (occasionally) buy the ‘green’ cleaners for around the home, so on and so on. But, as you know, my passion lies with the ocean- and conserving that, is an issue for me.
One of the issues that has been discussed recently (and not so recently) is the melting of glaciers. To some degree, this is normal, and a part of the earth’s life cycle. But the amount that has been melting is disturbing, to say the least.
Greenland (that big country up ‘near’ the North Pole) holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by 23 feet. Factor in the ice sheets of
Antarctica and the ocean depths would increase over 200 feet! Satellite measurements from space and speed measurements on land confirm that
Greenland 's glaciers are melting and on the move. Because
Antarctica is ‘further’ away from populated industrial centers, the impact there is not as large, but still occurring.
Past history show that glaciers can disappear in a hurry, however, and raise sea levels by more than half an inch a year. No, this doesn’t sound like a lot, but factor in the today’s global warming, and industrialization, and that number can be raised significantly.
Scientists admit ice sheets that melted in the past had an easier path to the sea than the glaciers in Greenland or
Antarctica . "The analogies between those past climates and today aren't strong enough to say anything specific about the rate of sea level rise in the next century," scientists state.
So what does that mean? It means sea levels will rise much more previous predictions, based on both current understanding of glacial melts as well as historical evidence. Scientists admit their predictions are merely guesses. And that should really concern all of us!
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