Jul 11, 2023 | 2023, avalanches, beaches, boating, bull shark, California, carbon emissions, Carbon Neutral, carbon pricing, carbonless footprint, children, climate change, culture, dorsal fins, earth, Earth Day, earthquakes, ecnomy, economy, El Nino, environment, Everglades, Florida, Florida Keys, Freezing Point, government, La Nina, News, NOAA, regulators, shark bites, shark feeding, shark fishing, sun, Tiger shark, Tsunami, weather, weather forecasting, weather fronts, World
Previously I wrote about El Nino and what it means for us in 2023 and beyond. This article is an extension of that prior article building on what is now being noticed weatherwise by climatologists around the globe. Let me begin a recap of what El Nino is and does....
May 20, 2023 | 9/11, climate change, conversations, Earth Day, earthquakes, economic development, economy, education, El Nino, environment, EPA, Everglades, FEMA, finance, Florida, Florida Keys, FWC, history, hurricanes, News, NOA weather, NOAA, observatories, oceans, regulators, rivers, society, stars, sun, Tsunami, waterways, waves, weather, weather forecasting, weather fronts
Most everyone has heard about FEMA, but do you know what they actually do? Let me explain it here. President Jimmy Carter created FEMA back in 1979. At that time they had two tasks. One was that of civil defense and the other was emergency management. Congress defined...
May 16, 2023 | beaches, boating, children, earthquakes, economic development, economy, education, EPA, Everglades, FEMA, Florida, Florida Keys, FWC, government, hurricanes, News, NOAA, observatories, oceans, rivers, USA, waterways, waves, weather, weather fronts, World, yachting
Whether you believe in climate change or not there is a cyclical weather pattern that comes and goes with regularity. It is called the El Nino and La Nina. El Nino means the little boy in Spanish. La Nina means little girl in Spanish. How does that affect us? El Nino...
Mar 9, 2023 | avalanches, California, climate change, earth, Earth Day, environment, EPA, Everglades, hurricanes, USA, waves, World, yachting
I offer up the following as a definition for what we call a tsunami. Tsunami is of Japanese origin. “Tsu” meaning harbor and “Nami” waves. You may also hear these waves referred to as tidal waves or even seismic waves. Both of those can be somewhat misleading in that...
May 6, 2019 | Everglades, Florida, Florida Keys, hurricanes
Understanding the various wind speeds and types of devastation a hurricane can do can help you determine whether or not to evacuate. Therefore, please see below as furnished by https://www.nhc.noaa.gov Category Sustained Winds Types of Damage Due to Hurricane Winds 1...
Jan 20, 2019 | coastal cruising, DEP, Everglades, Florida, Florida Keys, FWC, yachting
There are many grants available from the Federal government that can aid marinas across the USA in helping to keep our waterways clean. One of those is the Clean Vessel Act or CVA. This program was created in 1992 to help reduce pollution from overboard discharge of...
