May 25, 2023 | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. Stepehn Hawking, boating, California, carbon emissions, Celebrations, Challenger, clean marinas, Coast Guard, coastal cruising, congress, conversations, Cosmonauts, Cpaitalism, DEP, disrruptions, earth, economic development, economy, environment, EPA, Florida, fuel, FWC, government, history, Japan, JAXA, learning, lift ships, Listening, moon, observatories, oceans, planets, regulators, rocket science, Rockets, seaports, Space, space disasters, Space Exploration, space missions, stars, sun, USA, USN, waterways, World, world history
Sending people and satellites into space has become somewhat commonplace in today’s world. Arranging those launches is no easy task. A lot goes on behind the scenes to ensure that these launches can take place as scheduled. For instance, the FAA (Federal Aviation...
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...
May 10, 2023 | communication, conversations, DEP, earth, Earth Day, economic development, environment, EPA, FWC, government, regulators, rivers, science, Uncategorized, World
How many of you actually know what net-zero means? Let me explain it here before we jump in on how that can lessen our carbon footprints across many sectors. Net-Zero occurs when our greenhouse gas output is effectively removed from our atmosphere. This is a delicate...
Oct 1, 2022 | 2022, economy, Florida, Florida Keys, FWC, government, hurricanes, new releases, News, REd Cross
Living in Florida since 1982 I have seen my share of hurricanes and the damage they exact. It is never easy to see especially if the target is where you or your friends and family reside. Amazingly after all of these years I have been relatively unscathed. For most of...
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...
