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...
Mar 11, 2023 | 2021, 2022, boating, California, children, Coast Guard, coastal cruising, death, environment, EPA, Florida Keys, slews, USA, waterways, waves, weather
In my younger days, when I first moved to Florida, I was pretty careless about going into the water whether it was day or night. I never ever gave the possibility of being bitten by a shark a second thought. In retrospect that was entirely remiss. Let me explain more....
Jan 25, 2023 | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, Astronauts, boating, California, clean boatyard, Cpaitalism, DEP, economy, environment, EPA, Florida, money, new releases, News, Space, Space Exploration, Space Race, USA, waterways, World, yachting
This may seem like a strange title for a blog post but I assure you it will crystalize soon. I am sure you are familiar with Elon Musk and SpaceX. SpaceX has produced some cutting-edge technology and one such outcropping for their endeavor is the Just Read the...
Oct 19, 2021 | 2021, boating, Coast Guard, coastal cruising, DEP, EPA, Florida, Florida Keys, USA, waterways, yachting
Before we get started it may be helpful to understand exactly what a bouy is and does. Do you know what a bouy is and does? A bouy is a device that floats on the water and assists boaters in navigating the waterways. Bouys are used to warn vessel operators of dangers...
