WASHINGTON D.C. — Forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are predicting that a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season is most likely for 2009. The NOAA’s initial outlook for the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season calls for a 50 percent probability of a near-normal season, a 25 percent probability of an above-normal season and [...]
A University of North Carolina Wilmington research diver has died at the school-run Aquarius underwater laboratory in the Florida Keys while on a mission with Navy divers. Dewey Smith, 36, was found unconscious Tuesday afternoon on the sea floor while assisting the military divers on a saturation mission, where divers spend multiple days [...]
HOUSTON — Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Galveston personnel continue to work closely with representatives from ENSCO to recover the submerged jackup ENSCO 74. The ENSCO 74 is submerged approximately 24 feet below the surface of the water, 70 miles southeast of Galveston Island. The ENSCO 74 is an independent leg, jackup that was [...]
By Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle HOUSTON — Galveston Coast Guard Commander James Elliott on Wednesday credited the SKS Satilla’s sturdy double-hulled construction with preventing a major oil spill after the Norwegian tanker crashed into submerged debris late last week. An underwater examination of the ship, which was carrying 41 million gallons of crude oil, [...]
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