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U.S.,
CANADA ANNOUNCE PLAN TO REINTRODUCE KILLER WHALE TO POD
Killer Whale Luna May Reunite With Family
NOAA Fisheries and its Canadian counterpart, Fisheries and Oceans
Canada, announced a cooperative plan to return the juvenile
killer whale, known as Luna, or L98, to its southern resident
population. The four-year old whale separated from his family
group has been living alone in Nootka Sound on the west coast
of British Columbia since the summer of 2001. If Luna’s
pod ends up near Nootka Sound this spring as biologists suspect,
the two agencies will attempt to lead the whale to his family
pod.
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LEADING THE WAY IN TSUNAMI RESEARCH AND EDUCATION; Local Tsunami
Exercise Kicks off Tsunami Awareness Month in Hawaii
— Advanced computer models, inundation maps, deepwater
buoys, an expanded seismic network, evacuation signs, educational
videos and teaching aids are all products of the NOAA National
Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program designed to help communities
become better prepared for a tsunami. |
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BUILDING IN ALASKA — A facility built to
save lives, the NOAA West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center,
has earned the distinction as the first-ever Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED™)
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ISSUES 2004 U.S. SPRING OUTLOOK; DROUGHT CONCERNS CONTINUE
IN PARTS OF THE WEST, LOWERED RISK OF FLOODING ACROSS COUNTRY
— Following a highly variable winter, scientists from
the NOAA National Weather Service expect drought concerns to
continue in parts of the West, while less snow and warmer conditions
in the upper Midwest foretell a lower than normal risk of snowmelt
flooding this year. |
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