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AND VT HALTER MARINE LAUNCH SECOND FISHERIES SURVEY VESSEL
Work Also Starts on Third Research Ship in Series
VT Halter Marine, Inc. and NOAA launched the second of four
planned NOAA fisheries survey vessels. The ship was christened
Henry B. Bigelow by Catherine Silver of Winnacunnet High School
in Hampton, N.H., on behalf of the ship's sponsor, Mrs. Judd
Gregg, wife of the senior senator from New Hampshire. The
ship will be one of the most technologically advanced fisheries
survey vessels in the world when placed in operation in late
2006. "The christening of Henry B. Bigelow is a significant
milestone in the modernization of our NOAA fleet," said
retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr., Ph.D.,
undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA
administrator. The ship's namesake, Henry B. Bigelow, was
a renowned oceanographer who worked as a researcher, instructor
and professor of zoology at Harvard from 1906 to 1962.
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NAMES FLORIDA'S INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH THE NATION'S FIRST TSUNAMIREADY
COMMUNITY ON THE EAST COAST — Officials from
the NOAA National Weather Service praised central Florida's
Indian Harbour Beach for completing a set of rigorous criteria
necessary to earn the distinction of being declared the first
TsunamiReady community along the nation's East Coast. "Indian
Harbour Beach should take great pride in having gone the extra
mile to provide its citizens with the measure of protection
TsunamiReady affords," said Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson,
USAF (Ret.), director of the NOAA National Weather Service. |
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REPORTS NO TORNADO FATALITIES SINCE MARCH, A RECORD
— No one has died from a tornado since March in the United
States—a first since official records began in 1950, according
to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. Normally,
during the most active tornado months of April, May and June,
61 percent of all tornado fatalities or an average of 52 deaths
occur. Killer tornadoes, however, are possible given the right
atmospheric conditions. |
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CONFIRMS 28th RIGHT WHALE MOTHER-CALF PAIR; Good News for
Critically Endangered Species — NOAA Fisheries
Service biologists have confirmed the year's 28th unique sighting
of a North Atlantic right whale mother-calf pair, making this
one of the best calving years on record for these rare and endangered
animals. "With so few of these right whales left—approximately
300—we are very excited about sighting another mother-calf
pair," said Bill Hogarth, NOAA Fisheries Service director. |
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