Sorry, but there are. We have three off the Pacific Coast, in the northern waters off the Queen Charlotte Islands just south of Alaska. If you check the US Coast Guard website, and the US Weather Office website, you can find all kinds of information about mid-ocean weather buoys that monitor not only the weather but ocean temperatures, ocean currents, El Nino and La Nina, ocean upwellings from deep in the ocean, and lots of other pertinent information. You might also check the US Naval Observatory website, they've got lots of good information on a wide number of topics.
Here's a plug for the Coast Guards: The US Coast Guard, and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Air Force Rescue Services, and the British service, are groups that I really admire. I've worked with the Canadian Coast Guard on several occasions years ago, checking ships for drugs, offshore rescues, recovering drowning victims (UGH!), and visiting their station in Vancouver for really good coffee. I've also worked with the Royal Canadian Airforce 442 Squadron, which do the Search and Rescue missions in B.C. They seem to be able to land the choppers in a kid's plastic wading pool; the times I've dealt with them they've been landing on the lawn of a hospital to offload a casualty, the way they handle the choppers is a sight to behold. I believe that the official motto of the US Coast Guard is Semper Paratus - Always Prepared -, their unofficial motto is - You have to go out, you don't always have to come back -. They're all quite a bunch of heroes. Pat -----Original Message----- From: jonathon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2008/06/08 14:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [social] Another new thread - THE WEATHERMAN On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Pat McBride wrote: > to give us ACCURATE forecasts of the weather. The major issue is that there aren't any permanent weather stations out in the ocean. xan jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.0.0/1490 - Release Date: 08/06/08 17:32 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
