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Tag Archives: Hurricane season

Update: Golden Ray Salvage Drags On, 3rd Block Removed

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Rick SpilmanMarch 18, 2021

Last November, salvors began cutting up the Golden Ray and predicted that the job would be completed by the New Year.  Now, five months later, the job is less than half-finished and the new target for completion looks more like … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged Brunswick, Car Carrier, GA, Golden Ray, Hurricane season, VB-10000

Update: Golden Ray Removal Delayed & Salvage Animation

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Rick SpilmanJuly 25, 2020

Lasy week, we posted that the removal of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray was being delayed by an outbreak of coronavirus in the salvage team on the heavy-lift barge VB-10,000, nicknamed the “Golden Arches.”  Now with the onset of the hurricane … Continue reading →

Posted in Lore of the Sea | Tagged Golden Arches, Golden Ray, Hurricane season, removal, salvage, VB-10000

Arlene — Only Second Named April Tropical Storm in History

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Rick SpilmanApril 21, 2017

Tropical Storm Arlene has formed in the mid-Atlantic between Bermuda and the Azores, becoming only the second named tropical storm in history to form in the month of April. The only previous tropical to form so early was Anna in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea | Tagged Hurricane season, Tropical Storm Arlene

Hurricane Season Begins Today

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Rick SpilmanJune 1, 2010

Hurricane season officially begins today, though Tropical Storm Agatha blew in from the Pacific a day or two early and killed 150 people in Guatemala and opened up a huge sink hole in Guatemala City.   Scientists with the National Oceanic … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea | Tagged Hurricane season, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA
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