Beachcombers Alert!http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/ennoreply@blogger.com (admin)Tue, 21 May 2013 20:07:33 PDTBloggertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824899735532573909125Tsunami Ghost Boat Drift According to OSCURS - March 27, 2012http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~3/wJ0RC1H7ehA/tsunami-ghost-boat-drift-according-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (danielle's short shorts)Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:02:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882489973553257390.post-28276299902694220592012-12-15T17:24:29.407-08:00 By Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer, Beachcombers’ Alert, curtisebbesmeyer@comcast.net Jim Ingraham, DriftBusters Co., jim.ingraham@wavecable.com Please report flotsam to: www.flotsametrics.com             On March 20, 2012, Canada’s Department of National Defense spotted a derelict vessel on the order of 100-feet long off the Queen Charlotte Islands (Figure 1).  Subsequent investigation traced 2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~4/wJ0RC1H7ehA" height="1" width="1"/>http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/2012/03/tsunami-ghost-boat-drift-according-to.htmlTsunami Debris Types 1-6, 372 Landfalls Reported by >50 Beachcombers,California to Alaska, October 2011 - February, 2012http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~3/BBDmrbyPOnA/tsunami-debris-types-1-6-372-landfalls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (danielle's short shorts)Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:25:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882489973553257390.post-60680870923473085132012-03-25T05:43:48.896-07:00By Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer, Beachcombers’ Alert,  curtisebbesmeyer@comcast.netJim Ingraham, DriftBusters Co., jim.ingraham@wavecable.comMarch 15, 2012        Please report flotsam to www.flotsametrics.comSummary:  Flotsam from Japan’s 311 tsunami have washed ashore during five months (October 1, 2011, through February 29, 2012) totaling 353 Types 1-3, and 15 Types 4-6.  The landfalls range from 1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~4/BBDmrbyPOnA" height="1" width="1"/>http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/2012/03/tsunami-debris-types-1-6-372-landfalls.htmlThere's More to a Beach than Sand - Beach Trash and Treasurehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~3/ZmX7x3f9pKo/theres-more-to-beach-than-sand-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (danielle's short shorts)Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:57:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882489973553257390.post-35013664482118617552012-02-09T16:57:03.162-08:00a Discussion by E. Kay Gibson  I regularly walk a stretch of beach on North Hutchinson Island in Fort Pierce, Florida, picking up trash that has either been left behind or has washed in or been blown in by the wind and sea.  Where does it come from?  I believe that the short answer for most of the sort of trash that finds its way on to our beaches here in Florida is three-fold:accidental 0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~4/ZmX7x3f9pKo" height="1" width="1"/>http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/2012/02/theres-more-to-beach-than-sand-beach.htmlTsunami Debris Arrives in Americahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~3/3e-bxDTZi7o/tsunami-debris-arrives-in-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (danielle's short shorts)Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:23:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882489973553257390.post-15281658357898874472012-01-25T06:23:23.097-08:00Tsunami Debris Arrives in America             — Fishing buoys from Japan’s 3.11 tsunami coast                strand from Oregon to Kodiak, Alaskaby Curtis. C. EbbesmeyerAll rights reservedPlease reference as follows:  from blog posted on January 12 at www.flotsametrics.comFigure 1.  Tsunami Debris First Arrivals — Three Types of fishing buoys:  Type1 (top panel) — Cylindrical shaped hard plastic 14<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~4/3e-bxDTZi7o" height="1" width="1"/>http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/2012/01/tsunami-debris-arrives-in-america.htmlTsunami Debris: Halloween Arrivalhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~3/xWonHataHwc/tsunami-debris-halloween-arrival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (admin)Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:38:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882489973553257390.post-56499484332353349502011-12-11T17:23:32.884-08:00Drifts of large hypothetical buoys set free by the tsunami as simulated by Jim Ingraham using OSCURS. Six buoy tracks begin off the tsunami coast on March 11, 2011. Using US Navy data and windage parameters from the drift of the Ginoza buoy (see inset), the tracks progress day by day across the Pacific Ocean until October 31, 2011, the last day that data were available. By Halloween, OSCURS 2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~4/xWonHataHwc" height="1" width="1"/>http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/2011/12/tsunami-debris-halloween-arrival.htmlWhen Will Tsunami Debris Arrive in America?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~3/EBn00pD2TSc/when-will-tsunami-debris-arrive-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (admin)Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:05:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882489973553257390.post-36015300661133737992011-06-15T12:19:37.497-07:00When Will Tsunami Debris Arrive in America?On 11 March 2011, a devastating earthquake (Magnitude 9.0) and resultant tsunami struck northern Japan. The region suffering the greatest tsunami damage extended along the east coast from Chiba prefecture in the south (~35˚ N) to Iwate prefecture in the north (~40˚ N). News coverage of this event showed countless tons of debris washed to sea. Much of 0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~4/EBn00pD2TSc" height="1" width="1"/>http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/2011/06/when-will-tsunami-debris-arrive-in.htmlFloating Feethttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~3/1dYB4VvI6Xk/floating-feet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Curt Ebbesmeyer)Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:14:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882489973553257390.post-55464922007427405192009-03-13T10:17:58.848-07:00Flotsam by the Foot by Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer A media frenzy erupted over the mystery of seven feet found in sneakers along the shores of British Columbia and Washington state. Between August 2007 and November 2008 six of the feet were found along the Georgia Strait, which separates Vancouver Island from the mainland. The first four reported were right feet, a statistical oddity which fueled 3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~4/1dYB4VvI6Xk" height="1" width="1"/>http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/2009/03/floating-feet.htmlGarbage Patcheshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~3/w_e1m6pM0ec/garbage-patches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Curt Ebbesmeyer)Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:02:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882489973553257390.post-52486034861188617272009-02-28T11:25:45.009-08:00Calling all sailors; calling all mariners. If you plan to sail the Atlantic, Pacific, or Indian Oceans, consider setting your course through five garbage patches. Nickolai Maximenko (International Pacific Research Center; IPRC) and Peter Niiler (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) analyzed the tracks of nearly 12,000 drifting buoys to calculate the locations of five garbage patches.The amazing 7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~4/w_e1m6pM0ec" height="1" width="1"/>http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/2009/02/garbage-patches.htmlWelcome Beachcombershttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~3/MwK2vgfRn-E/february-19-2009-welcome-beachcombers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Curt Ebbesmeyer)Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:29:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882489973553257390.post-14737557245744411432009-02-20T15:55:08.518-08:00Welcome Beachcombers. I hope you will submit your accounts of flotsam. I’ll do my best to explain them. Some of your accounts may appear in my newsletter the Beachcombers’ Alert.15<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeachcombersAlert/~4/MwK2vgfRn-E" height="1" width="1"/>http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-19-2009-welcome-beachcombers.html