Incidents – Lighthouse Memories

Lighthouses Attract Birds!

June 15, 2014birds, deaths, light, lighthouse, litehouseEnvironment, Equipment, Fog, Incidents, Information, Light, Lighthouses, United Kingdom, Weather, Wildlife, WorldwideretlkprLeave a Comment

It sounds impossible, but the very bright light emanating from a lighthouse at night attracts birds. This happens on the most remote of lighthouses, some far out at sea. What interest would birds have in a lighthouse? Well sometimes it is because the light beacon attracts numerous insects which the birds feed upon. In other […]

Mise Tales Thirty-Six

March 13, 2014book review, CCGS, CG, children, Haida Gwaii, lighthouse, litehouse, night, photos, Snowy, videoAdult Memories, Books, Books, Books, British Columbia, Childhood Memories, Children, Coast Guard, Construction, Hobbies, Humour, Icebreakers, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, Models, Photos, Photos, Ships, Toys, Videos, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. ***************************** [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/b3e7CDg8a3g”] Here is a great video taken on board the Coast Guard ship CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier as it services the mountain-top radio sites using the onboard helicopter. Great shots of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwai) and the old lighthouse […]

Mise Tales Thirty-Five

January 21, 2014BC, crash, gallery, Heritage lighthouse, John McCormick, lighthouse, Lighthouses, litehouse, medevac, Michigan, Ottawa, photo, photos, storm, USA, video, Wales, yachtCoast Guard, Communication, Government, Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, Humour, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, On The Job, Reprint, Search & Rescue, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. January 07, 2014 – People watch and photograph enormous waves as they break, on Porthcawl harbour, South Wales, Monday Jan. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall) . . . more [private] LONDON — What used to be Winter Storm Hercules has moved […]

Reprint – Sentinels Encased in Ice

January 16, 2014Great Lakes, ice, icy, lighthouse, litehouse, stormsAdult Memories, Automation, Construction, Government, History, Hobbies, Incidents, Lighthouses, On The Job, Photos, Reprint, Storms, Weather, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

Sentinels Encased in Ice by Elinor DeWire from WeatherWise November-December 2011 The ice was here, the ice was thereThe ice was all around;I t cracked and growled, and roared and howledLike noise in a swound…—Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner Caption: St. Joseph Pierhead in Michigan as it appeared on December […]

Vanishings – The Missing Lighthouse Keepers

January 10, 2014lighthouse, lightkeepers, litehouse, missing, story, tale, video, YoutubeCommunication, England, History, Incidents, Lighthouses, On The Job, Operators, Radio, Stories, Storms, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

These two tales on Youtube were brought to my attention. Quite the mystery!

Lighthouses Visible in the Costa Concordia Disaster

December 17, 2013Costa Concordia, Italy, lighthouse, litehouse, portAutomation, Cruise Ship, Equipment, Foreign, Incidents, Italy, Lifeboats, Light, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Transportation, TravelretlkprLeave a Comment

The Costa Concordia rests on its side on the morning of January 14, 2012 (click for larger photo) Yes, it is a photo of the Costa Concordia aground on the rocks but did anyone notice the lighthouse in the photo under which the lifeboats are all clustered? It is one of two lights guarding the […]

Book – Facing the Sea: Lightkeepers and Their Families

December 7, 2013book, Canada, East Coast, lighthouse, litehouse, review, saleBooks, Books, History, Incidents, Information, Keepers, Newfoundland, On The Job, Photos, Reprint, StoriesretlkprLeave a Comment

Facing the Sea: Lightkeepers and Their FamiliesBy Harold Chubbs and Wade KearleyForeword by Lorne HumphriesGenre: History: GeneralImprint: Flanker PressFormat: Hardcover, 132 pages, colour photos and illustrationsPub Date: October 2013Price: $34.95ISBN-10: 1-77117-301-7ISBN-13: 978-1-77117-301-8Shipping Weight: 0.9 kg About this BookIn Facing the Sea, authors Harold Chubbs and Wade Kearley have captured an important era in the maritime […]

Hijack!

October 26, 2013hijack, lighthouse, litehouse, marine, piracy, safety, shipping, shipsCoast Guard, Environment, Equipment, Foreign, Government, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, Military, News, Ships & Shipping, TransportationretlkprLeave a Comment

The hijack of a ship on the British Columbia (BC) coast is a rare possibility, but with all the controversy over oil spills and destruction of coastal rain forests, the possibility is still there for terrorists or others to hijack a ship on the BC coast and hold the government for ransom. In the rest […]

Tar Sands SOS: Save Our Shore

October 6, 2013disaster, lighthouse, litehouse, oil tankers, Save our Shores, SOS, tar sands oilBritish Columbia, Canada, Environment, First Nations, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Government, Incidents, Information, Maps, Oil Spills, Reprint, Shipwrecks, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

The photo above is a screen capture of part of the Tar Sands SOS webpage. Click the photo above to go to the webpage and you can track the tar sands tankers on the interactive map, scroll down the webpage and learn more why the tar sands tankers are a bad idea. One thing I […]

Tidelines and Ocean Currents

September 19, 2013accidents, fishing, lighthouse, litehouse, oceans, rivers, Skeena River, Terrace, tide lines, tidelinesAdult Memories, Beachcombing, British Columbia, Canada, Environment, Fishing, Incidents, Lighthouses, Recreation, Tourism, Travel, Tsunami, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

Tidelines – it is spelled both ways but I prefer the one-word form. A tideline, according to Wikipedia, refers to where two currents in the ocean converge (or meet). Driftwood, floating seaweed, foam, and other floating debris may accumulate, forming sinuous lines called tidelines. The topic of this article came about after I saw the photo above.The photo actually […]

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