"Hamster Wheel of Doom"
The lesson here, I guess, is that you do not have the right to refuse rescue by the #USCG if they come to save you from your own stupidity. And don't wave a knife at them while this is happening.
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/07/1198252469/coast-guard-hamster-wheel-reza-baluchi-atlantic-ocean

Massive #USCG response to #Maui #wildfires -- including divers and ROV. #Hawaii https://mauinow.com/2023/08/10/coast-guard-continues-response-to-west-maui-wildfire-search-and-rescue-continues/

Details on the #USCG #CoastGuard rescue at the #Lahaina #Harbor breakwall -- these are the folks who swam out into the ocean to avoid being killed by flames/smoke. 14 were rescued (IMHO, the lucky ones who got out with their lives). https://mauinow.com/2023/08/09/coast-guard-partners-continue-mass-rescue-operations-from-maui-wildfires/

People rescued by the #USCG after jumping into the ocean in #Maui #Hawaii to escape out of control #wildfire. 911 overwhelmed. Hospitals overwhelmed with patients. National Guard deployed. #HIwx https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/weather/maui-county-wildfires-hurricane-dora/index.html

@ecsd Even the #USCG is questionable since it's complicit in acts of #Piracy at #HighSeas and accomplice in the #WarOnDrugs which is a crime of Aggression and against Humanity!

@poppyhaze not really...

Similarly, drug traffickers at sea would just throw shit overboard or just ram into the beach and run, but when the #USCG literally started #Piracy with .50BMG's firing at the bow of #NarcoSub|s, they started to amp the tech, install scuttle valves and arm the crews.

I'd not be surprised if some "narcosubs" that ain't FSVs will in future have port firing AKMs to shoot at RHIBs and boarding crews.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da4SqKTXoLg

https://girlcock.club/@poppyhaze/110777484845413443

In 1943, a cat called Herman joined the US Coast Guard as an ‘Expert Mouser’ but had reached the rank of Vice Commandant by the time of his death.

#cat #cats #uscg #coastguard #qi #notqi

Agencies help out
Seize drugs on the high seas
$158 million seized

#uscg #drugseizure #narcotics #haiku #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-coast-guard-offloads-158-million-cocaine-marijuana/story?id=101352628

@jjbreakspear @shades this is Dexter, also a #rescuedog. He actually cares little about fireworks, and is spoiled rotten. He is a #retired #USCG #workingdog, and today he is also my service dog. I am his service human.

Global News BC: 3 Americans, dog saved in marine rescue near Victoria, B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9806876/3-americans-dog-marine-rescue-victoria-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #AmericansrescuedinB.C. #CanadianCoastGuard #U.S.CoastGuard #victoriarescue #Environment #B.C.rescue #U.S.News #BCwaters #Victoria #Canada #USCG

As a sailor, all I'm going to say* about the OceanGate fiasco is that I'm damn grateful for the Coasties, and we shouldn't tolerate anyone who tries to blame them. Semper Paratus.

#USCG #OceanGate #sailing

*at least for now

Per #USCG

A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the #Titanic. Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information

#OceanGate #Submersible

NEXT PRESS BRIEFING INFO:
#CoastGuard to hold #PressBriefing to discuss #ROV findings > #UnitedStatesCoastGuard News > Press Releases http://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3435752/media-availability-coast-guard-to-hold-press-briefing-to-discuss-rov-findings/

Titanic mystery
Noises detected in the deep
Hope for survivors

#titanic #search #uscg #mystery #haiku #poetry

https://www.insider.com/plane-searching-for-missing-titanic-sub-detects-noises-underwater-uscg-2023-6

"The [Canadian] crew searching for the missing sub heard banging sounds every 30 minutes on Tuesday and again four hours later, after additional sonar devices were deployed."

#OceanGate #Submersible #Missing #Titanitic #Tourism #USCG

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/submarine-titantic-missing-submersible-tourists-latest-b2360568.html

The Whos Who of the Missing Submersible

Hamish Harding, 58, has completed several exploration feats
Shahzada Dawood, 48, Businessman
Suleman Dawood, 19, Student
Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 77, former French Navy diver, nickname "Mr. Titanic"
Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate, the firm that runs the submersible

Very good article on the people and their careers in Ocean work.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65955554

#Submersible #OceanGate #Missing #USCG #SearchRescue

From the US Coast Guard (Twttr)

The @uscg will be holding a press briefing for the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince missing submersible at 1pm EST.

View the press briefing below: https://shorturl.at/pzW07

The full press briefing will be posted to http://DVIDShub.net
once it concludes.

#USCG #Submersible #OceanGate #Missing #PolarPrince

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to hold press briefing for missing submersible from Polar Prince > United States Coast Guard News > Press Releases

http://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3432272/media-availability-coast-guard-to-hold-press-briefing-for-missing-submersible-f/

#Submersible #USCG #OceanGate #Missing #Media #PolarPrince

Just saw a Helichopper #OnThePatio

#USCG
#CoosBay
#CoastGaurd

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ykXNb6O4Msw&feature=share7

#USCG updates on #Typhoon #Mawar in #Guam "As of the morning of May 25, responders are aware of three barges, two mobile crane barges, and a derelict vessel that broke free from commercial piers and are now aground in Piti Channel. ... Furthermore, the dry dock at Cabras appears to be either sunk or partially submerged near Pier F3. Additionally, two tug crews abandoned the ship during the storm as they took on water, and other nearby tug crews rescued them." https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/3408149/us-coast-guard-post-typhoon-mawar-update-1/

A U.S. Coast Guard Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” (a/k/a “Herky Bird”) assigned to the CG station in Kodiak, Alaska. Photo by Coast Guard Lt. Scott Kellerman
#PlanesOfMastodon
#HerkyBird
#USCG