CGC Fir recovers NOAA buoy.(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

From: Coast Guard Magazine | Date: February 1, 2005| Author: Chmielecki, Ensign Richard | Copyright information

ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 14 -- Today, the CGC Fir recovered one of the two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration coastal weather buoys, which had broken loose during a severe storm and were drifting up the coast of Washington.

During the night of Dec. 7, an ocean storm pounded the northwest coastline with powerful swells cresting at up to 26 feet. The storm also tore the two weather buoys, valued at $250,000, away from their anchors and sent them adrift.

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