11/12 Shrew, big storm, green crabs, Port Angeles harbor, David Legates, Fed Reserve climate

Trowbridge's shrew [Coke & Som Smith]

Trowbridge's shrew Sorex trowbridgii
Trowbridge's shrew is found in southern British Columbia and in Washington, Oregon, and California. Trowbridge's shrew was first described in the scientific literature in 1857 by Spencer Fullerton Baird, in a report of surveys and explorations conducted to find a suitable route for a railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. The species name "trowbridgii" is a patronym to honor William Petit Trowbridge. Baird's initial record describes four specimens made available to him. The first two were provided by Trowbridge. (Wikipedia)

Major storm headed for Pacific Northwest
A major storm carrying high winds, drenching rain and heavy snow is headed for the Pacific Northwest, according to weather experts.The storm due to arrive at the end of the week will be the strongest seen in months, meteorologists with AccuWeather said Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Scientists wrap up trapping season, catching 253 invasive green crab
Washington scientists finished the first full season of European green crab trapping, leaving mid-October after trapping 253 of the invasive crab in Drayton Harbor...Drayton Harbor was labeled a hotspot for the invasive crab in fall 2019 after trapping worried scientists about the crab’s effect on the ecosystem with the Dungeness crab, oyster and clam populations. Grace McCarthy reports. (The Northern Light)

Port Angeles OKs pact for harbor cleanup
City officials have reached a legal milestone in an eight-year effort to clean up the western Port Angeles Harbor. The next step is an action plan for the cleanup itself. The City Council voted 6-0 last week to approve an amended participation agreement with other potentially liable parties, or PLPs, and an amended agreed order with the state Department of Ecology that obligates the city and its partners to prepare a draft cleanup action plan for contaminated sediments in the western harbor and lagoon near the foot of Ediz Hook. Rob Ollikainen reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

Trump administration official who questions global warming will run key climate program
David Legates, a meteorologist who claims that excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is good for plants and that global warming is harmless, has been tapped to run the federal agency that oversees a major scientific report on how climate change is affecting the United States. Legates, a controversial figure who joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in September, will move to a new slot as head of the U.S. Global Change Research Program as early as Thursday, according to two people familiar with the move who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. Andrew Freedman, Jason Samenow and Brady Dennis report. (Washington Post)

In first for Fed, U.S. central bank says climate poses stability risks
The U.S. Federal Reserve for the first time called out climate change among risks enumerated in its biannual financial stability report, and warned about the potential for abrupt changes in asset values in response to a warming planet. “Acute hazards, such as storms, floods, or wildfires, may cause investors to update their perceptions of the value of real or financial assets suddenly,” Fed Governor Lael Brainard said in comments attached to the report, released Monday. (Reuters)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  412 AM PST Thu Nov 12 2020   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  SATURDAY MORNING   
TODAY  SE wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 4 ft  at 10 seconds. Rain likely in the morning then rain in the  afternoon. 
TONIGHT  SW wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. SW swell  6 ft at 8 seconds. Rain.

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