3/23 Seal, Cherry Pt projects, Mt Garibaldi, ocean climate, train spill, Alki

Seal

Seal
Baby seals are born weighing about 25 pounds. They double their weight in the first month; their mother's milk is 40 percent fat. A mother leaves its pup after the first month to finish growing and fend for itself. Mothers do not teach pups to hunt; they learn on their own. (Harbor Seal Facts: SeaDoc Society)

BP selects Whatcom County for $1.5 billion investment for these projects
BP is investing $1.5 billion into its Cherry Point refinery to help the energy company meet its net-zero climate goal. Whatcom County is one of five locations worldwide where BP plans new low-carbon projects. A sustainable aviation fuel production facility and a green hydrogen production facility are planned for Whatcom County, Eric Zimpfer, BP vice president refining at Cherry Point, (said)... Construction of the projects will bring an estimated 1,000 to 2,000 jobs to the facility for approximately three years. Jack Belcher reports. (Bellingham Herald)

Mt. Garibaldi volcano may pose threat to Squamish area, expert says
Mount Garibaldi represents the greatest volcanic threat to people living between Squamish and Whistler, according to volcanologist Catherine Hickson. Denise Ryan reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Unchecked climate change puts Canada’s West Coast in hot water
[C]limate impacts on the ocean have localized and serious ripple effects along the B.C. coast, particularly in the Salish Sea, oceanographer Jennifer Jackson said...Increasing water temperatures, lower levels of oxygen and increasingly acidic oceans impact the survival of important marine species; Pacific salmon are a prime example, said Jackson, section head of ocean modelling for Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) Pacific branch. Rochelle Baker reports. (National Observer)

Safety device, human error derailed Anacortes train, federal officials say
The Federal Railroad Administration has confirmed KUOW reporting that a safety device meant to keep trains from plunging into Puget Sound knocked a train off the tracks and onto the Swinomish Reservation early Thursday morning. John Ryan reports. (KUOW)

A Drowsy God and Parboiled Pease
David B. Williams in Street Smart Naturalist writes: "On November 13, 1851, twenty-two people landed on a low, open prominence of land jutting into Puget Sound. They named the spot Alki, soon also to be called New York...Alki is the most sacred spot tied to Seattle’s origin. But the Denny contingent were not the first Europeans to land there, nor the first to examine it as a possible place to establish a community." (Street Smart Naturalist)

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Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  251 AM PDT Thu Mar 23 2023  
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH  FRIDAY AFTERNOON   
TODAY  S wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SE 15 to 25 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft building to 2 to 4 ft. W swell 5  ft at 8 seconds building to 7 ft at 8 seconds in the afternoon.  Rain. 
TONIGHT  W wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 12  ft at 11 seconds. Showers and a slight chance of tstms.

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