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  StormWatch hurricane shutters

  06.01.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on StormWatch hurricane shutters

  We’ve done a prior entry on StormWatch talking about their roof system. Now, Meredith and company have released a storm shutter system. We don’t worry about hurricanes much in the San Francisco area, but if you’re on the Gulf Coast, you sure do. There are many advantages to the StormWatch approach but chief among them […]

• Coastal Stuff

  Dream Machines

  04.30.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Dream Machines

  Now this is something you don’t see every day, a B-17 heavy bomber making a landing at your local airport. This aircraft along with cars, trucks, tractors, steam engines, and helicopters visited the coast over the weekend for the annual Dream Machines rally. As happens on the coast, it was overcast, but it was fun. […]

• Coastal Stuff

  No Mavericks 2007

  03.31.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Even with a 2 week extension, the Mavericks Surf Contest couldn’t make the date. Unfortunately, the waves just didn’t show this year. Around the end of December, 2006 there were some thirty footers, but they weren’t surfable. So, we’ll wait for next year…

• Coastal Stuff

  Flashback: November 21, 2001

  02.27.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Otherwise known in these parts as “100 foot Wednesday,” the legendary Mavericks surf break is located about 3 miles south of our present location and we’re now in the “watch period” for the 2007 event. But turning the memory machine back to 2001, there were some powerful storms that came through and it just so […]

• Coastal Stuff, Energy

  Now that’s a wind farm…

  01.14.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This entry from A Thrilling Wonder website has it all, wind farm construction, turbine failure, storms, etc. on a HUGE scale. If you want to see a big wind farm, read this. It’s a very informative and interesting read punctuated with nice photos. Highly recommended. If you liked this entry, Digg It! Tune: The Summer […]

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