Rough Seas Prompts Warning for Boaters

By Ed Joyce / Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published January 2, 2008 at 12:56 PM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

The National Weather Service is warning of high seas, heavy rain and strong winds associated with a storm system that is expected to move into the area beginning Thursday and are expected to last thou

The National Weather Service is warning of high seas, heavy rain and strong winds associated with a storm system that is expected to move into the area beginning Thursday and are expected to last though the weekend. The Coast Guard strongly urges boaters to remain in port during this time. Coast Guard Petty Officer Jetta Disco.

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Disco: This is a pretty big storm that's going to be affecting San Diego. So we want to make sure that we get the advisory out as soon as possible to mariners so they can prepare themselves.

She says that preparation should include required safety equipment such as lifejackets for everyone on board and signal flares. The Coast Guard suggests boaters also equip their boats with GPS, a marine VHF radio, and 406Mhz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) and as a backup precaution carry a cellular phone. But Disco says recreational boating is not advisable for the next couple of days.

The marine forecast calls for strong winds and heavy seas creating dangerous surf conditions and hazardous seas for small craft. The National Weather Service marine forecast calls for winds to pick up throughout Thursday, with gusts expected to reach in excess of 40 miles per hour and heavy rain of two to four inches possible in some areas.

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Ed Joyce was the environment reporter and afternoon news anchor for KPBS-FM. Before joining KPBS, he worked as an editor/columnist with Copley News Service in San Diego. Ed has an extensive background in newspaper, radio, web and TV journalism. After graduating with a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington in Seattle, Ed began a career in broadcast journalism. His work has included stints in public broadcasting, commercial broadcasting and education -- working as an affiliate professor of communication and reporter at the University of Idaho and Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. During the past 20 years he has worked in radio, TV and print as a news reporter, anchor, writer, editor and producer. Along the way he has won numerous awards for general news reporting, newswriting, feature and issue reporting and breaking news reporting from The Associated Press, The Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club and other organizations. During the mid-1990s, while working for Oregon Public Broadcasting, he was a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, including a feature report on the memorial service for 14 U.S. Forest Service "hotshots" who died fighting a wildfire in Colorado (the crew was based in a central Oregon town). He’s also filed reports with Marketplace, KQED’s California Report and Climate Watch and with national and regional networks throughout the United States. At KPBS, Ed continues his contributions to National Public Radio and other national and regional news organizations. He has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and San Diego Press Club for his environmental reporting at KPBS-FM-TV and for producing and anchoring radio newscasts. In 2007 he was selected a National Press Foundation fellow for Understanding Violent Weather II program. The seminars were held at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. In 2008 he spoke at a UC San Diego conference on U.S. National Security as part of the school’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Ed led a discussion with the 18 foreign government officials and academics about the political debate over climate change. In 2010, Ed was elected to a three-year term on the board of the San Diego Press Club.

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