Coast Guard Aircraft Broadcasts Warning to Mariners

PORTSMOUTH, VA, UNITED STATES

12.18.2009

Audio by Monica Leftwich 

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - A Coast Guard HC-130J Hercules aircraft crew from Air Station Elizabeth City is conducting a search and rescue patrol along the mid-atlantic region notifying mariners Friday of gale conditions and advising mariners not experienced in those conditions to stay in port.
An excerpt from the broadcast says, "mariners are encouraged to make preparations for heavy weather and smaller vessels are encouraged to stay in port."

• Date Taken: 12.18.2009
• Date Posted: 12.18.2009 13:20
• Category: Newscasts
• Audio ID: 24057
• Filename: 0912/DOD_100059985.mp3
• Length: 00:01:21
• Location: PORTSMOUTH, VA, US