Story by Staff Sgt. Tom Conning | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District | 09.08.2020
During violent winter storms, waves taller than the length of six king-sized beds stacked end-to-end (40 feet) can meet the Columbia River as it makes its way out to the Pacific Ocean. This concentrated colliding of water makes crossing the bar incredibly dangerous, according to the Columbia River Maritime Museum. So precarious, in fact, that this channel had a nickname, “the graveyard of......
Story by Sarah Lazo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District | 06.21.2018
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, in coordination with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources; Somerset County; Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Smith Island United, and other partners, marked the completion of two major milestones as part of the Army Corps navigation improvement project at......
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Edward Wargo | U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston | 03.25.2017
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a man and seven others were rescued from the water by Coast Guard crews, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department crews, and good Samaritans after a boating incident involving two boats near the Port Aransas jetties Saturday....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick | U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston | 02.25.2017
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard aircrew plucked 2 people from the south Galveston Jetty Saturday morning, after their sailboat lost steering and ran into the rocks....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Jacksonville | 05.07.2015
A man and a woman were rescued off the Charleston jetties when their sailboat ran aground and began to take on water, Thursday....
Story by Michelle Helms | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District | 04.14.2015
From navigation to ecosystem restoration, the Pacific Northwest is one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ most demanding coastal design environments. The winter storms that regularly pound the Oregon and southern Washington coast are much like the hurricanes experienced on the East Coast. While challenging, these conditions give the Portland District an advantage when planning for climate......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston | 07.24.2014
A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island boat crew rescued two male kayakers, ages 16 and 18, at the South Padre Island Jetties after their kayak capsized Wednesday....
Story by Isidro Reyna | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 05.28.2013
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, began work on a $14.5 million jetty repair project at the entrance to the Brownsville Ship Channel with scheduled completion in 2014....
