This morning I saw a post on the Seabean Facebook group page from my friend Ed Perry about a news story concerning the Japan earthquake debris beginning to arrive on the US coastline. Oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer talked about this at the International Seabean Symposium back in October of 2011. Beachcombers all along the western […]
If you’re a serious beachcomber you’re probably already making a note on your calendar to look for debris from the Japan tsunami washing up on beaches in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii in about 3 years. That’s about how long it takes for flotsam to make its way across the Pacific Ocean via the North […]
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com Interview transcript: Introduction: Hey, Beachhunter here. I’m in Cocoa Beach this weekend attending the 14th Annual International Seabean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival which is held at the Cocoa Beach Public Library every October. Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, author of his new book “Flotsametrics and the Floating World,” is also in […]
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. Last week I wrote about the upcoming 14th Annual International Sea-Bean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival and mentioned that I would introduce you to some of the interesting, knowledgeable and talented people you will see at the 2009 Festival on October 16th & 17th (just a few weeks away). Above […]
We all know the ocean is polluted. I don’t like to bombard anyone with constant reminders. After a while people get tired of hearing it. Then you get labeled a fanatic and no one will listen to anything you say after that. But if you enjoy the ocean, the gulf, the sea, this is a […]
