Leaning on folks

Good questions raised about what's needed to keep ship's going.   Of note, #USCG routinely operates ship's >50 yoa

https://blog.usni.org/posts/2017/08/30/are-we-patting-ourselves-on-the-back-with-a-dagger

Coast to Coast (and back)

https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/08/29/two-students-from-catholic-university-just-took-a-trip-around-the-us-using-only-public-transit-heres-how-they-did-it/

Collisions: Examine Command Climate, Too

https://blog.usni.org/posts/2017/08/29/collisions-examine-command-climate-too

Sunsquatch, the only eclipse map you need

http://flowingdata.com/2017/08/20/sunsquatch-the-only-eclipse-map-you-need/

What Lies Beneath

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-08-10/nobody-knows-what-lies-beneath-new-york-city

What heroism at sea looks like

Not the only way it happens,  but quite the example. 

Fullbore Friday 

http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2017/08/fullbore-friday_18.html

xkcd: Eclipse Science

xkcd: Eclipse Science


https://xkcd.com/1877/

The Great 78 Project – Community Preservation, Research, Discovery of 78rpm Records

http://great78.archive.org/

Coast Guard announces offshore patrol cutter names

http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-announces-offshore-patrol-cutter-names/2017/08/04/

Flow of Goods Between States

https://www.axios.com/the-flow-of-goods-2463665414.html

Google Trends eclipse interest

http://flowingdata.com/2017/08/02/google-trends-eclipse-interest/