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Thanks for visiting Long Beach Radio. Clicking on the orange bits above will give you more information about the station. Scroll down for weather forecasts and other useful stuff. The Blog below is intended as a compliment to our regular programming. Some of the items posted there may have been because they weren't appropriate for broadcast. (Web) Surfer discretion is advised.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Whale Festival and Gardening (Catching Up)

Hi folks, Geoff here. I've been pretty messed up with some tonsilitis for a week or so and I've missed a few things so here's part of my catching up.  A While back I chatted with Allie Bonner about the upcoming Pacific Rim Whale Festival... Here's the audio;


Also, just this morning I played an interview with Connie Kuramoto about an upcoming gardening course at the Tofino Botannical Gardens, here's that if you missed it;


Don't miss the Canucks game tonight on Long Beach Radio, puck drops at 7:30 and if you're not already at Jack's for the game come down after for jam night with my band, Ballistic Pig.

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Canucks Schedule Announced!!!

Are you ready for some hockey!! We've got all your Canucks action on Long Beach Radio with the season opener on Saturday!! Here's the regular season schedule (you can also, of course, get it on the Canucks website;



So tune in to get your hockey on as we rebroadcast TEAM 1040's award winning coverage live for every game. If you are interested in advertising on Long Beach Radio as a Canucks sponsor email geoff@longbeachradio.ca

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio - Geoff

Monday, January 7, 2013

Canucks Hockey Returns



Well, the squabbling is over for now and The Vancouver Canucks are getting back on the ice. Where will Luongo end up? Can Schneider keep it up? Who will step up this year? Will the Sedins light it up? (That's a lot of "ups") The answer to these questions and more will be answered right here on Long Beach Radio.

As part of The Canucks Radio Network we'll have line play-by-play coverage of the whole season! Don't worry, it won't be myself covering the games. We'll have the pros from TEAM 1040 to take care of that. Whether you're on the road, in the boat, working or whatever we'll have every goal! We'll post the schedule here when it's ready to go in a day or so.

If you would like to promote your business on Long Beach Radio during Canucks hockey broadcasts please contact me; geoff@longbeachradio.ca

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio and GO CANUCKS!!

Saturday, January 5, 2013

TSUNAMI ADVISORY ISSUED FOR OUR REGION

THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY FOR THE TOFINO / UCLUELET REGION HAS BEEN CANCELLED
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/PAAQ/2013/01/05/mg5a94/3/WEAK51/WEAK51.txt


WEAK51 PAAQ 051017


TSUAK1



BULLETIN

PUBLIC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3

NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK

117 AM AKST SAT JAN 5 2013



THE MAGNITUDE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO 7.5 AND A SMALL TSUNAMI

HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT PORT ALEXANDER, ALASKA.



...THE TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...





WARNINGS/ADVISORIES/WATCHES - UPDATED

-------------------------------------

TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR...



* THE COASTAL AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA FROM THE

NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA TO CAPE

FAIRWEATHER ALASKA/LOCATED 80 MILES SE OF YAKUTAT/





CANCELLATIONS

-------------

* THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF

BRITISH COLUMBIA FROM THE WASHINGTON-BRITISH COLUMBIA

BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH

COLUMBIA



* THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF

ALASKA FROM CAPE FAIRWEATHER ALASKA/LOCATED 80 MILES SE OF

YAKUTAT/ TO CAPE SUCKLING ALASKA/LOCATED 75 MILES SE OF

CORDOVA/



* THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF

ALASKA FROM CAPE SUCKLING ALASKA/LOCATED 75 MILES SE OF

CORDOVA/ TO KENNEDY ENTRANCE ALASKA/LOCATED 40 MILES SW OF

HOMER/





IMPACTS FOR TSUNAMI WARNING AREAS

---------------------------------

* A TSUNAMI WITH SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION OF LAND IS

EXPECTED.



* WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS COASTAL FLOODING ACCOMPANIED BY POWERFUL

CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE AND MAY CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER

TSUNAMI ARRIVAL.



* THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.





RECOMMENDED ACTIONS - UPDATED

-----------------------------

* IF YOU ARE IN A WARNING AREA - MOVE INLAND TO HIGHER GROUND.



* BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.



* DO NOT GO TO THE COAST TO OBSERVE THE TSUNAMI.



* DO NOT RETURN TO THE COAST UNTIL LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS

INDICATE IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.





FORECASTS AND/OR OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY

-------------------------------------------------

FORECAST FORECAST FORECAST OBSERVED

START OF TSUNAMI MAX TSUNAMI TSUNAMI

SITE OF TSUNAMI DURATION HEIGHT HEIGHT

---- ---------- -------- ------------- -------



* BRITISH COLUMBIA

LANGARA 0129 PST JAN 5



* ALASKA

SITKA 0043 AKST JAN 5

ELFIN COVE 0055 AKST JAN 5

CRAIG 0115 AKST JAN 5



FORECAST MAX TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE HIGHEST EXPECTED WATER LEVEL

ABOVE THE TIDE.



FORECAST TSUNAMI DURATION IS THE APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF TIME WHICH

THE TSUNAMI MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTIVITY.



OBSERVED TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE HIGHEST WATER LEVEL ABOVE THE

TIDE LEVEL AT THE TIME OF MEASUREMENT.





ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY - UPDATED

-----------------------------------------------------

TIME OBSERVED MAX

SITE OF MEASUREMENT TSUNAMI HEIGHT

---------------------------- --------------- --------------

PORT ALEXANDER AK 1007 UTC 01-05 00.5FT



HEIGHT - OBSERVED MAX TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE WATER LEVEL ABOVE THE

TIDE LEVEL AT THE TIME OF MEASUREMENT.





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

---------------------------------

* MAGNITUDE 7.5

* ORIGIN TIME 2358 AKST JAN 04 2013

0058 PST JAN 05 2013

0858 UTC JAN 05 2013

* COORDINATES 55.3 NORTH 134.9 WEST

* DEPTH 3 MILES

* LOCATION 95 MILES NW OF DIXON ENTRANCE ALASKA

210 MILES S OF JUNEAU ALASKA





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

--------------------------------------

* THIS MESSAGE WILL BE UPDATED IN 45 MINUTES.



* REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE

INFORMATION.



* PACIFIC COASTAL RESIDENTS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON...

WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS

EVENT AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.



$$