An invitation arrived a few days ago for a reception this evening at the Mariner's Museum in Newport News. I was surprised to learn that today is the 20th anniversary of the raising of the turret of the ironclad USS Monitor off of Cape Hatteras. By chance and some help from a US senator I was fortunate to be involved in the recovery of an important part of naval history (that is my photograph on the invitation). I will attend the reception and look forward to seeing the work they have done to preserve the turret and the contents found within. I also look forward seeing the scientists, navy divers and colleagues I worked with that summer 20 years ago.
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This morning MaryLou, my longtime friend from Rock Hall, tells me of another waterspout. This one was off Smith Island on Chesapeake Bay. Here is a link where you can watch the video of the waterspout as it comes ashore at Rhodes Point and becomes a tornado (here is the YouTube link). Noted Chesapeake Bay photographer Jay Fleming has set up a gofundme site to help the islanders with the damage. MaryLou says there were no serious injuries but the damage to structures was significant.
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