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Coast Guard to Track Ships Using Buoys

Posted by michael on from the feeling-safer-already dept.

nomrniceguy writes "The Coast Guard plans to use dozens of buoys off the U.S. coast to extend the reach of a security system that monitors large vessels heading in and out of ports. The buoys are intended to extend the network's reach -- the Guard now receives the automated data only when a vessel is within about 25 miles of a port. The floating transmitters will relay the information from hundreds of miles off shore, from the middle of Lake Superior and off coastlines from Alaska to Maine."

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  1. What happens when our enemies... by Jaidon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...train flocks of seagulls to crap all over the transmitters?

    1. Re:What happens when our enemies... by BradleyUffner · · Score: 5, Funny
      "...train flocks of seagulls to crap all over the transmitters?"

      Ground to Seagull Missiles.
    2. Re:What happens when our enemies... by Jaidon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well since both produce the same thing...I guess I really doesn't matter.

    3. Re:What happens when our enemies... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      ...train flocks of seagulls to crap all over the transmitters?

      So, after a hit in the 80's, a comeback effort in the 90's, and various appearances on "where are they now" shows, this is what the band is forced to do to get by?

  2. Re:Using bouys? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let's just float CowbuoyNeal and see what he detects...

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  3. Re:Using bouys? by Zocalo · · Score: 4, Funny

    CowbuoyNeal is a float? Somehow I'd always pictured him as a char...

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  4. Re:Nuke by DaHat · · Score: 3, Funny
    And now you see part of the reason I so love living here in South Dakota.

    Lets go through the list of disasters we don't have on the east side of the state, nor have any risk of.
    1. Tsunami... No large volumes of water
    2. Earth Quakes... No local tectonic plates
    3. Racial Riots... Not anymore (it's been over 100 years since the last rebellion that was put down

    4. Volcano... See #2
    5. General Flooding... not uncommon, but rarely lethal


    6. I will admit though... we do live in fear of the day or former governor gets behind the wheel again.
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  5. More tracking? by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, Bouy.

    Thank you!

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  6. Re:Using bouys? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If there's laws against that, then the sensors in the street that turn the light green for you when there's no cross traffic would be illegal too, dumbass.

  7. We're all on the same side here... by sczimme · · Score: 5, Funny


    Let's not turn this into buoys vs. gulls.

    /so sorry

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  8. 80's bands by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "What happens when our enemies...train flocks of seagulls to crap all over the transmitters?"

    I've wondered what happened to that band.

    Do you think Tears for Fears or George Michaels could be trained to poop on command as well?

  9. Re:Wait for it.... by Alien+Being · · Score: 2, Funny

    "When your pushing ships ranging in beam from 750 ft sea goer's to 1250 ft lakers you..."

    No wonder it's so hard to navigate, they're going sideways.

  10. Choir Buoys by HermanAB · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Vatican announced that rumours of misuse of the buoy database is totally without merit...

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  11. Offshoring? by joshuaobrien · · Score: 2, Funny

    How long until they are replaced by floating indian boys?

  12. Re:Nuke by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny
    Earth Quakes... No local tectonic plates
    So South Dakota just kind of floats there?
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