Port Townsend Web Developers

Port Townsend Web Developers at MeetUp.com was founded Oct 22, 2011 by Lynn Zephryna, and has held 2 MeetUps in Port Townsend. A third gathering is scheduled - Coffee & Code, for Saturday, February 4, 2012, and 11 members have signed up.

Port Townsend CoLab

Coworking kick-off day for the Port Townsend CoLab was Monday, January 16, 2012, in the Team Jefferson office at 2410 Washington Street.

Participation is free, and the space is available every Monday, 1:30 - 4:30 pm, and Friday, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, while hosted at Team Jefferson. A coordinating group of Frank DePalma, Heather Nollette and Leif Hansen are investigating permanent space in Port Townsend with flexible memberships for coworker activity.

For more information about coworking worldwide, Deskmag works.

Participate in the two largest traditional boat festivals in Europe with John Calogero of the Northwest Maritime Center as your guide! For 12 days we will immerse ourselves in the many cultures and maritime traditions represented, first in the festival in Brest followed by the festival in Douarnenez, both on the Atlantic coast of Brittany.

The trip includes hotel with breakfast, admission to the festivals, fees for sailing aboard traditional vessels, and transportation between Brest and Douarnenez. Group size is limited to 10 participants. Fee is $2895 + air.

More information at the Northwest Maritime Center - France Trip

Possible Tsunami Debris Washing Up On Northwestern Shores
Jan. 13, 2012, on kuow.fm, by Ashley Ahearn

Excerpt:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has modeled the movement of the tsunami debris and projects that most of it will hit the Northwest Hawaiian Islands this winter and the West coast of the US later this year and into 2013. Peter Murphy, of NOAA’s Marine Debris program says radioactivity is not a major concern.

John’s Marine Debris Hoard from EarthFix on Vimeo.

“The consensus is that the debris being radioactive is highly unlikely, based on several factors,” he says.

Listen to the radio … on the web: MP3

http://earthfix.kuow.org/water/article/possible-tsunami-debris-washing-up-on-northwestern/

“EarthFix is a public media project of Oregon Public Broadcasting and Boise State Public Radio, Idaho Public Television, KCTS 9 Seattle, KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, Northwest Public Radio and Television, Southern Oregon Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.”

Earthfix Water http://earthfix.kuow.org/water/

A few answers regarding sea level rise, January 4th, 2012 by Christopher Dunagan in the Kitsap Sun.

Excerpt:

If you live in Neah Bay on the Olympic Peninsula, for example, you are not likely to see any sea level rise until at least 2080. That’s because the entire land mass is uplifting as a result of movement along the tectonic plates, and the uplift is predicted to be faster than sea level rise until late in the century.

Caveat emptor:

On the other hand, Central and South Puget Sound may not be uplifting at all and could be sinking, which would intensify the effects of sea level rise. Areas built on fill, including portions of Olympia, also could be sinking as the fill settles …

Read more: http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2012/01/04/a-few-answers-regarding-sea-level-rise/#ixzz1jNOzD7ix

The above URI (link) is interesting. It comes along with the cut and paste of text in the excerpts - automatically. I have never seen that before. Why doesn’t it enter as a link instead of just an address?

Read more in Watching Our Water Ways.