NE wind and tankers

Weather:  

  • wind NE 25-30 knots, 3 ft chop
  • temperature remaining near or below freezing

Ecological: several tankers passed by the reserve today, a couple are photographed below.  As shown in the screen shot from MarineTraffic.com there were 5 tankers (red) across the straight, in Port Angeles, in the morning.screen-shot-2016-12-08-at-7-58-23

Maintenance:  continue to monitor water lines, running some heat tape overnight

Other: transcribed and sent off seawater data for the month of November