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USGS-WHFC Exhibit at the National Weather Service Open House
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Courtney Harris explains the seafloor video to three
interested youngsters.
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Five WHFC employees (Brad Butman, Jessica Cote, Benjamin Gutierrez, Courtney Harris, and David Walsh) put
together and staffed an information display at the National Weather Service Open House in Taunton,
Massachusetts, on the weekend of May 21st and 22nd. Storms were the theme of this year's Open House.
The family-oriented weekend featured weather balloon launches, lectures on storms and other weather-related
hazards, and tours of the National Weather Service facility. Approximately 3000 people attended. True to the
theme, the weather threatened to storm both days!
Other State and Federal agencies that participated were: the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, Skywatch, the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the USGS Water Resources Division, Northborough, MA.
Jessica Cote prepares to run the digital-photo time series
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Ben Gutierrez answers a question about the microscope display. |
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The WHFC exhibit, designed by Jessica Cote, concentrated on USGS work from Boston
Harbor and Massachusetts Bay. A time-series sediment trap and a poster explaining the WHFC
work provided the backdrop for the exhibit. A digital-photo time series of the Massachusetts Bay
sea floor highlighted the effects that storms have on seafloor sediment transport. A computer
simulation of effluent discharge from the new ocean outfall was also featured. One of the big
hits was a video constructed from seafloor video surveys acquired in the summer of 1999 using
the SEABOSS (Seabed Observation Sampling System). The video displayed the range of bottom
types and sea life that can be found in Massachusetts Bay. Two microscopes with slides containing
sediment samples and foraminifera from the seafloor were especially interesting to the youngsters.
The visitors eagerly took USGS souvenirs as mementos (pencils and newly designed post cards
of the Massachusetts Bay Project).
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June 2000
in this issue:
Puerto Rico OBS Study
Gulf of Mexico Shelf-Edge Habitats
Channel Islands
cover story:
Barataria Barrier-Shoreline Study
Menlo Park Open House
Dress for Success
Nat'l Weather Service Open House
Marine Quest
Basin Symposium
Coastal Morphodynamics
New England Coastal Issues
Coral Reef Studies
South Florida Restoration
Florida Keys Field Course
Visitors
June Publications List
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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