[WOOPS! I meant to post this to my OTHER blog, PugetSoundMaritime. Oh well, I figure these little mistakes are really an opportunity to let Navagear readers know about PugetSoundMaritime.com. —Tim]
Bob Simmons has the article at Crosscut:
NOAA says it’s headed south, get used to it. Some of those who run the ships are anything but happy about it.
NOAA’s decision move from Seattle to Newport Oregon was a "quality of life" choice, Capt. Michele Bullock told the press last summer. She’s the amiable commander of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Operations Center where the big research ships have been located for 50 years, but not much longer if NOAA has its way.
