As weather gets worse, we've begun to get better

摘要

Exactly one year ago, this column addressed how weather has become an increasing threat to the maritime community. Current weather and climate data suggests severe weather is only going to increase in frequency and severity, and the U.S. Coast Guard has been dealing with an uptick in weather related marine casualties. The overall tone and outlook of last year's column was grim, with the Coast Guard publishing a marine safety alert following a trend of catastrophic weather-related incidents like in the case of the SEACOR Power.