Zim Xiamen, a 984 foot by 158 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads out of Mobile Bay Thursday morning. With a draught of 34 feet, the ship moves at 11 mph while starting a day’s trip to Tampa. According to ship manifests, Zim Xiamen is loaded with aluminum wheels, mufflers and…
Cosco Philippines, a 1,095 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Hong Kong, passes Gaillard Island on its way into the port of Mobile the morning of JUN 7, 2025. With a draught of 40 feet, the ship moves at 12 mph while finishing a two day trip from Houston. According…
For Kile Votaw and Jayvian Hawthorne, every bit of help they can get while going to school and working to build a professional career is appreciated. Both are enrolled at Coastal Alabama Community College’s Fairhope Academy; Kile is learning to become a welder, while Jayvian pursues a career in electrical instrumentation technology. When the Fairhope…
After mentioning an issue with our power, the City of Fairhope sends an electric crew to check the connections feeding our home. And while they’re at it, they install what’s called an AMI power meter (most folks call them smart meters). AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) meters represent a big step forward compared to conventional meters…
Hearty and tasty: Chickpeas, red onion, cucumber, parsley, mint, sesame seeds, kosher salt, pepper, lemon zest, lemon juice, plus olive oil infused with coriander, cumin, garlic, and red pepper with Tahini dressing. And then there’s the fresh Gulf shrimp with tangy cocktail sauce and grape leaves. Summer: Hot. Server: Hot…
Large turnout JUN 3rd 2025 as eastern shore residents gather at the Fairhope Civic Center for the City’s Hurricane Preparedness Expo featuring Birmingham meteorologist James Spann. Wearing yellow Moon pie socks, Spann shares insights on the different behavior and intensities of hurricanes, the growing impact of social media when sharing weather information and factors coastal…
Smoke from wildfires in Canada is showing up as far south as Alabama’s Gulf coast due to winds in the upper level of the atmosphere. Photo shot from Magnolia Park in Fairhope…
Weather that literally makes you go outdoors–photos shot from Fairhope…
Shooting a picture in MAR of 2014, I never guess back then that I’d be running across it eleven years later and shaking my head upon seeing the numbers. Pretty sure I shot this at King Neptune’s Seafood in Gulf Shores. In those days, you could score a dozen raw oysters on the half shell…
Too high to be visible to the naked eye due to cloud cover, a high altitude balloon operated by Raven Aerostar floats over Mobile Bay Friday afternoon. Located 64,300 feet or roughly twelve miles high, the balloon moves NNW at a ground speed of nine knots or about 10 mph. Data from the balloon places…