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U S C G rescues a dog trapped inside of a shipping container

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122208) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 3 Feb 24

Thanks to the efforts of four members of the United States Coast Guard who were on a work detail at the Port Of Houston on Wednesday January 31, a female dog that was trapped inside of a container shipping containers was barking...

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Coast Guard rescues a dog that fell into a lake in Wisconsin

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122208) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Jan 24

I admire the work of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) in Kenosha Harbor Wisconsin on Thursday afternoon when a female dog who fell off of a pier in the Great Lakes Yacht Club in Kenosha into Lake Michigan. The USCG ice rescue...

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U S Coast Guard rescues a man whose boat ran aground in South Carolina

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122208) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 5 Nov 23

A man who was aboard a 31 foot sailboat that ran around near the Charleston Harbor in South Carolina on Thursday evening called the United States Coast Guard (USCG) officers for help since his sailboat was taking on water when the...

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U S Coast Guard rescues four mariners lost at sea

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122208) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Oct 23

Four mariners who were aboard a 60 foot yacht named Moon Dragon that capsized in the ocean 140 miles from Wilmington North Carolina over the weekend thanks to the efforts of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) HC-130 helicopter...

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I came, I saw, I mostly chatted...

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 22 Jul 23

There weren't too many people at the pool when I got there today, but the ones that were, I largely wound up chatting with. One lady I spoke to had only lived at these apartments for seven months with her husband. The super...

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U S Coast Guard rescue 3 year old girl who was aboard a cruise ship

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122208) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 May 23

Thanks to the work of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) who answered an emergency call from a concerned passenger who was aboard the Princess Cruses' Emerald Princess ship off of the Santa Barbara coast on Wednesday. The three...

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Hello, all!

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 26 May 23

I've been home a few hours, now, but I had to do an online part of the training, and ran into some technical difficulties. It's done now, so I put a pizza in the oven for dinner. Most of the "training" today was done sitting...

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Hello, mylot!

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 16 May 23

Didn't even get the chance to say "Good morning" this morning. It's 5:43 p.m. by my computer clock right now. I got up at--?? Well, much earlier than I usually do, and I went and caught the bus. Once I got downtown, I took a...

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U S Coast Guard rescues two persons and a dog who were aboard a sinking ship

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122208) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 5 May 23

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) answered an emergency call for help on Monday afternoon when a 28 foot catamaran that had two persons aboard and a male dog named Reggie used their personal locator beacon aboard their ship to...

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Good Morning, myLot!

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 4 May 23

Good early morning--got up at four this morning, and took the opportunity to take a shower. After getting dressed, etc., I came out and turned on the computer, and shot an email to The Coast Guard Day Care director (actually, I...

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Hello again, myLot! (Good night)

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 26 Apr 23

It's 9 p.m. by my computer clock, and I got home from church about 15 minutes ago. Dinner was good. I brought some things home with me to make a meal or two of some sort. I need to make a lunch for tomorrow, then get ready for...

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The "Holey Moley!"

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 26 Apr 23

Yipes. I was so sure that I would recieve an email from the Coast Guard that would say something like: "You forgot to fill out this..." or "You need to redo that..." Instead when I checked my email this afternoon, I got...

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They've been sent

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 24 Apr 23

(I hope) I finished the Medical forms from the Coast Guard, scanned them and mailed them back. I fully expect the lady to email me back and tell me I missed something/did something wrong, as that is just the way this whole thing...

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Good Morning, myLot!

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 21 Apr 23

Hello, all! I got up this morning and started a load of laundry that I forgot to start last night. This morning I have an appointment at the health center for hearing/vision tests, and of course I got an email from the Coast...

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Someday it will be done...

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 17 Apr 23

LOL! I've been going through what they call an "onboarding" process to start a job at a Coast Guard Training center daycare since last year. The previous "hiccup" was that I forgot to bring a couple of the required papers with...

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Good night, myLot !

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 18 Mar 23

It's 10:10 p.m. by my computer clock, and I am going to get ready for bed. Tomorrow is Saturday, and I don't have anywhere to go. I hope to get some things done around here. I printed out my medical forms from the Coast...

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Email and mail...

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 16 Mar 23

Hello again! I went to get the mail and continued on for a half hour walk. There wasn't much in the mail, but there's one thing I want to look at before I throw it/put it away. Before I left to get the "real" mail, I checked...

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And so it goes...

Stacey @xstitcher (39038) • Petaluma, California 21 Feb 23

When I checked my email when I got home today, there was my answer to my question to the Coast Guard people about "what I needed to do next". The answer was that I have to go and get a physical. The lady who...

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United States Coast Guard rescues 3 surfers in Oregon

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122208) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Feb 23

The members of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) were called by a concerned person who saw three surfers who were pushed by the strong currents against the rocks at Agate Beach Oregon on Sunday afternoon. The USCG officials...

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U S Coast Guard rescues two persons who were in a rowboat in a canal

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122208) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 13 Feb 23

Thanks to the persons who are with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) located in Puget Sound Washington state on Sunday evening who answered an emergency call from either an eyewitness or one of the boaters who were on a rowboat...

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