As we write this Saturday, we here at FishOn are battening down the hatches and summoning all hands on deck to marshal our tropical storm resources in the calm before the whatever.
Water? Check. Candles? Check. Batteries? We don’t need no stinking batteries. We bought our Ronco Little Atom mini nuclear reactor for just these emergencies.
It’s never a simple task to write ahead of an anticipated major climatic event. Not to overstate the obvious, but you just don’t know, you know?
We don’t mean to minimize the potential dangers from hurricanes. They’re just such surreal experiences.
We’ve been in a few. The first — and worst — was when we were but a wee FishOner living in North Carolina. Power gone, everything black but for the candles. The wind screaming. It was as if we were hurtling through space with the windows down.
Sometimes we here at FishOn think we might know too much about our weather. Or at least too much, too soon. It just dominates everything. We’ve hitched our wagons to the mighty algorithm and handed the keys to the computer models.
Here’s hoping Henri whiffed on us, veering off into some dark, harmless spot in the Atlantic, leaving everybody ship-shape.
And this Henri? Who is this man? Is it Henri Matisse? Henri de Toulouse Lautrec? O Henri? Them, we can handle.
But mon dieu! If it’s Henri Richard of the hated Bleu Blanc Rouge of the Montreal Canadiens, best watch out for the can-opener elbows in the corners and stick work that will leave you looking like Gerry Cheevers’ mask.
For whom the Bell toils
You may have crossed paths with Morgan Bell, perhaps as she was growing up in Gloucester or later when she did such fine liaison work as Rep. Seth Moulton’s regional director and fisheries policy person in dealings with the Cape Ann commercial fishing industry.
Bell has a new gig.
The National Fisheries Institute, a commercial fishing trade group, announced last week it has hired Bell as its new director of public policy.
“We’re thrilled to have Morgan on board,” said NFI Vice President for Government Affairs Robert DeHaan said. “She brings a unique perspective to our work that combines fisheries policy and sustainability with trade and commerce. It’s a valuable mix that will greatly benefit NFI members.”
Bell did her undergraduate work at Wheaton College in Norton and earned a masters of arts degree in law and diplomacy from Tufts University’s Fletcher School of International Affairs.
“From policy and funding matters on (Capitol) Hill, to promotion of sustainable aquaculture and blue technology innovation, seafood is a common thread running through my professional and academic work as well as my personal background,” said Bell. “Joining NFI is a natural step, and I am excited about the…
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