Back From The Edge Of Extinction - Some Puma Photographs...

"Attacks on humans are extremely rare. Preceding attacks on humans, cougars display aberrant behavior, including: active during daylight hours, unafraid of humans, and stalking humans..."

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Check out the Cougar On The Wikipedia to learn more about this amazing animal.

This is a big cat who was following a deer and who also has many names: Cougar, Puma, Puma Concolor, Mountain Lion, Ghost Walker etc. At one time (it is said) that there were less than 100 big cats in Oregon...

Click Cougar fund to learn more including what to do or not do when confronted by a big cat...

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Vital Conditions

Siuslaw/Mapleton: Flood Stage
Siuslaw/Mapleton: Hydrograph
Alerts: Special Weather Statement
Dunes: Weather Station
Florence Area: NOAA Weather
Oregon: Active Fire Maps
Oregon Pacific: Tsunami Page
Radiation | Jet Stream: Real Time

Solstice / Equinox

Vernal Equinox: 2011 Mar 20, 23:21 UTC
Summer Solstice: 2011 June 21, 17:16 UTC
Autumnal Equinox: 2011 Sept 23, 09:04 UTC
Winter Solstice: 2011 Dec 22, 5:30 UTC
Vernal Equinox: 2012 Mar 20, 05:14 UTC
Summer Solstice: 2012 June 20, 23:09 UTC
Autumnal Equinox: 2012 Sept 22, 14:49 UTC
Winter Solstice: 2012 Dec 21, 11:12 UTC
Oregon Time: -08:00 UTC

Lowest Tides

SEP 28, 2011: 08:34PM LDT -1.0
SEP 29, 2011: 09:23PM LDT -1.1
SEP 30, 2011: 10:14PM LDT -1.0
OCT 26, 2011: 07:31PM LDT -1.2
OCT 27, 2011: 08:19PM LDT -1.4
OCT 28, 2011: 09:07PM LDT -1.4
OCT 29, 2011: 09:56PM LDT -1.3
NOV 23, 2011: 05:30PM LST -1.0
NOV 24, 2011: 06:18PM LST -1.4
NOV 25, 2011: 07:06PM LST -1.6
NOV 26, 2011: 07:53PM LST -1.5
NOV 27, 2011: 08:40PM LST -1.2
DEC 23, 2011: 06:08PM LST -1.2
DEC 24, 2011: 06:54PM LST -1.4
DEC 25, 2011: 07:38PM LST -1.3
DEC 26, 2011: 08:21PM LST -1.0
Times: All times are listed in Local Standard Time(LST) or, Local Daylight Time (LDT) (when applicable). All heights are in feet referenced to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) predicted for Florence.
Current Tides Newport Oregon

Full Moon Oregon

JUL 14, 2011: 23:40 DST
AUG 13, 2011: 11:57 DST
SEP 12, 2011: 02:57 DST
OCT 11, 2011: 19:06 DST
NOV 10, 2011: 13:16 DST
DEC 10, 2011: 06:36 PST (*)
JAN 08, 2012: 23:30 PST
FEB 07, 2012: 13:54 PST
MAR 08, 2012: 01:39 PST
APR 06, 2012: 12:19 DST
MAY 05, 2012: 20:35 DST
JUN 04, 2012: 04:12 DST (*)
Lunar Eclipse: *
Oregon Time: -08:00 UTC (-7:00 During Daylight Savings Time)