CW3E Maximum Forecast AR Scale - Next 7 days. See https://cw3e.ucsd.edu/arscale/ #cw3e #scripps #ucsd #cawx

CW3E Maximum Forecast AR Scale - Next 7 days. See https://cw3e.ucsd.edu/arscale/ #cw3e #scripps #ucsd #cawx

CW3E Maximum Forecast AR Scale - Next 7 days. See https://cw3e.ucsd.edu/arscale/ #cw3e #scripps #ucsd #cawx

CW3E Maximum Observed AR Scale - last 7 days. See https://cw3e.ucsd.edu/arsacle/ #cw3e #scripps #ucsd #cawx

FLIP has been saved! The #Scripps #ship was scheduled to be scrapped, but UK undersea design company #DEEP has bought this ship, and it is being refitted to modernize power and other now outdated features.

The iconic, and frankly rather strange, #research platform built in 1962 was designed to be towed to a location and would be partially sunk to "flip" it along its main axis. This design made it very stable in the water column for #oceanographic #science research.

https://newatlas.com/marine/flipping-flip-ship-saved/

[EDIT] FLIP is saved!
https://newatlas.com/marine/flipping-flip-ship-saved/
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Well it had to happen eventually. #Scripps is retiring FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform). This is an amazing piece of engineering (and soooo weird on the inside - everything pivots, so walls become floors). The #ship to be towed out to a location, and it would literally flip, sinking most of the ship directly down to give a *very stable platform for #oceanography research. Launched in 1962.

https://maritime-executive.com/article/world-s-strangest-research-vessel-heads-for-scrapyard-after-51-years