Saturday news, 12-3-05

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Saturday, December 03, 2005

* Micropaleontologist Scott Hippensteel says little specks of rare fossil shell of a marine microorganism suggest that severe hurricanes were much more frequent 1,000-3,000 years ago than they have been for the past 1,000 years
- Charleston Post and Courier, 12-3-05

* Visiting Tybee Island's beach will soon be a little bit easier for folks using wheelchairs and walkers. An $18,000 state grant will buy three lengthy Kevlar mats that will be used to traverse loose sand at the beach's edge, linking the ends of crosswalks with hard sand closer to the water, City Manager Bob Thomson said
- Savannah Morning News, 12-2-05

* It's supposed to be 12-feet deep, but it's not. In at least four places in Georgia, including one in Glynn County, the depth of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is at or below 4 feet
- Brunswick News, 12-2-05

* The number of red grouper recreational fisherman will be able to keep from state waters has been reduced
- Daytona Beach News Journal, 12-3-05