
Tech Spotlight: JW Fisher’s CT-1 Cable Tracker
began as a small commercial diving and service corporation supporting heavy construction, utility, and manufacturing industries throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. Recently, the company was tasked with locating existing power and data cables along with water service lines that cross the mouth of the Cape Fear River from Oak Island to Bald Head Island. When JWF followed up with Stan Rudd of Intercoastal Marine about the effectiveness of their Cable Tracker, he was unsurprisingly enthusiastic about its performance. “The unit worked great. The accurate location was imperative to avoid vital services

Arthur Becomes Atlantic's First Hurricane of 2014
Storm Arthur became the first hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Thursday. Arthur was about 190 miles (305 km) south-southwest of Cape Fear, North Carolina with maximum sustained wind of 75 mph (120 kph), NHC said. (Reporting by Anupam Chatterjee in Bangalore; Editing by Alison Williams)