MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to hold aids to navigation media event at Station Lake Charles, Louisiana

Media Availability

U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas Office: (281) 464-4810 After Hours: (832) 293-1293 PA Detachment Texas online newsroom

Coast Guard to hold aids to navigation media event at Station Lake Charles, Louisiana

  

Editor's Note: Media interested in attending are requested to RSVP at (832) 293-1293 by 8 a.m. Wednesday and should arrive no later than 9:45 a.m. on the day of the event.

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a media event at Coast Guard Station Lake Charles in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Wednesday.

Coast Guard aids to navigation unit crewmembers will discuss aids to navigation correction and channel assessment operations following the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.

The Coast Guard 8th District manages and oversees more than 23,000 aids.

Aids to navigation can provide a boater with the same type of information drivers get from street signs, stop signals, road barriers, detours and traffic lights. These aids range from lighthouses, to minor lights, day beacons, range lights and sound signals, to lighted or unlighted buoys.

Please note that the event will abide by CDC guidelines that call for masks to be worn by attendees, as well as social distancing when possible.

WHO: Coast Guard crews from aids to navigation units along the Gulf coast

WHAT: Coast Guard aids to navigation unit crewmembers will discuss aids to navigation correction and channel assessment operations following the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.

WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, at 10 a.m.

WHERE: Coast Guard Station Lake Charles, 1245 Giovanni St., Lake Charles, LA

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