Did you miss yesterday’s Coastal Currents? The one which answered the question, “So your kooky uncle keeps posting on Facebook that the west coast is getting fried by Fukushima radiation. Sure, he was right about aliens living beneath Mt. Shasta, but is he right about this?” Fans o’fact, check it out. (UPDATE: Relevant links at the bottom of this post.)

Also mentioned on Coastal Currents, those pesky billboards, particularly the one recently chopped down by persons unknown. Mad River Union has the update.

Love whales or just want to better understand them? On Monday, Jan. 13 at 6 p.m.Explore North Coast presents Jeff Jacobsen, an alum of HSU, in an engaging evening talking about the sights and sounds and life history of local cetofauna – mainly gray, humpback and killer whales and more. Jacobsen is involved insome amazing projects and willintroduce the audience to hydrophones. Jacobsen recommends that, for discussion, members watch the documentary Blackfish.

Saddened by the starfish wasting disease? Here’s a link to see where we’ve been hit locally. (Spoiler: Agate Beach and Luffenholtz so far.)

Not necessarily victims of wasting disease, the sea stars were dumped up cliffside near the Scenic Drive Houda Point overlook. Yikes. One theory tossed around is they may have come from someone’s crab pot. Any other ideas out there?

Your Fukushima-related links