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By CW4 Michael W. Carr, US Army Watercraft Master (Retired) I sailed out of Port Fourchon as Chief Mate on Crowley’s American Salvor. Reading of Seacor Power’s capsizing brought memories of the many squalls, strong and shifting winds, rapidly building seas, and spontaneous weather events which I experienced in the Gulf of Mexico. Many factors contribute to dramatic weather in the Gulf; shallow depths, influx of heat from the Gulf Stream loop current, being surrounded by flat land which heats and cools diurnally and permits winds to blow offshore, mixing with cooler and moisture laden Gulf air. These factors comprise the first rule of marine weather: ....