TUESDAYS TOGETHER WITH YOU

Good morning Wilmington!

Here’s a posts found on Facebook–

STOP THE PRESSES… launch moved to Tuesday 6:07 pm😖

ROCKET LAUNCH ALERT: tonight at 6:32 SpaceX will launch a rocket from Florida on a northeast trajectory, meaning it will fly through our corner of the sky. And because of the launch time being so close to sunset it should be quite visible to us. So to get ahead of confusion or concern here is what it will look like. No, you won’t see flames shooting out the back of a metal cylinder. It will be too high for that. Look east about 3-minutes after launch. Be advised, launches get delayed and even cancelled MANY times. But as of this posting it is still scheduled for 6:32 (with a 1-hour window).

In today’s Port City Pulse:

• UNCW Alum’s Super Bowl Ad Snags $1M Prize & Airs During the Big Game

• UNCW Researcher Heads to Antarctica to Study How Sea Urchins Survive Extreme Cold

UNCW Alum’s Super Bowl Ad Snags $1M Prize & Airs During the Big Game

[WECT] UNC Wilmington film graduate Dylan Bradshaw and his co-director Nate Norell just scored a major win in Doritos’ 25th Super Bowl Ad competition. Their commercial, Abduction, features a hilarious battle over a bag of Doritos between a man and an alien. The duo will receive a $1 million prize and an all-expenses-paid trip to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, where their ad will air.

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UNCW Researcher Heads to Antarctica to Study How Sea Urchins Survive Extreme Cold

[WWAY] UNCW marine biologist Dr. Jake Warner is leading an 8,000-mile research trip to McMurdo Station in Antarctica to study how sea urchins adapt to extreme cold. By comparing DNA from Antarctic urchins to those from Wrightsville Beach, Warner’s team hopes to uncover genetic changes that enable survival in harsh conditions. The project, funded by the National Science Foundation, benefits from modern DNA sequencing technology. Graduate student Kristen Boddy, accompanying Warner for a second time, describes the experience as both scientifically valuable and breathtakingly beautiful. Despite Antarctica’s isolation, McMurdo Station hosts over 1,000 people year-round, fostering a unique research community.

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News Roundup

Local News:

• Child sex abuse cases involving New Hanover Co. school board, former teachers move forward after ruling

• Kure Beach parking passes on sale at tiered rates

What you should know:

• Trump Agrees to Pause Tariffs on Mexico, Canada After They Pledge to Boost Border Enforcement

• Trump Advisers Weigh Plan to Dismantle Education Department

What might surprise you:

• Senior FBI official forcefully resisted firings

• Trump signs order establishing a sovereign wealth fund that he says could buy TikTok

• El Salvador Bukele offers to hold American criminals in mega prisons

• EPA Tells More Than 1,000 They Could Be Fired 'Immediately'

National & World News:

• Pilots tried to pull passenger jet's nose up within seconds of deadly collision

• Denmark Says Open to Expanding US Military Role in Greenland

To-Do!

✅ According to the FB post, make sure you look up at the sky after 6:07 this evening!

✅ 10:00 AM: Senate Finance Committee votes on RFK Jr. nomination for Health Secretary

Weather Forecast

Tue 04: Mostly Sunny | 70° / 48° | 8% | WNW 9 mph
Wed 05: Cloudy | 57° / 51° | 24% | ENE 13 mph
Thu 06: Partly Cloudy | 64° / 56° | 12% | SW 17 mph

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Tide Forecast

Monday, February 3

• 4:45 AM: -0.30 ft (Low Tide)

• 10:57 AM: 3.80 ft (High Tide)

• 5:04 PM: -0.67 ft (Low Tide)

• 11:29 PM: 4.13 ft (High Tide)

Tuesday, February 4

• 5:54 AM: -0.04 ft (Low Tide)

• 11:49 AM: 3.51 ft (High Tide)

• 6:04 PM: -0.51 ft (Low Tide)

Wednesday, February 5

• 12:25 AM: 4.10 ft (High Tide)

• 7:09 AM: 0.11 ft (Low Tide)

• 12:44 PM: 3.24 ft (High Tide)

• 7:09 PM: -0.41 ft (Low Tide)

Thursday, February 6

• 1:24 AM: 4.01 ft (High Tide)

• 8:19 AM: 0.14 ft (Low Tide)

• 1:45 PM: 3.02 ft (High Tide)

• 8:13 PM: -0.38 ft (Low Tide)

Provided by Marineweather.net