1939年,美国灯塔管理局划归到海岸警卫队。自那以后,海岸警卫队负责管理美国1000多座灯塔。但渐渐地,美国海军看护的灯塔越来越少。2000年《国家历史灯塔保存法案》允许海岸警卫队将那些被认为是其服务已不再必要的灯塔出售或转让给私有个体。从此,美国联邦政府出售转让了书中记载的仅存的600座灯塔中的84座。大部分灯塔转交给当地政府或非营利机构,但28座灯塔已被拍卖给个人。
The sad truth is that satellite navigation has made many lighthouses surplus torequirements. Shifting commercial trends have done their damage, too. More than 1,500ships lie wrecked off North Carolinas Outer Banks, but today these islands depend far moreon tourism than on maritime trade.
遗憾的是,现在有了卫星导航技术,好多灯塔根本就用不上了。贸易趋势的转变也让灯塔越来越没有用武之地。北卡罗来纳州外班克斯港有1500多艘触礁的船只残骸,然而今天这些岛屿主要依靠旅游业而不是海上贸易。
Still, some fishermen enjoy navigating by light rather than satellite. Sometimes they forget totake their navigation systems on board. Bett Padgett, who heads the Outer BanksLighthouse Society, which petitioned the federal government for funds to restore BodieIslands once-crumbling lighthouse, warns of solar flares knocking out satellites.
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