NEWS
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | April 21, 2012
One to two inches of rain is possible Sunday and precipitation will continue into Monday, according to the National Weather Service. On Saturday night, a cold front that's associated with an upper level low pressure system is expected to come into the Baltimore metro area and bring precipitation from the Great Lakes region, said Calvin Meadows, a meteorological technician at the NWS Sterling office. When a surface level low pressure system that is moving up the Atlantic coast from the Carolinas reaches the Baltimore area Sunday afternoon, it will trigger widespread and heavy precipitation, he said.
NEWS
March 28, 2012
On behalf of FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), I'm writing in response to your March 14 opinion piece, "Warming: Storm damage ahead" to add insight about flood risk and the NFIP. Your editorial addresses how climate change will add to the likelihood of flooding, especially in coastal areas. Floods are our nation's most common and costly natural disaster and occur in all areas of the country. Everyone should understand that we all are at some risk for flooding and that the time to protect ourselves is now. In fact, due to the wide spread risk of flooding, many insurance companies stopped selling flood insurance as far back as the 1960s.
NEWS
By Childs Walker, The Baltimore Sun | March 24, 2012
Talitha Simeona-Stewart flicked her pen across a student's paper as she stood in the line of people in dark suits. She didn't look it, but the eighth-grade English teacher from Millersville was nervous because she had never even tried out for a play, much less a TV series starring Kevin Spacey. She was just a Shakespeare lover hoping to show her students the value of reaching for new experiences. A few feet away, Dude Walker (yes, that's his professional name) cracked jokes about the actor's life.
FEATURES
Tim Wheeler | March 14, 2012
New research indicates that rising sea level from climate change will roughly double the risks of storm-related flooding in coastal communities in Maryland and nationwide. Scientists with Climate Central , an independent nonprofit journalism and research organization, have produced maps showing how even small increases in sea level rise are likely to push storm surges onto shore. They've also published their findings in peer-reviewed journals. In Maryland, past and future global warming nearly doubles the estimated odds of “century” or worse floods occurring within the next 18 years, they say - meaning floods so high they would historically be expected just once per century. Elsewhere along the nation's coastline, the risks triple.
NEWS
By Scott Dance | March 12, 2012
The unusually mild weather has already brought flood warnings to central Maryland in recent weeks, but today marks the start of Flood Safety Awareness Week across the country. March typically sees about 4 inches of rain in Greater Baltimore, with 11 inches for the spring season. Floods and tornadoes are the top extreme weather concerns here this time of year. The National Weather Service is promoting its "Turn Around, Don't Drown" campaign to prevent pedestrians and motorists from being swept away in floodwaters that can be deceptively fast-moving.
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AEGIS STAFF REPORT | February 27, 2012
Emergency operations officials in Harford County said persistent calls received about gas odors from numerous locations in the county early Friday morning appear to be related to fumes from an oil refinery in New Jersey. No sources of gas were found in the county, but local fire companies were busy throughout Friday morning and into the early afternoon responding to calls of gas odors or suspected gas leaks. Harford Emergency Operations spokesman Rick Ayers said early Friday morning the county was informed by state emergency operations officials that fumes from an industrial facility in New Jersey had been detected in the air in Harford and Cecil counties and in New Castle County, Del. In a later statement, the county government said the fumes were from an oil refinery in Paulsboro, N.J., which is on the New Jersey shore of the Delaware River and across the river from Philadelphia International Airport.