SPORTS
By Peter Baker | September 16, 1999
For the second time this month, Maryland boaters and fishermen are faced with the dangerous potential of a tropical weather system, as Floyd moves north from the Carolinas.Whether Floyd passes through as hurricane, tropical storm or tropical depression, boaters and anglers should be cautious, because in all cases, heavy rainfall, high winds and storm tides or flash floods are possible.According to U.S. Coast Guard guidelines, the first rule of safety when a hurricane or storm surge approaches, is to "get off the open water, as far away from the storm as possible, and never stay with your boat."
NEWS
By FRANK ROYLANCE | September 16, 1999
Marylanders braced today for torrential rains, high winds, pounding surf and bayshore flooding as Hurricane Floyd bore down on the state after crashing ashore early this morning in North Carolina.Tropical storm warnings were posted from Baltimore County south to Southern Maryland, the Chesapeake Bay north of the Virginia line, the entire Eastern Shore and Ocean City. Sustained winds are expected to reach 40 to 50 mph today in Baltimore, and 50 to 70 mph on the Shore with higher gusts. Twenty-foot surf was likely at the beaches.
NEWS
By Rafael Alvarez | November 3, 1999
The 113-year-old skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark sank in rough waters and high winds yesterday after a successful day of oystering about 2 miles off Tilghman Island.Captain Wade Murphy Jr. and three crew members out of Crisfield were rescued by Tilghman Island neighbors about 5 p.m. as the Ruark filled with water when a wind storm knocked out its sails and it sprang a leak.No one was injured, although the day's harvest of some 60 bushels of oysters was lost.This morning, divers will try to raise the $100,000 skipjack -- one of fewer than a dozen of the rake-masted vessels left on Tilghman -- out of 20 feet of water near Bar Neck.
NEWS
BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | September 16, 1999
With Hurricane Floyd likely to bring high winds and heavy rain to Anne Arundel County, officials shut schools, canceled community meetings, told county workers to stay home and readied emergency shelters at opposite ends of the county.Private businesses and residents also went into hurricane preparation mode yesterday.The National Weather Service is predicting winds of 40 to 60 mph, 3 to 6 inches of rain, flooding in low-lying areas of the eastern part of the county and possible flash floods elsewhere.
NEWS
By David L. Greene | September 6, 1999
OCEAN CITY -- Despite the dire weather predictions, Tropical Storm Dennis seemed to do little to dampen the enthusiasm of the beach crowd that flocked here for the Labor Day holiday weekend.After a dreary, drizzly morning, the clouds broke yesterday and there was -- yes -- sun."We were coming whether it was going to be ugly or not," said Robin Griffith of Hollidaysburg, Pa., after shooing away a sea gull that was munching from a bag of potato chips on her beach towel."We got up this morning, and it was kind of gloomy," she said.
NEWS
By TaNoah Morgan | September 16, 1999
Hurricane Floyd shut down the Anne Arundel County Fair in Crownsville today for the first time in its 47-year history.The storm's high winds, the governor's declaration of a state of emergency and the announcement that county schools would be closed today helped in the decision, said fair manager John Kozenski Jr.Kozenski also recalled that keeping the fair open at Sandy Point State Park during a storm several years ago proved to be a disaster as tents were...
FEATURES
By Frederick N. Rasmussen | September 18, 1999
"Baltimore today should feel the effects of the hurricane which is moving up the Atlantic Coast, the Weather Bureau announced last night," The Sun reported on Sept. 21, 1938."There is no indication, however, that the storm will be violent in the local area, as the city is too far inland to get much more than the fringes of the high winds. The strongest winds predicted were for gales -- below hurricane force -- on Cape Hatteras," concluded news reports.While the storm -- hurricanes did not have names back then -- had seemingly slipped by Maryland with only minor rainfall and gusty winds on the Eastern Shore, it would eventually enter the record books as one of the most deadly and costly ever to hit New England before blowing itself out over Canada.
NEWS
By Rafael Alvarez | December 31, 1998
Windy weather caused scattered power outages in Maryland yesterday, but forecasters -- predicting flurries for the Baltimore area this morning -- are looking ahead to a winter storm that could bring snow, sleet and freezing rain by the weekend.The National Weather Service predicted snow showers to begin in Western Maryland and, though they expected New Year's Day to be clear and cold, meteorologists said Saturday would likely bring strong winds and icy precipitation.Tom Dougherty, a National Weather Service meteorologist stationed in Sterling, Va., said today's low will be in the upper teens to low 20s with highs in the lower 30s and winds about 10 mph. Tomorrow will be partly sunny, but Saturday and Sunday are expected to bring a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain, with lows in the mid-20s, he said.
NEWS
By Frank D. Roylance | August 26, 1998
If Hurricane Bonnie slams into North Carolina's Outer Banks today, a Johns Hopkins University civil engineer will be ready to make unprecedented measurements of the storm's fury.Professor Nicholas P. Jones and his students have fitted a test building in Southern Shores, just north of Kitty Hawk, with a flock of instruments designed to monitor the structure as it strains in the storm's winds.If the building and its sensors survive their first test under hurricane conditions, they should provide a wealth of data on how low-rise structures respond to high winds, and how their designs might be improved.
NEWS
By Dennis O'Brien and Del Quentin Wilber | February 18, 1998
A storm that swept through Maryland yesterday knocked out power to thousands of homes, slowed traffic and closed Howard County government.The storm hit hardest in Howard County, where high winds knocked a tree into a power line in Ellicott City and cut power to 10,000 customers shortly after 2 p.m., said Kathleen Nolan, a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. spokeswoman.By 11 p.m., power was restored to all but 100 customers, who should have service by this morning, Nolan said.The downed tree, between Ellicott Mills Road and Rogers Avenue, cut power to stores along Ellicott City's Main Street, which remained open.