The Climate Crisis Demands Aggressive Action Now
Here I am, about a week after celebrating my 36th birthday (for the 31st time), grateful to still be breathing
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Volunteers join local churches in sustained response to west Baltimore flooding
In a season where it seems as if the rainfall totals are approaching Biblical proportions, it may be easy to
Read moreTorontonians can’t catch a weather break this August
Torontonians are becoming accustomed to getting soaked this month by rain. The possibility of severe flooding was a real concern
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Hurricane Joaquin: BGE urges preparation, caution
BALTIMORE (October 1, 2015) – Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) is monitoring Hurricane Joaquin, which some forecasts indicate could
Read moreAgnes’ historic rainfall taught watershed a concrete lesson
Tropical Storm Agnes, the great and hurtful deluge that struck Chesapeake Bay 40 years ago in June, was the magnitude of storm that only strikes every two or three centuries on average—maybe even a 500-year storm.
But from the Bay’s standpoint it was arguably unique; nothing else like it in the thousands of years the estuary has existed. To this day, significant parts of the Chesapeake ecosystem have not regained their pre-Agnes health, writes longtime environmental reporter Tom Horton.
And now your local weather
Windy, With a Chance for Hurricane Bob Dylan is convinced that “The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind.” Differences in
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