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Somerset drops buyout of Smith Island homes
A proposed buyout of Smith Island homeowners to help them escape future damage from tropical storms and rising waters has been dropped amid vocal resistance from residents of the low-lying community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. The Somerset...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Government Aid, Media Industry, Real Estate
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AccuWeather predicts another active hurricane season for U.S. shores
AccuWeather.com is predicting another active Atlantic hurricane season, particularly for the U.S. coastline. While the Pennsylvania-based meteorology company is calling for fewer storms in all, with 16 tropical storms versus 19 in 2012, AccuWeather's...
Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Weather Warnings, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Hurricanes, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Chesapeake Bay grasses decline for third year
The Chesapeake Bay and its rivers have lost 44 percent of their underwater grasses over the past three years, scientists reported Thursday, reducing vital habitat for crabs and fish to a level not seen in nearly three decades. Scientists blamed...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Weather Reports, Environmental Politics, Annapolis
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Sandy retired from list of hurricane names; replaced with Sara
Sandy is the 77th name to be retired from the World Meteorological Organization's Atlantic hurricane season lists, joining memorable storms to hit Maryland like Irene, Isabel, Gloria and Agnes. Sara will replace it on a list that will next come into use...
Tags: Weather Science, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Weather
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Early forecast calls for above-average 2013 hurricane season
An early 2013 hurricane season forecast is calling for a busy summer and fall, with a nearly 50 percent chance of a major storm striking the U.S. East Coast. Forecasters at Colorado State University on Wednesday predicted 18 named storms would form in...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, National Hurricane Center, Weather Reports
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National Hurricane Center tweaks warning policy after Sandy confusion
The National Hurricane Center will in the future maintain any necessary hurricane watches or warnings even if a storm is no longer technically a hurricane, as in the case of Superstorm Sandy. Center officials made the changes permanent Friday in light...
Tags: Weather Warnings, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Long Island, Hurricanes, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Delmarva Power seeks customer rate increase
Delmarva Power officials are seeking approval from Maryland regulators for a 5.5 percent increase in customer rates, which would affect the utility's roughly 46,000 customers in Harford and Cecil counties, among its other tens of thousands of customers....Tags: Harford County, Cecil County, Pepco Holdings Incorporated
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Lutherville doctor known for running habits critically injured in Towson accident
Shirtless, hair flowing, legs pumping, Dr. Theodore Houk is a familiar sight running along North Charles Street on his twice-daily, 5.5-mile trek between his Lutherville home and his job at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. "You always see him out...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine, Baltimore County, Internists
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Plan for wall repair ready to take shape in historic Ellicott City
Before it became "The Wall That Ate Some Cars," it was just a stone wall on Mulligans Hill Lane, bracing a 20-foot-high embankment — stalwart as the steep hills that give Ellicott City's historic district much of its character. Then in early...
Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Roman Catholicism, Patapsco, Natural Disasters, Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Winter or spring, snow worries are a Maryland tradition
Here's a question for a snowy day in spring: Will Marylanders, and Baltimoreans in particular, ever grow so accustomed to snow that they stop worrying so much about it? Could climate change do enough crazy things to the atmosphere to bring us more...
Tags: Global Change, Snow Storms, Conservation, Natural Disasters, Ecosystems
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Closing schools for last week's snow, better safe than sorry [Commentary]
Football season's over and baseball spring training games often don't rise to the level being topic for casual conversation, so last week's big snow that wasn't quickly became fodder for plenty of commentary at many levels. A major target when stormy...Tags: Snow Storms, National Weather Service, Spring Training, The Weather Channel (tv network), Weather Reports
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Maritime museum's new director sees bright future for former oyster shucking house
On the job a little more than a week, Alicia Estrada hasn't settled into her new digs at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. But she has begun evaluating its programs as she looks to the future of the former oyster plant. "I'm just trying to get my head...Tags: Festive Events, Netherlands, Museums, Annapolis
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