Posts belonging to Category 'Baltimore'
July 23, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Code Red Heat Alert in Baltimore City for Friday and Saturday. Cooling centers are open in the city. Call 311 for locations.
Temperatures 95+ on Friday. 100+ on Saturday. Highs of 103-106 possible on Saturday. Oppressively high humidity. Heat index temps 95 to 105 on Friday, and up to 110 on Saturday. That’s right, the heat [...]
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June 23, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Baltimore has announced a CODE RED heat alert for today, Wednesday, June 23, and Thursday, June 24, with high temperatures in the 90s. Heat index near 100 today in Baltimore, and 100 to 105 on Thursday.
Heat throughout Maryland will be dangerously hot and humid. Would you believe 96 in Hancock, in Western Maryland? Baltimore has [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Life, Maryland, Nature, News, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Eastern Shore, Storms, Summer, Weather | No Comments »
April 29, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Why can’t other states be as good as Maryland?
I knew Maryland was ahead of other states in health care. After all, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is reputedly the best hospital in the world.
And this CNN news report by Elizabeth Cohen reveals surprising facts about hospital profits in Maryland. Did you know that the state [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Health, Health care, Maryland | Tags: health insurance, Hospitals, Medicine, Money, Socialized medicine | No Comments »
April 26, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Gov. Martin O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown launch their 2010 re-election campaign at lunchtime Tuesday in Baltimore, then follow up with a whirlwind three-day tour of Maryland.
The tour includes stops in Largo, Rockville, Waldorf, Hagerstown, Frederick, Columbia, Cambridge, Aberdeen, Catonsville and Annapolis. Full details on scheduled tour stops are at the O’Malley-Brown campaign Web [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Democracy, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics | Tags: Anthony Brown, Baltimore County, Bob Ehrlich, Democrats, Election 2010, Martin O'Malley | No Comments »
March 26, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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Anne Tyler, one of America’s great writers, lives in Baltimore. She’s written 18 novels, and I’ve read all but one. Many of her best stories are in Baltimore. Eddie’s on Roland Avenue pops up in several. The characters are human, and the places real.
Her new book, “Noah’s Compass,” might be the most local yet. [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Books, Life, Maryland, Writing | Tags: Anne Tyler, Breathing Lessons, Fiction, Ladder of Years, Noah's Compass, Novels, Saint Maybe | No Comments »
February 24, 2010 | Posted by BJH
The rumor is true. Snow. The forecasters are calling for three to five on Maryland’s Lower Shore and in Southern Maryland. That’s inches, not feet. Three to five inches of snow. The way things are going this winter, you just don’t know.
Farther north on the Eastern Shore, and across the Bay in the Baltimore area, [...]
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February 10, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Snowiest winter ever in Maryland. At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the center of the low-pressure system out over the Atlantic Ocean has moved northeast from Virginia, and is now reported offshore at about Cape May, N.J. It’s heading toward New York City and Long Island, and they can have it.
Some major highways are reported too dangerous [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Life, Maryland, Montgomery County, Nature, News, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Baltimore County, Blizzard, Eastern Shore, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Snow, Storms, Weather, Winter, Worcester County | No Comments »
February 10, 2010 | Posted by BJH
People in Maryland are responsible for keeping their own sidewalks clear of snow, Gov. Martin O’Malley noted today.
But much more important, people are also responsible for taking care of their hearts, the governor said.
Shoveling snow causes many heart attacks. Gov. O’Malley urged Marylanders to use extreme caution when shoveling snow.
As for driving, the governor [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Health, Life, Maryland, Montgomery County, Nature, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Eastern Shore, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Snow, Storms, Weather, Winter | No Comments »
February 10, 2010 | Posted by BJH
At mid-day, already 11.5 inches of snow accumulation is reported in the Baltimore area, 15 inches reported in Westminster, Carroll County. The northern part of Central Maryland north into Pennsylvania is predicted to receive 20 inches of snow or more today.
“We’re experiencing blizzard conditions in every single county and every part of Maryland,” Gov. Martin [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Life, Maryland, Nature, News, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Baltimore County, Blizzard, Eastern Shore, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Snow, Storms, Weather, Winter | No Comments »
February 10, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Amazing. Today, Feb. 10, 2010, the entire state of Maryland is under a blizzard warning! When was the last time that happened?
2009-20010 is now officially the snowiest winter on record in the Baltimore region, and it’s still snowing.
Right now, strong wind gusts are throughout the Eastern Shore, blowing the snow. Fog and wind warnings posted [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Maryland, Nature, News, OCEAN CITY, Travel | Tags: Baltimore County, Blizzard, Snow, Storms, Weather, Winter | No Comments »
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