Beyond The Boardwalk- Save Our Shores

Today (Saturday) I will be at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Here is a list of the weekend activities: Click for more information:










Did you know that we all live in a watershed? It basically means that all of our water from rain, lawn watering, farming, etc., will drain in to the Chesapeake Bay. Think of the flooding along the Mississippi now and the reports of Toxic Sludge, and you'll see where I am going with this. In fact, did you know that the increase in corn for ethanol has resulted in a deadly result in the water? This corn uses more nitrogen for fertilizer that drains down the Mississippi and into the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in a dead zone. Click the link for more.
Today, I have placed a link to ABC2's Save Our Shores page, in conjunction with StormCenter Comm. You'll see that link along the top with my other pages.
You can start to educate yourself about the impact you might have on our watershed. While the talk of pollution often is directed to climate change these days- that debate will continue for sure, but the result of our actions on the local waterways is more immediate and indisputable.
If you can not make it down to the Aquarium, you can find out much more on the web site. Below is the image you will see on that page. Click for full link.

Beyond the Boardwalk...

Our cool, unsettle pattern will continue today. The sky will quickly go from clear to mostly cloudy- giving a hint of early spring in the air. Follow along with the latest maps on my TV Graphics Page...tab above on main web site.

Today I will be broadcasting the noon weather from The National Aquarium. This week's theme is Beyond the Boardwalk. While during the summer, we would like to think of hot days, cool water, maybe Thrasher's Fries and a snowball...there is that nagging issue of the environment that we can't seem to escape. Well, think about it... If you want that ocean to clean when you get there, there has to be some though about protecting it. Not just Atlantic Coast, but all of our shorelines. Did you know that Maryland has the largest coastline in the US? My former fellow co-professor in our Climate Change course- Tom Hopkins- liked to point out that when you consider all of the nooks and crannies of the land boarding the Chesapeake add up to thousands of miles of coastline.

We live in a large watershed. That watershed is the nation's largest estuary. All have direct impacts from pollution. This weekend I will be at the Beyond the Boardwalk event at the National Aquarium. I am also working with our partners at StormCenter Communications to get our web site up to speed relating to all of your watershed questions, and more....
This image is an example of some of the interactive features available. Check back by Friday for more on our shores....