Weather

March 6, 2013

"It's bleak, but it could be worse." - Noah Bradshaw

Tropical storm Sandy has arrived. Tom Hall talks to Maryland Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Ed McDonogh about what you should be doing to stay safe, and how to get to safety if the storm damages your home. And, Nathan checks in with BG&E spokesman Rob Gould.

Then, should Baltimoreans vote for ‘mayor’ at the same time they're voting for U.S. president, rather than the year before, as they do now? The change is on the city ballot. We hear from Councilwoman Rikki Spector, who's pushing for it, and community activist Doc Cheatham, who wants a different change.

As Sandy bears down on Maryland, we talk live with Baltimore Sun reporter Scott Dance in Ocean City. We also call out to Western Maryland to ask University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science president Don Boesch what this storm can do to the bay.

The Civil War shaped America in ways that continue to play out 150 years later. We talk with George Wunderlich, who runs the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, about how a set of orders issued in 1862 formed the basis of modern emergency medical treatment.

Baltimore Sun reporter Scott Dance is in an Ocean City hotel, watching the surf push past the dunes. He tells Tom Hall the latest as Hurricane Sandy moves west toward shore.

Last month BGE requested a gas and electric distribution rate adjustment with the Maryland Public Service Commission--which regulates gas, electric and water companies and sets utility rates.

Bad timing?

Johns Hopkins physicist Bruce Barnett joins Midday Science contributor John Monahan to explain the discovery of the Higgs boson, or "God particle," for those who still don't get it. Also, on the heels of the recent derecho and heat wave, a look at extreme weather cycles as they relate to global warming, with University of Maryland climate scientist Raghu Murtugudde. Plus, taking electric lines underground to avoid outages like those that left hundreds of thousands of BGE and Pepco costumers without power for several days.

A line of fierce storms tore through the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday night, leaving millions without power in scorching weather and meteorologists shocked at the occurrence. The cause of the storms, their aftermath and the continued efforts to restore power in Maryland. Plus, listener storm stories. Guests include WJZ meteorologist Tim Williams and weather forecaster Jason Mitchell from Foot's Forecast.

Fern Shen, editor of Baltimore Brew, and Doug Donovan, regional editor of Patch.com, join WYPR listeners in discussing:

• BGE's performance in restoring electrical power to hundreds of thousands of customers in the wake of Irene
• The campaign for Baltimore mayor