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Midday Science Monday: Monday July 9, 1-2 p.m.
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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. Our guest: Maryland state Sen. Jim Rosapepe.
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Power and infrastructure
Since moving to AA County, I have come to appreciate the level of infrastructure in OTHER areas of the coutry in which I have lived including NC, Ohio, and PA. Utilities in general in this county are in a 19th century state and it is frustrating and deplorable. Your guest, Sen Jim Rosapepe should be encouraged to pursue with vigor upgrading of power distribution lines and moving them underground. But, other issues also need to be addressed. Particularly, water and sewer services are only slightly better than 3rd world countries. Even when sewage services are available the processing plants routinely dump raw sewage into our water ways. There is a critical need to improve these services in all of AA County.
Water services are also deplorable and should never have been allowed to develop (an ironic word) in the crude manner in which they currently exist. I have heard rumors that the crude method of infrastructure management (wells and septic) were used to inhibit population density - a bit late for that strategy. It's time to bite the bullet, or to use a better metaphor, flush the current system and bring us into the 21st century.