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Dec 31

2012 in review

Happy New year to all, and hope you found something of

interest here in 2012 — more to come in 2013 !

 

 

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,100 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 5 years to get that many views.

Click here to see the complete report.

Dec 24

Holiday greetings

Best wishes for

a great

Holiday Season!!

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See you on the water in the Spring 🙂

Dec 12

Dam threats

Conowingo Dam has divided the Susquehanna River from the Chesapeake Bay since it was built in 1928 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conowingo_Dam). For 84 years, silt and whatever else flows down the river has accumulated behind the dam. The Dam is due for re-licensing in 2014. The threat to the Bay is well understood, but remedies are difficult, expensive and have been consistently put off for years.

Each significant weather event leads to increased releases from higher flows and to reduce strains on the dam. That sends an assortment of toxins, nutrients and debris down the Bay. Those releases can cause health and safety risks to sailors and others who recreate on those waters in addition to damages to Bay resources including clams, oysters and crabs. The frequency of significant releases is increasing as the storage capacity of the dam decreases. Remedies are needed now not later…….

Conowingo Dam

For a more complete story, see the article by Karl Blankenship, editor of the Bay Journal – http://www.bayjournal.com/article/conowingo_damreleasing_pollutants_at_more_frequent_rate