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Letter: Eastern Shore senator questions state's plan for dealing with sediment behind Conowingo Dam
This letter was sent to the head of the Maryland Department of Environment and a similar one was sent to the head of the Department of Natural Resources. A copy was provided for publication. In August, the U.S. Geological Survey published a report...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Conservation, Tropical Weather, U.S. Geological Survey
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Is the Bay Foundation ignoring the threat behind the Conowingo Dam?
Why does the Chesapeake Bay Foundation refuse to take seriously the threat posed by the Conowingo Dam's inability to hold back Susquehanna River pollution? With respect to the effect of Susquehanna River pollutants, the bay foundation has taken an...
Tags: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Cecil County, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Disasters, Chesapeake Bay
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Lawnton Fire Department holding drive for Sandy victims
ReporterThe Lawnton Fire Company in Dauphin County has started a drive for fellow firefighters in New York affected by Hurricane Sandy. "Last year at this time, we were recovering from our own floods and our own disaster. When this struck some fellow...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), New York City, Staten Island (New York City), Fires, Tropical Storms
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Hurricane Sandy brings two more deaths to the Lehigh Valley as more than 200,000 homes remain without power
The local impact of Hurricane Sandy became more catastrophic for the Lehigh Valley with the deaths of two more people, bringing the region's death toll to four as of Wednesday morning. A Lower Macungie Township woman died from the fumes from a portable...
Tags: Kutztown, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Natural Disasters, Whitehall, Coopersburg
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Lehigh Valley prepares for powder keg dubbed 'Frankenstorm'
Predictions for the hybrid storm bearing down on the Northeast keep worsening and the tone of the coverage is growing ever more strident, so it's no wonder the phone at Ice Cream World has been ringing off the hook. No one's looking to stock up on ice...
Tags: Energy Saving, Natural Disasters, Whitehall, Disasters and Accidents, Landauer Incorporated
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Bracing for Sandy
Pennsylvania remained in Hurricane Sandy's crosshairs Sunday, with forecasters predicting a one-two punch of wind and rain to start hitting the Lehigh Valley late tonight. Although a degree of uncertainty remains about the storm's precise path, there...
Tags: Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Natural Disasters, Lehigh Valley Weather, Whitehall, Bars and Clubs
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Monster storm closing in on Valley region
After almost a week of ominous forecasts, the weather system born of a giant hurricane, a winter storm and an arctic air mass is upon us. And it's not going anywhere fast. Across the Lehigh Valley, residents and government officials worked through the...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, First Aid, Bodies of Water, Tom Corbett
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Volunteers work to help Eastern Shore recover
As J.C. Barbely looked at Assateague Island in his rearview mirror Saturday night, he was pretty sure his seaside home away from home wouldn't escape Sandy's fury. But Wednesday morning, the assistant manager of the Maryland Park Service's biggest money-...
Tags: Ocean City, Social Media, Media Industry, Rentals, Tropical Storms
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Superstorm Sandy mostly spares Maryland as it moves up coast
Central Maryland appears to have been spared the worst of Sandy's fury, which was delivered farther up the Atlantic Coast. One man was killed after a tree fell on his home in Pasadena. A second was killed in a head-on collision in Clarksburg that...
Tags: Fort Meade (military base), Harford County, Natural Disasters, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania)
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Trailer park residents are moving out ahead of Hurricane Sandy
Staff reporterPeople in one York County neighborhood say they're just not dealing with Hurricane Sandy, instead they're moving to higher ground for good. U-Haul and other moving trucks lined Pine Road in Dover Township Sunday afternoon. Several residents packed up...Tags: Natural Disasters, York (York, Pennsylvania), Rivers, Bodies of Water, Tropical Storms
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How to Get Your Basement Ready For Flooding
![Many people throughout Central Pennsylvania remember Tropical Storm Lee. Many spent days cleaning, pumping and drying out their basements, so talk of Sandy is not being taken lightly. "I had some water in the basement last year during the storm. The drain was oversaturated with the extensive amount of rainwater and I just think it had nowhere to go and it just backed up into the house. I'm trying to get ahead of the curve and making spout extensions to keep water out of the basement," says Russell Shoop of York, who is preparing for the storm.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-10/73068603-27161058.JPEG "Many people throughout Central Pennsylvania remember Tropical Storm Lee. Many spent days cleaning, pumping and drying out their basements, so talk of Sandy is not being taken lightly. "I had some water in the basement last year during the storm. The drain was oversaturated with the extensive amount of rainwater and I just think it had nowhere to go and it just backed up into the house. I'm trying to get ahead of the curve and making spout extensions to keep water out of the basement,\" says Russell Shoop of York, who is preparing for the storm.")
Staff reporterMany people throughout Central Pennsylvania remember Tropical Storm Lee. Many spent days cleaning, pumping and drying out their basements, so talk of Sandy is not being taken lightly. "I had some water in the basement last year during the storm. The drain...Tags: Tropical Storms
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Central Pennsylvania bracing for Hurricane Sandy
Staff reporterPeople up and down the east coast are preparing for Hurricane Sandy. The major storm is churning through the Caribbean and is expected to make its way up the coast before turning back inland and finding its way to Central Pennsylvania. It's hard to...Tags: Hurricanes, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Hurricane Irene (2011), Caribbean Islands, Natural Disasters
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