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Here are the warnings and advisories currently being issued by the National Weather Service for residents of the Houston area. Evacuations have begun in Galveston and Brazorias counties. The University of Texas Medical Branch hospital in Galveston has closed. People seem to be taking this storm very seriously. As they should.
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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Mr. Weather Blogger, is all of this hurricane activity somehow responsible for the plethora of jellyfish in the Inner Harbor lately? For days now, I've counted as many as 30 of the graceful creatures glooshing their way around the waters of Fells Point.
Posted by: Lindsay | September 21, 2005 4:15 PM
I don't think the hurricanes are to blame for any glooshing you may be seeing, Lindsay. It's more likely the dry weather we've been having. There's been no rain at all on my instruments in Cockeysville since Aug. 27. The airport has seen just .55 inch. With so little runoff into the Chesapeake, the waters have been very clear, so we can see better what's there. More importantly, the low flow has brought saltier water into the upper reaches of the Bay, which always means more sea nettles - jellyfish. It's not unusual at the end of summer,which is often dry.
Posted by: Frank Roylance | September 22, 2005 11:00 AM