Good morning! Washingtonian magazine has this very interesting piece about what would happen if a flood were to hit the area.

A thought I'd rather not ponder:

“There’s been considerable development in areas that in my opinion shouldn’t be considered for development,” says University of Maryland coastal scientist Michael Kearney. On Kent Island, on the other side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge from Annapolis, “I can’t believe that those new homes wouldn’t be at severe risk from a major hurricane.”

The writer, Steve Olson, points out that we are losing our early warning signs for hurricanes-- tidal marshes and wetlands. Just as they did in Louisiana. Even in good-weather times, these wetlands, which are rapidly disappearing, are like the kidneys of the bay -- they help filter sediment and protect us from erosion.