>Edgewood residents told News4 that they received no promises for disaster relief and they were referred to homeowners insurance for damage from sewer backups. Some say they have already been told that insurance companies won’t cover this type of damage.

Did we read the same article? No where in it does it report that those residents actually got help. Mayor Bowser was paying lip service, same thing you get here.

This article (paywall) says that DC water later committed to offering up to $5,000 per property for restoration (same limit you can apply for here) which definitely doesn't cover the damage.

>Days later, her basement was gutted down to the studs. She and her neighbors have thrown away couches, appliances and family heirlooms. Some have no hot water because their water heaters were compromised. And after D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) visited the neighborhood last week, Sarstedt was disappointed in the city’s failure to offer financial support for rebuilding after remediation.

I get that you want to show that Baltimore DPW does a bad job when it comes to these things, because they do. Most other places do an equally bad job.

Infrastructure is incestious: you get the same best practices, the same specs, the same standards, etc. in DPW's around the country. They generally have the same problems and the same 'solutions'. Baltimore gets more news articles written about it's issues than DC because it's Baltimore, DC is a World City and Baltimore might be best known for The Wire.

Also not a unique situation to Baltimore: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-mayor-tours-sewage-damage-in-northeast-washington/2417058/

WASA and WSSC were/are also under Consent Decrees (I think WSSC's is over, but WASA's is still active), but instead of tracking down and correcting SSO's, they're doing it for CSOs.

It's amazing: Sewers don't back up when you can dump the excess into your storm drains and never even realize it. Both WASA and PWD systems are built on "Magic Pipes" (Where does this sewer pipe flow to? Who knows, Who cares. Not our problem). At least Baltimore knows when we have an overflow event.

By "Better" I should have specified: More Modern. In that we don't have any crossover between our sanitary and storm water systems.

Edit: A link to some info about DC's combined sewer system:

• CSO overflow events are triggered by <1" of rainfall
• Warning lights for when the Potomac or Anacostia Rivers are contaminated
• Greater than 1" of rainfall causes water quality issues for at least 3 days

And that's just WASA, WSSC is singlehandedly responsible for the condition of Sligo Creek (and many others). Philly has all of these same problems, and a lot less oversight. If you don't look for the issues, you won't find them.

Much of Baltimore's sewer system was rebuilt anew after the great fire. Because of that, we have one of the most modern systems of the Northeast.

While other cities' systems required massive upgrades in the 50s and 60s to separate their sanitary from their stormwater, we didn't have that issue. Yes, it's poorly recorded by as-builts/GIS, but that's not a huge issue in itself. Even well mapped systems need lots of field verification.

Infrastructure investments are made for 80-140 year lifespans, which means that timing can make a huge difference.

What do you mean by this? We have a much better wastewater system than WASA in DC or PWD in Philly.

50 million toward statewide wet infrastructure will obviously have a local impact. Particularly considering how many engineering and construction companies for the state are based in Baltimore.

You'll probably also be surprised to learn that we were using radio controlled unmanned aircraft as early as WWI.

And prior to that the Austrian military used balloons with timers to drop bombs on Venice.

Competent Militaries have known that, and have prepared for it.

Russia had a front row seat to watch the US use drones to overwhelm Iraq's Air Defenses in 1991... It's not like drones should be news to them.

They'd only look it up if someone complains. And then the only recourse would be that you'd have to remove it.

You're worried about nothing. Thanks for spending your own time and money to improve a problem lot.

Did you build the fence? Or was it just always there and you have no idea who did it?

I wouldn't be concerned about the new permit you're applying for.

Cafe Dear Leon would be a good one to check out, in addition to Patisserie Poupon

Gyms are everywhere, so you'd be drawing a more local crowd, those people would also probably be more apt to walking/biking to it. It's a gym after all.

Makerspaces or art centers are a different story.

I just realized it was posted to the wrong comment. It was meant for this:

>I just wish we could do something to combat the amount of people camping out in the left lane...ugh.

You don't have great reading comprehension do you?

Probably avoid the late night pirate cruise then. It's drinking focused more than anything.

If you have kids/nieces/nephews, the daytime one is worth it.

Maryland would have to have a left lane law first.

Currently, the only law regarding 'left-lane use' we have on the book is that in the left lane of a 3+ lane expressway, you must be going at least within 10mph of the posted speed limit.

So the only 'legal' speeds in the left lane of the JFX are between 30-40mph in the southern part, and 40-50mph for all other portions in the city.

Many application schools don't have any testing criteria to get into, particular on the Middle school level.

Furthermore, parents of elementary school kids can apply to have their kids go to schools outside of their zone.

I think that they are misrepresenting whatever data they have.

MCAP has Math testing for grades 1-8, Algebra 1, 2, and Geometry. The results are not broken down by age. What criteria are they using for "High School Proficiency"

Judging based on other "Project Baltimore" pieces, I would be very hesitant to trust anything from them. If their numbers are solid, why not include data and methodology?

I think that they are misrepresenting whatever data they have.

MCAP has Math testing for grades 1-8, Algebra 1, 2, and Geometry.

So I'd be interested to know what criteria they're using to measure High school and Elementary school proficiency. This strikes me as nothing more than another 'Project Baltimore' gotcha piece to appeal to their base (majority of whom probably aren't proficient enough in math to grasp statistics).

If it's not? Why aren't they providing the data and methodology.

You gave me some data, and tried to pass it off as the Data that Fox was using, but even given a cursory glance it's clearly not. For example, Baltimore School for the Arts isn't even in the set you linked, not even as an asterisk.

So you give me some edgey remark about how "books don't link their data hurr hurr hurr" then condescendingly try to show something that supports your case... and it doesn't.

Great, now show me where that the data is that supports these claims:

Here's what you linked, sorted by Baltimore City schools reporting anything.

What data was Fox using and why isn't their dataset available?

Oh yeah, this is definitely the Teachers Union's Fault.

Go back to the GOP meeting with your Union Busting bullshit. God forbid we pay teacher a teacher with a degree, license, and 5 years of experience more than $60k/year.

And the Link?

I went to the MCAP Website and the MD Board of Ed. Website and neither have access to the data.

Sure it says that Baltimore School for the Arts was one of 150 schools to give the MCAP test, but did they really give it? How many scores did they report?

Or did they just sign up for it and never end up giving it? My SO has given these tests to her classes, and the technology issues from Pearson often end up causing the test to be a lost cause.

All students can apply elsewhere, not all schools can take applications. It doesn't change my point.

No one is applying to get into Edmonson.

>if the school is in a bad area then you have children from a bad area stuck going to the school in the bad area.

No you don't, because those students can apply elsewhere, it's the school that cannot take outside students (which none would be applying anyway).

Good Point. Same with Carver being a "1% of student's proficient in Math" school, I'm guessing there's some factor in how/when scores are reported here.

But because it's Fox, they'll never link their data.