Information was coming in each hour about the water level of Little Patuxent River at Savage, MD:
10.22 ft at 2012-10-29 15:15:00
11.19 ft at 2012-10-29 16:15:00
12.13 ft at 2012-10-29 17:15:00
12.86 ft at 2012-10-29 18:15:00
13.47 ft at 2012-10-29 19:15:00
Messages stopped coming probably because the power went out after 7:15 PM.
This morning the news stations are reporting: "2 millions gallons of sewage are pouring into the Little Patuxent River" due to power being out at the at Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant at 8900 Greenwood Place, Savage, MD - less than 2 miles away from the LITTLE PATUXENT RIVER AT SAVAGE gage (39�08'03.9", -76�48'58.2"). This is the river water that back-fills into the Oxbow Lake in the Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve.
Jay Sheppard ventured out this morning and had this preliminary report:
Bufflehead (new arrivals)
Hooded Merganser (new arrivals)
250+ Canada Geese
1 American Bittern
2 Bald Eagle
no vegetation visible in lake
Marcy Stutzman
Russet, MD
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