Norfolk exists because of the sea. Ships have been built in its harbors since the Revolutionary War. It is home to the largest naval base on the globe. Bounded by the Chesapeake Bay and two rivers, sliced by coastal creeks, Norfolk has always been vulnerable to flooding. But over the past decade, people began noticing alarming trends.
Hurricanes and nor’easters became more frequent and more damaging. Even ordinary rainstorms swamped intersections, washed away parked cars and marooned the region’s major medical center. Before 1980, the inlet near the Chrysler Museum, known as the Hague, had never flooded for more than 100 hours in a year. By 2009, it was routinely flooded for 200 and even 300 hours a year.
Norfolk’s Maury High School Grad Backs Teachers
That’s right, the boy from Maury High School has become the champion of the nation’s teachers. Who is this Maury grad? None other than MSNBC’s Ed Schultz. Ed has never been one of my favorites but I have new respect. He has been out to Wisconsin and has gotten down in the trenches.
Jackie Haworth, a retired teacher from Ohio, appears on the Ed Show to discuss how things really are. She was amazing. Ed met Jackie because she emailed him after his radio show. Jackie has been where many people have not.
Ed goes back to Maury High School next week. Maury is in the middle of Norfolk. I assume he will find that things have changed alot. Very few commentators have been as supportive of public school teachers during this crisis as Ed.