Sea-Level Rise Is Already Taking a Toll on Annapolis.

Ryan Lamy began his restaurant career selling hot dogs from a cart in Pasadena, Maryland. But all the while, he longed to open a real café. In 2009, his dream came true when he found a small space to rent on the Annapolis waterfront and turned it into Pip’s Dock Street Dogs, one of the many shops and restaurants in the trendy area known as City Dock. Pip’s offers multiple varieties of dogs and burgers, and — he boasts — the best cheesesteak outside of Philly.

Flooding in Annapolis, Maryland, December, 2012. 

People flock to Pip’s every day, especially on weekends. That is, unless they have to slosh through a foot of water to get there.

Read the NexusMedia story by Marlene Cimons -“Sea-Level Rise Is Already Taking a Toll on Annapolis.”