The stage was set for potential flash flooding---heavy rain contributing to run off, run off testing the drainage along Main Street in Ellicott City and creating torrents downstream.
COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING,WHICH HAS PROVEN DEADLY THEREIN RECENT YEARS.
WMAR 2 NEWSJEFF HAGER HAS MORE ON HOWRESIDENTS ARE RELIEVED BYDIFFERENT OUTCOME THIS TIME.(HAGER ST-UP) 34:40“The stormbrought heavy rain, but noflooding to Historic EllicottCity where residents hadprepared for the worst”(TRACK) THE STAGE WAS SET FORPOTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING---HEAVY RAIN CONTRIBUTING TO RUOFF, RUN OFF TESTING THEDRAINAGE ALONG MAIN STREET INELLICOTT CITY AND CREATINTORRENTS DOWNSTREAM.
TWO YEARSAGO, CHRIS McINTYRE HAD FLOODWATERS RISE TO A LEVEL JUSTBELOW HIS SECOND FLOOR WINDOWAND IT TOOK MONTHS FOR HIM TGET OVER THE EXPERIENCE.(SOT)---ChrisMcIntyre/Ellicott City 24:46“When I moved back, and I wasin the same situation and itstarted raining.
I mean I hadnever really had a panicattack like that and I wjust shaking& grabbed the doout of the car, left and said,’I canHOWARD COUNTY OVERSAW THEREMOVAL OF DEBRIS FROM THECHANNELS BENEATH THE CITYLEADING UP TO THIS STORM,WHICH AT ITS PEAK HAD ONLYDOWNED A HANDFUL OF TREESCAUSING MODEST POWER OUTAGESSPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY, BUTNO FLOODING IN ELLICOTT CITY.(SOT)---Calvin Ball/HowaCounty Executive 12:17“Wewell prepared.
Weworking hard and our hope isthat this fast- moving storwill get past us in shortorder, but until then wegoing to stay vigilant”(TRACK) AS WILL CHRIS McINTYREWHO CREDITS THE DELICATEBALANCE OF THE STORMDURATION AND ITS VOLUME OFRAIN WITH SPARING THE CITY ANFLOODING.
(SOT) 25:46“If youget three to five inches downhere thatnot in 10 hours.
At six hoursand five hours it is and alittle less than that---itmight stop raining.
Italways going to be therunoff” (TRACK) AND IT WILLALWAYS BRING A MEASURE OFANXIETY TO THE FLOOD-WEACITY UNTIL THE COUNTY CAN TAKEREAL STEPS TO CHANGE THEDRAINAGE SYSTEM BENEATH ALL OFTHIS HISTORY.
(SOT) 27:25“Iknow theycan when they can, but forsomeone like me, itfour years.
Itfloods.
ItWe have the alert system.
Wehave the action plan now,which is all great, but wenever gonna stop Mother Natureand werunoff so the quicker we canget this done, the safer thisplace will be” (HAGER ST-UP)35:26“Reporting in EllicottCity, Jeff Hager, WMAR 2News”THOSE ON THE EASTERN SHORE AREDEALING WITH A LOT OF CL
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High winds from Tropical Storm Isaias in New York City on Tuesday (August 4) downed tree parts in lower Manhattan.
