This happened two years ago. Not sure if they had finished rebuilding.



https://www.washingtonpost.com...m_term=.6facd297cddf

Ugh. Not again...

We spent an afternoon walking around down there about six months after the last disaster and they weren’t quite back to normal yet.

It’s a nice little Main Street, but you couldn’t pay me enough to have a business there. Fortunately, the Howard County Circuit Court is waaay up on the top of a hill, but it could still affect normal business this week.

-Rob

Most of downtown Main Street had re-opened. Problem is, most merchants can't afford flood insurance there, since it can happen at any time. Last time in 2016, my nephew was there that night and was trapped on the second floor of the bar he managed at the bottom of the street. He was not there today, however, his parents got about 4 foot of water in their basement, and they live about 3 miles away, on top of the hill.

Talked to my mom who is at friends not too far from there. Power was out for hours and no water. Trees down and sections of roads closed.

Barely any rain about 10 miles south of there.

My wife is from there. We got married at St. Paul's at the top of the hill. She showed me some videos tonight that people had posted to Facebook. It's really sad. Some of those shops can't afford to take another hit.

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Floods

The town is prone to flooding from the Patapsco River and its tributary the Tiber River. These floods have had a major impact on the history of the town, often destroying important businesses and killing many. Ellicott City has had major devastating floods in 1817, 1837, 1868,[5] 1901, 1917, 1923, 1938, 1942, 1952, 1956, 1972 (Hurricane Agnes), 1975 (Hurricane Eloise), 1989, 2011, 2016, and 2018. The 1868 flood washed away 14 houses, killing 39 to 43 (accounts vary) in and around Ellicott City. It wiped out the Granite Manufacturing Cotton Mill, Charles A. Gambrill's Patapsco Mill, John Lee Carroll's mill buildings, and dozens of homes.[5] One mill was rebuilt by Charles Gambrill, which remained in operation until a fire in 1916.[6]:36
Historic flood stages marked on the B&O viaduct, c. 2006. Hurricane Agnes flood stage (14.5 feet (4.4 m)) is in the middle of the photograph.

A 1923 flood topped bridges, in 1952 an 8-foot (2.4 m) wall of water swept the shops of Ellicott City, and a 1956 flood inflicted heavy damage at the Bartigis Brothers plant. On June 21, 1972, the Patapsco River valley flooded 14.5 feet (4.4 m) from the remnants of Hurricane Agnes, taking out a concrete bridge, destroying the Jonathan Ellicott home, and the 1910 Victor Blode water filtration plant, and flooding Main Street to the Odd Fellows hall.[6]:26 The Old Main Line of the B&O Railroad also sustained serious damage.

On September 27, 1975, the town was flooded 9.0 feet (2.7 m) from Hurricane Eloise. Floods also occurred September 22, 1989, from Hurricane Hugo, and on September 7, 2011, flooding 11.0 feet (3.4 m) from Tropical Storm Lee.

Really sad for E.C. and surrounding areas. We were supposed to be having lunch in the columbia area and would have traveled the area of RT 29 that also flooded yesterday. Wild to see that section of road under water. Lunch was moved to today and we will be moving venues as it is right on the lake that flooded over. I know how to pick em.

http://foxbaltimore.com/news/l...ter-rescues-underway

I was in that area yesterday when these storms hit. The intensity and duration of the rain was pretty amazing. When I finally got to drive away it wasn’t far to where it wasn’t raining at all, and looked like it hadn’t really. And yet, torrential downpour where I was for damn near 3 hours.

Have to go back up there this afternoon

For those in the area parts of Rt 29 are still closed. Looks like Southbound from Rt 175 to Broken Land and Rt 32 to Rt 216.

My mom just sent me a picture of a childhood friend and his GF stuck yesterday on the second story on a building on Mainstreet. Standing in a few inches of water on the second story. His GF had to climb out a window on the first floor the water came up so quickly.

Is Terrsiguel's(sp?) still there? I haven't been there in more than 2 decades, but I recall it was wonderful. The waiter was the best I'd ever had before or since. Charlie was his name. You know you're a good waiter when your customer (from out of state) remembers your name over 20 years later.

This is why you shouldn't build Main Street in the bed of an old stream. Because the lay of the land will insure that there are flash floods. I mean, Come On, flash floods dating back to 1817 and they still haven't figured out that rebuilding is not at all reasonable.

PS; I care because I am quite certain that a portion of every single American working person's taxes have gone to pay for all these cycles of rebuilding.

Seems the city has flooded so many times already, probably unlikely to happen again.

Building, and rebuilding in a known flood plain seems pretty effing STUPID to me.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
Building, and rebuilding in a known flood plain seems pretty effing STUPID to me.

Valmeyer IL got smart and moved to higher ground:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5214038&page=1