What's going on in Ellicott City, MD?

[malaise]

Holy Shit!

Link to tweet

Mike Seidel
(@mikeseidel)It's happening again! Flash flooding devastating Main St. in Old Town Ellicott City, MD rivaling the 2016 deadly flood. Multiple rescues in progress. Officials telling people to head to the second floors and shelter in place; they'll come to you. Video via Kali Harris. pic.twitter.com/83cR7LJ…
14 mins ago · Twitter

WeatherNation
(@WeatherNation)
#BREAKING: FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY remains in effect for Ellicott City, MD in Howard County. Multiple water rescues happening now. This is a developing story. Stay with us for updates. #MDwx pic.twitter.com/q9ncdjp…
7 mins ago · Twitter
Brian van de Graaff
(@ABC7Brian)
FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY has been issued for Ellicott City in Howard County, MD. Significant flooding with multiple rescues happening now. Doppler estimated rainfall showing potentially 5 inches in the past few hours! pic.twitter.com/mTCFp9D…
28 mins ago · Twitter

[B2G]

1. This.

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[malaise]

2. Added that same time

Damn!

[B2G]

3. Just updated with a different video

Astounding.

[malaise]

5. Could not believe that video

Saw something about it on WU while looking at system in the Gulf of Mexico

[FakeNoose]

48. Ellicott City MD is just west of Baltimore and north of Washington DC

Good luck to everyone living near there!

[cyclonefence]

27. "Holy fucking shit" indeed n/t

[dem4decades]

54. That statement and the thunder in the background was the perfect audio for that video.

[Snackshack]

35. Holy %#*# Shit is right. Damn.

Hope people had fair warning and time to evacuate. That’s some serious water coming down Main Street.

[backtoblue]

64. Oh my goodness! Holy fucking shit indeed!!!

[AJT]

4. Rain?

[B2G]

6. Yeah. A lot.

Same thing happened in 2016. It's at the bottom of a basin with nothing to stop the water.

[malaise]

7. Five plus inches of rain in a few hours is not merely rain

Please

[AJT]

10. Yikes!

[guillaumeb]

13. Climate change is a fiction.

Ask Rex Tillerson and Jim Inhofe.

[malaise]

14. Wish both were in those vehicles

Morons!

[guillaumeb]

16. Agreed.

And Trump on the back seat.

Good luck with the coming storm system.

[spooky3]

50. The region also had a lot of rain in recent weeks.

So this rain was just too much.

[Renew Deal]

8. The same thing happened a couple years ago

It looked like Japan after the tsunami

[malaise]

9. Saw that among the feeds

Damn - heavier rain is falling all over the place

[B2G]

11. I'm terrified for those folks on the first floors.

I wonder how much warning they had?

[malaise]

12. Not much listening to the language

[crazylikafox]

37. There was no warning. It just started raining like all hell broke loose

[marylandblue]

15. We've been get more of these intense localized flash flood events recently

Same thing happened in nearby Frederick, MD a few weeks ago.

Extreme weather events...

[malaise]

17. Same all over

The thing is - the experts warned us this was coming - climate change

[NutmegYankee]

18. Yep!

Our future...

[malaise]

22. Meanwhile the morons on cable are talking about

North Korea

[backtoblue]

33. Chuck Todd hasn't mentioned it at all..

[NickB79]

65. We just got 1.5" in a few hours here in MN on Friday

And it was almost 100 degrees yesterday! In May! Good God!

[BigmanPigman]

19. Man, the last time I saw something like that was in Rio, Brazil.

It went away as quickly as it came too. They are used to it down there though.
I am watching it on the Weather Channel now. Two more inches coming in another band soon. July 2016 was the last time this happened. 6 inches in a few hours and it isn't over. Yikes!

[malaise]

21. Emergency Issued

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/weather/bs-md-flooding-memorial-day-weekend-20180527-story.html
An emergency was issued in Ellicott City in Howard County at 4:40 p.m.

“This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC situation and you must move to HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM ANYWHERE WHERE WATER IS MOVING,” the National Weather Service tweeted.

[TimeSnowDemos]

20. That's incredible.

Omg. Hard to believe.

[malaise]

28. CNN - fire services say there are building collapses

OMFG!
Many of these old buildings would have been undermined during a similar event in 2016

[TimeSnowDemos]

39. Jesus!

It looks like something from a movie.

[hatrack]

23. Man, that's some Chinese Hoax!

Barely two years now?

[malaise]

24. CNN finally discussing this after the break

Cable is useless

[hatrack]

44. I stand corrected - 22 months since the last disastrous flood (July 2016)

Never, ever underestimate the power of moving water.

[Achilleaze]

25. republican lies about climate chaos are a clear and present danger to America

[malaise]

26. +1,000

Bangs head

[Laffy Kat]

29. ...

[liberal N proud]

30. Looks like they are white water rafting on main street

Looks deadly, hope everyone is safe.

[malaise]

31. More video

I hope folks are safe

[Ferrets are Cool]

32. Incredible videos...

I hope everyone is alive.

[malaise]

34. per CNN

At least one building has collapsed

[crazylikafox]

36. shit. Thx. I'm here in EC. Was hoping the buildings would at least survive.

It's still raining

[malaise]

38. Please get to higher ground

More rain is coming
I"m following on CNN and Weather Underground.

[crazylikafox]

40. Thank you! I live on higher ground about a mile from Main st. so I'm ok.

But still getting torrential rain. So far just a little water in my basement. Fingers crossed.

[malaise]

42. Folks at WU you say you have one more heavy band to come through

Link to tweet

State of Emergency declared

This too will pass

[PghTiny]

41. Again???!!!

They had a flood of the millennium maybe a year or two ago. Now they're getting another one?

[malaise]

43. Yep

but remember the morons say there is no climate change



From WU discussion

[MiniMe]

47. 2 years ago

They had just opened things up again.

[LuckyCharms]

45. Pretty sure I heard 13 inches in 3 hours!!????

I can't fathom that! I survived and dealt with the aftermath of 12 inches over 3 days...I can't even imagine the hell in Ellicott City right now.

[malaise]

46. Saw that on WU as well

Topography makes it worse - watching on CNN - looks like the water is receding now

[IronLionZion]

49. Maybe Trump and Hogan will build up some flood control infrastructure there

since this keeps happening every few years in that town going back centuries.

And maybe international media will share this story around the world to show them the greatness of America.

And maybe Republicans will blame this on Democratic local government, except the governor has been Republican for the last 4 years.

And then in 2020, we'll unfortunately see this again. I was shocked when I saw this in 2012, but not when it happened again in 2016, and then read that it always happens. Ellicott City is prone to flooding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellicott_City,_Maryland#Floods

[spooky3]

51. From WaPo:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/05/27/flash-flood-emergency-in-ellicott-city-md-as-thunderstorms-unload-excessive-rainfall/?utm_term=.3bdc9b362738

[malaise]

60. From your link

Radar suggests that more than eight inches of rain has fallen around Ellicott City and Catonsville. A weather station in Catonsville registered nearly 13 inches of rain in just three hours Sunday afternoon.

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[applegrove]

52. River went up 28 feet in 2 hours.

[malaise]

57. I thought I heard 18ft which is stunning but 28ft is beyond my imagination

Damn- stay safe folks

[applegrove]

59. Maybe i am wrong. I could not find it online. Some CNN anchor said it.

[malaise]

61. 18ft or 28ft - either is record-breaking

[applegrove]

66. In 2 hours yes. Terrifying.

[sparkeyd53]

53. Live about five miles from EC

Man I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much rain in such a short amount of time. Remember back in 1973 hurricane Agnas hit EC hard and a few people were killed but that was over three days of rain and the river crested but this is just horrific

[malaise]

56. Stay safe and welcome to DU

[sparkeyd53]

62. Thank you

[Sorceress]

55. Again!!!

Some of those shops just re-opened from the last flood. I know they have to be losing their minds right now.

[paleotn]

58. We're going to have to get use to it...

as the planet's climate cycles to a new state of equilibrium. Who knows when and where that will be. Sad and damn scary.

[malaise]

63. How do we get used to this

in islands the size of Dominica or in rural parts of Jamaica or worse yet cities like Kingston on Port of Spain in Trinidad.
Contemplating repairing infrastructure with these anti-government politicians is terrifying.

[paleotn]

67. It will be a nightmare....

We will probably become numb to it. I told you so's won't matter. We did this to ourselves.

[Sophiegirl]

69. Oh no!

Not again. They haven’t fully recover from the last time this happened.

[bigtree]

70. right down the road from me

...I can't believe they were caught off guard again.

Just woke up. Fuck.