Another flood

[Fox Mike]

This is the second flood this town has had in two years. This is Main Street. Unbelievable the power of rushing water.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maryland-community-heartbroken-second-flood-2-years-030316193.html

 

[Pat-inCO]

This is Main Street.
Unbelievable the power of rushing water.

Very true!

Back about '74(ish?) there was a major downpour in the canyon of highway
34 that runs from Estes Park to Loveland. Major segments of the canyon
were wiped clean. Road gone, houses gone, and no telling exactly how
many people were killed. Took several years to rebuild most of it.

Yes, large batch of water will take almost everything possible as it departs.

 

[pete44ru]

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That's no flood - It's a Tsunami ! ! :shock:

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[coach]

Something like 8” of rain in 6 hours with most of it in a 2 to 3 hour period. I’m only about 20 miles away and we only had about an inch all day.

 

[Muley Gil]

I lived in Severn for a number of years and worked at O'Donnell Pontiac in Ellicott City for a few weeks. Me and buddy used to go into EC and check out the antique stores. We also climbed the hill where the railroad tunnel is bored.

There have been a number floods there over the years. I remember a bad one around 1972. My opinion is that over the years, with all of the development and all of the land turned into housing, there is very little to slow down the water that goes into the Patapsco River. All that rain has to go somewhere. I have a hard time imagining 8" in that short of a time.

 

[Fox Mike]

There are four or five small streams that converge just north of the city. When they overflow Main Street is where it all ends going. It is a lovely little town but just not the place for a business; at least not on Main Street.

 

[coach]

Those old mill towns have always had issues with periodic flooding. With all the development upstream it’s pretty much guaranteed to happen now.

 

[Rick Courtright]

There have been a number floods there over the years. I remember a bad one around 1972. My opinion is that over the years, with all of the development and all of the land turned into housing, there is very little to slow down the water that goes into the Patapsco River. All that rain has to go somewhere.

Hi,

You've nailed it, Gil!

Some years back a rapidly developing area in SoCal experienced some serious flooding during one of our uncommonly wet winters. In particular, a seasonal creek, which had not flooded in 150 years of records, overflowed and caused all kinds of damage and commotion. Nobody could understand it, until some rocket surgeon (County planning department or Univ. of Calif.--I forget which) figured out what you just said, that neither red tile roofs, concrete or asphalt absorb much water, and the three in conjunction with each other simply took several square miles worth of runoff and funneled it straight into this little creek, where it ran 5-8 feet higher than ever recorded until the rains subsided.

And we pay these people? :roll:

Rick C

 

[Colonialgirl]

There have been a number floods there over the years. I remember a bad one around 1972. My opinion is that over the years, with all of the development and all of the land turned into housing, there is very little to slow down the water that goes into the Patapsco River. All that rain has to go somewhere.

Hi,

You've nailed it, Gil!

Some years back a rapidly developing area in SoCal experienced some serious flooding during one of our uncommonly wet winters. In particular, a seasonal creek, which had not flooded in 150 years of records, overflowed and caused all kinds of damage and commotion. Nobody could understand it, until some rocket surgeon (County planning department or Univ. of Calif.--I forget which) figured out what you just said, that neither red tile roofs, concrete or asphalt absorb much water, and the three in conjunction with each other simply took several square miles worth of runoff and funneled it straight into this little creek, where it ran 5-8 feet higher than ever recorded until the rains subsided.

And we pay these people? :roll:

Rick C

Took them some YEARS to discover that if you cut off the TOE of a hill and cut across the hill at various levels, eventually during a "rainy season" it WILL all slide back to its normal angle (Forget the scientific name for the natural slope). Of course too some areas are ALL abode which has its own reaction to lots of rain!
Yeah Rick; I lived out there for 20 years and had friends who were native SoCal Californians .