![]() ![]() The most recent flood left Braswell with no choice but to close down Primitive Beginnings’ other location in Fells Point. It’s shocking to see everything you worked hard for taken from you.”īeyond the emotional distress, financial issues surfaced immediately. “This time we actually had a retail store completely wrecked. ![]() “We were 8 days from moving our other company into town in the Taylor’s building, so the delayed us from moving in,” described Braswell. The 2016 flood caused major setbacks for Braswell’s other company, halting the process of moving into Main Street. “No way there would be a 1000 year flood again.” “I actually couldn’t believe it,” Braswell recalled. Primitive Beginnings owner Jeff Braswell carries employee, Samantha Kelley, who was trapped in the flood-wrecked store through rushing water. At the time of the flood, Braswell was at his children’s swim practice, and rushed downtown when his employee and two customers were stuck in the store. ![]() Jeff Braswell, owner of Primitive Beginnings, recounted the terrifying phone call he received about the flooding. On that fateful day in May, the ravaging water ripped through storefronts, destroying anything in sight. At some points the channels make 90-degree turns, which are impossible for rushing flood water to flow through, and ultimately result in the water jumping the turn and flowing down the main street. Over the years, the channels have grown narrower as buildings and facilities have been established on top. This location, though once ideal for Ellicott City’s original purpose as a mill town, and the development over stream channels has spelled disaster for the 246-year-old town.Įllicott City lacks a natural floodplain, an area for flood water to run, meaning that man-made channels were created. Since the 1800s, Ellicott City has endured six tributary-based floods mainly because of its location at the meeting point of the Tiber-Hudson watershed, where four tributary streams contribute to the Patapsco River. Although it was a struggle, they opened up their doors for business and came out not as victims, but survivors, only for the unthinkable to happen a second time.īut when you look a little bit closer, was this second flood really all that unimaginable? What made this second flood so much more heartbreaking was the fact that dozens of business owners had picked themselves up after the 2016 flood, brushed their hands off, and rebuilt, stronger than ever. It wiped out businesses, destroyed cars, and even washed away 25 feet of Ellicott Mills Drive. The storm in May brought 7.5” of rain in about five hours, the majority of the rain falling in just 3 hours. Stores, memories, history, lives- these were just a few of the things swept away in hours during the powerful storm that Sunday afternoon. ![]() The National Weather Service called the flooding "extremely dangerous and potentially catastrophic situation" Sunday evening, the Post reported.It was the one-in-a-thousand event no one expected to happen twice in under two years: the devastating flooding of Old Ellicott City on almost exactly 22 months after the Jstorm. at a downtown restaurant parking lot, the Washington Post reported. Monday after being last seen at 5:20 p.m. Relatives reported Eddison Alexander Hermond missing at 12:30 a.m. EDT 5/28: The search continues for a 39-year-old man reported missing from Ellicott City. “We remain hopeful that he will be found safe.” /9HOMhYukWB- Abby Isaacs WMAR May 28, 2018 The soldier went missing during the #ECflood yesterday helping another woman find her cat. The family of Eddison Hermond thankful for kindness, asks for privacy as they continue to search for him. ![]()
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