Here is an interesting and frightening graphic. Over 3” of rain fell in the 1st 30 minutes.
9-11 calls here also:
Posted on 07/30/2016 9:39:45 PM PDT by rdl6989
CNN)A flash flood emergency has been issued for portions of the Baltimore, Maryland, area, with the National Weather Service citing "severe" flooding and warning people to get to higher ground.
"Move to higher ground now. This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation," the weather service said in a warning issued at 10:40 p.m ET. "Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order."
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Yes, it is Caplan’s dept store front, as the floor tiles still show in the pix.
Here is an interesting and frightening graphic. Over 3” of rain fell in the 1st 30 minutes.
9-11 calls here also:
I apologize for my careless and flippant remark. I was wrong to wish ill on anyone.
But it is one of the things here on FR that frustrates me – that some folks, those from other parts of the country would make light of such a thing happing in another part and assume that the people affected, in some way had it coming to them because they are perceived to all be liberals or must be “Amish” (another thing I get tired of hearing).
It is akin to likening all of Washington State and all of the people living there based on Seattle, Oregon based on Portland, all of California based on LA and San Francisco, all of New York based on NYC (or parts of NYC), all of New Jersey based on Newark, all of Wisconsin based on Madison, all of Michigan based on Detroit, all of Texas based on Austin, etc.
I live in south central PA now because of a job change and to be closer to my family who lives here now, but I grew up and spent the majority of my life in the Baltimore area and lived in Baltimore City for quite a number of years. Does Baltimore have a lot of problems – yes. Are the Democratic politicians to blame for causing and making matters worse – yes. Do they get re-elected – yes. Sad, because Baltimore is more than just the rioters of last year and is not representative of all the people of Baltimore nor of all the surrounding area nor of all of the rest of the state.
I also knew and still know quite a number of good people, and a number of other conservative people while living there - a minority - yes - but not completely extinct. One was my neighbor who lived across the street from me at the house in NE Baltimore that I owned and were I lived for over 15 years. He started a neighborhood watch and community org. to try to keep our neighborhood safe and stable. He was very conservative and a gun owner, a hunter and fisherman, and he and his wife were terrific people - the type of people who would not hesitate to help a neighbor in need or look out for several of our elderly neighbors. Having for a few years volunteered for the Baltimore GOP, believe it or not I even got to know a few black conservatives.
I watched a news report on WBAL out of Baltimore which is on my cable here in York PA. One woman who was interviewed lost her business and her home (she lived over her store on Main Street in one of the buildings that has been deemed to be in danger of collapse and will have to be demolished) and her car. She said she was grateful to God that she and so many others made it out alive and as to the car? She said that after losing her business and her home, the car was an afterthought, the easiest (she hopes) to replace.
Another woman interviewed had just gotten married and she and her husband had recently moved into an apartment on Main Street Ellicott City. They also cannot get back in because of the danger of collapse and said that all she really wanted to do was get to her papers so she could get her name changed and perhaps retrieve a few wedding gifts and a few other personal belongings that have a personal significance to her and her husband.
And many of the small business owners - the shop keepers and restaurant owners are trying to help their employees find temporary or permanent employment elsewhere.
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