I was shocked, mostly because I had never witnessed a flood this close to home––literally––before. I marked myself “Safe from the Ellicott City Floods” on Facebook. In a matter of seconds, my family and friends were on high alert, calling their loved ones to make sure they weren’t out at the bars that night. I remember checking my phone and suddenly seeing photographs and videos of the place I visited the week before now completely underwater. More floods came throughout the years, and just when the city thought it was finally recovering, it faced one of the worst ones yet in 2016. as compared to other natural disasters – about $5 billion each year – according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory.Įven during a pandemic, the Ellicott City community is working hard to protect from even more damage than what it has already endured.Įllicott City has always been prone to major flooding, with the earliest recorded major flood in 1868, according to The Baltimore Sun Archives. However, most of those businesses that I and many other Marylanders have loved visiting in the past are now boarded up with their reopening status in jeopardy.įlooding causes the most damage in the U.S. Growing up in Maryland, walking down historical Ellicott City’s Main Street and window shopping at locally owned businesses with a nice cup of hot chocolate in hand has always been one of my favorite ways to spend a day.
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