Two Dead, 100 Rescued After Flooding In Maryland

[dlevere]

Two people were swept away to their deaths and more than 100 others had to be rescued after heavy rains caused severe damage in Maryland over the weekend.

Almost 6 inches of rain fell in Ellicott City from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., the equivalent of a full month's normal rainfall, Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said Sunday afternoon. The Patapsco River, which runs through the area, rose more than 13 feet Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service.

Kittleman called it "a terrible, terrible, horrific incident," adding: "It looks like a war zone."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/...ryland-n620416

[bungholio]

I was wondering where that video of people being pulled in from a flood came from. I wish we had a simple solution to build defense preparations for this kind of thing and should they fail then a plan to just flat out rebuild without every human being's life going to hell from it. There's likely a lot of people living paycheck to paycheck with very little and a job there, now what becomes of their lives? No property, no money, no job, and possibly no life worth struggling to survive for anymore.

[dlevere]

This is fucked up. I've been in two floods like that, and you lose everything.