Ellicott City Flooding (Raw Footage Sept 7, 2011)

[YoyoCarlanie]

MX: Weak Signal 7NY - TV. abc News^Staff.

[BHapiNow]

Not only did he capture the video but, he was also out there helping people. I think that is huge! Thanks Matt. And my favorite is the floating flower pot with my car's alarm going off in the background.

[BHapiNow]

Not only did he capture the video but, he was also out there helping people. I think that is huge! Thanks Matt.

[yellowman88]

holy crap i used to live near toll house road which is like 1 min from old ellicott city.

[PatPlein]

I lived in EC during Agnes in 1974. I believe the high water marker is still on the railroad bridge going toward Baltimore County. The water was covering the first story windows of most of the buildings. Unless somebody figures out a way to move the Patapsco River Ellicott City will continue to suffer floods for perpetuity.

[theOlLineRebel]

@PatPlein

'72. ;-)

Yes, it's marked at 14.5 feet, below the bridge (scary that just a few years later, '75, another storm came that flooded just a few feet lower). The 1868 floods are shown above the bridge.  Yikes.

[BHapiNow]

Sorry Matt, I put a message on the wrong video. My Black Toyota Celica Convertible is in that mess. My car was the one going off non-stop. I would love to have a copy of this video for nostalgia. I am in EC every wednesday. Please contact me at ecoridegreen@gmail.com

[broncoxl302]

can you imagin agnus was atat the bootom of that train bridge!



[iloveandybvb]

So crazy only like 5 minutes from my house :o

[JameyMoylan]

How is the flooding today? It hasn't stopped raining since yesterday! I hope the businesses don't suffer too much damage!

[trekkieturtle]

I'm downriver in Balto Highlands. Was flooded there this morning, roads closed. Never seen the Tiber that high!!

[andreamiralia]

It is amazing how quickly the waters receded last night. What a relief.

[belliott4488]

Matt - don't know if you've caught this, but you're on the cover of the Sun, shooting part of this video. The photographer was across the bridge, and you can match his shot with the point at just about 6:16 in your video. The photographer is Geoff Baker of Oella, who has more excellent photographs at oellaworks (dot) zenfolio (dot) com/ecflooding.

[TPNmatt]

@belliott4488 Thanks for the tip! Some great photographs by Geoff.

[dnikbotarts]

I may be a horrible person for this but as I am sorry it flooded ... I'm super jealous I wasn't there with my camera. Great opportunity captured. Nice job and thanks for sharing.

[pnoozi]

man it's been like 2 days straight of rain here in NY... last thing we needed after Irene

[asdfqwer7018]

Stupid truck @ 6:05

[Fox250R]

@asdfqwer7018 Why stupid? If i had a big ass 4x4 id be getting the fuck out too

[themeggzerz]

wow . and only 2 Mins away. wow. tg I live on a hill! graet vid too! do u know if it's gotten much higher?

[TPNmatt]

@themeggzerz Thanks! Main Street was clear by about 4pm, and the Tiber river is back to a normal level now. The Patapsco river is still raging, but it's at least 5 feet lower than it was at its peak this afternoon.

[morbidavatar]

Jeez. It's hard to imagine this after being there fairly recently with the water so calm.

[ReaIized]

wow. that is only a 30sec drive from where i live too!

[crazyitalian041]

this is pretty insane... was this today matt?

[moviedan]

Great footage!!

[thorshiftable]

ye cause today is the 7th? lolz



[JAZZYJULS]

thank you so much for posting this!

[TPNmatt]

Crap, yes, September 7th. I'll fix the description.

[eviljesterswife]

Was this from September 7th, today?

[x3bumbleBeex31]

don't you mean this happened today, september 7th?