After all the rain we had I decided to walk down to the Monocacy River near my house and see how high the water was.
Here is the trail I usually walk on …
And here is approximately the same area on a sunny day …
Yikes!
~Guy~
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9 responses so far ↓
Cygnus // May 14, 2008 at 8:36 am
Yikes indeed. The News-Post had a photo today of how the Monocacy River has come all the way up to the top of the just-restored aqueduct.
The ford at Prices Distillery Rd and Rt 75 may be closed for quite some time yet.
And, I’m counting the seconds to another sinkhole. Not that I WANT there to be another sinkhole, mind you, but it’s almost inevitable. I hope I’m wrong.
Sarah in Maryland // May 14, 2008 at 9:42 am
I planted flowers the day before it rained and rained and rained. Now they are as happy as can be!
proudgeek // May 14, 2008 at 11:22 am
My MARC train ride takes me over the Monocacy River — and I can see the Aqueduct from the rail bridge. It’s really awesome in a, uh, watching-a-train-wreck sense to see the Monocacy River touching the arches of the bridge and knowing how much the water had to rise to get that high. Looks like a lake out there now, but I daresay in a couple days (if even that long), it’ll go back to looking like a small river.
I do wonder about the farm across the Monocacy River from the Monocacy MARC station behind Target. Its lower pastures are being regularly flooded by the river. How’s the owner coping??
Jim H // May 14, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I’m pretty sure that farm is a part of the Monocacy National Battlefield and the person farming it is just renting space to grow crops.
I wasn’t around for Agnes, but I vividly remember a winter thaw after a big snow storm when the river was 1/2 way up the steel bridge at 26 (before the new bridge) and then it froze again so it looked like you were driving through an ice tunnel. I think that was in’95 or ‘96.
Guy // May 14, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I must be getting old, b/c I have actually done a post like this way back 05. The pictures there provide some more comparisons.
Darrell Russ // May 14, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I can remember when both the Monocacy and Carroll Creek flooded a good portion of the city of Frederick in 1976. The Frederick Towne Mall was a lake as was Baker Park and the Square Corner and most of South Market Street.
FrederickFan // May 14, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Yes, I also vividly recall the effects of Agnes in ‘76. My roommate at the time was from Frederick, and I just couldn’t believe her descriptions of how high the water got in downtown area. Her dad’s pawnbroker business was devastated by water that reached 10 feet high in the building. But, I guess in the end there was a silver lining for his business and some others, which were able to refurbish and upgrade their aging buildings with low-cost loans they received in the aftermath of the flooding.
hunter // May 14, 2008 at 3:00 pm
i walk there every week but i didnt go that week
Cygnus // May 14, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Prices Distillery and 75 has reopened. Only New Design at Nolands Ferry hasn’t reopened yet, according to the county.
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