Comments on: High water http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/ A guide to living, working, and playing in Frederick, Maryland Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cygnus http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/#comment-4081 Cygnus Wed, 14 May 2008 21:26:10 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=873#comment-4081 Prices Distillery and 75 has reopened. Only New Design at Nolands Ferry hasn't reopened yet, according to the county. Prices Distillery and 75 has reopened. Only New Design at Nolands Ferry hasn’t reopened yet, according to the county.

]]> By: hunter http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/#comment-4080 hunter Wed, 14 May 2008 20:00:39 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=873#comment-4080 i walk there every week but i didnt go that week i walk there every week but i didnt go that week

]]> By: FrederickFan http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/#comment-4079 FrederickFan Wed, 14 May 2008 19:14:21 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=873#comment-4079 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. 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.

]]> By: Darrell Russ http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/#comment-4078 Darrell Russ Wed, 14 May 2008 18:49:12 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=873#comment-4078 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. 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.

]]> By: Guy http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/#comment-4077 Guy Wed, 14 May 2008 17:34:32 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=873#comment-4077 I must be getting old, b/c I have actually done a post like this way back 05. <a href="http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2005/03/29/high-water/" rel="nofollow">The pictures there provide some more comparisons</a>. 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.

]]> By: Jim H http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/#comment-4076 Jim H Wed, 14 May 2008 17:23:19 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=873#comment-4076 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. 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.

]]> By: proudgeek http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/#comment-4075 proudgeek Wed, 14 May 2008 16:22:05 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=873#comment-4075 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?? 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??

]]> By: Sarah in Maryland http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/#comment-4074 Sarah in Maryland Wed, 14 May 2008 14:42:54 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=873#comment-4074 I planted flowers the day before it rained and rained and rained. Now they are as happy as can be! I planted flowers the day before it rained and rained and rained. Now they are as happy as can be!

]]> By: Cygnus http://frederickmarylandonline.com/2008/05/14/high-water-2/#comment-4073 Cygnus Wed, 14 May 2008 13:36:07 +0000 http://frednet.wordpress.com/?p=873#comment-4073 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. 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.

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