Visit Maryland Humanities events page here for more information. Howard County Historical Society will host a special premiere in their Ellicott City museum location for the one year anniversary of the second flood on May 30 th at 6:30 PM. The film has already received an honorable mention at the Baltimore County Public School Film Expo.
The flash flooding coursed through many historic buildings, washing away the town’s iconic clock and ultimately killing two people. Precipitation from the 2016 event totaled 6. 1), was severely flooded by intense, short-duration rainfall that resulted in loss of life significant damage to buildings, roads, infrastructure and hundreds of vehicles washed away. HSBC will be showing the film and music video from May 25 th to July 6 th during the exhibition Water/Ways. Water rushed down Main Street on July 30, 2016. IntroductionOn July 30, 2016, and May 27, 2018, the downtown area of Ellicott City, Maryland (fig. Their performance in this music video is emblematic of the literal power of water that the city has faced but also the faith that the community has that they will find solutions, despite tough choices ahead. A state of Emergency has been declared for the state of Maryland, as it starts to clean up and recover from. The LHS Honors Choral Ensemble also went to Ellicott City and sang "Take Me to the Water" at some of the community’s landmark locales. That flash flood back in 2016 had two fatalities. "The most important thing is that we’re out of time." "The catastrophic flooding we’ve experienced has also caused a tear in the fabric, each time there’s a major flood, there are people who move away, businesses that don’t come back, relationships that get frayed." But this is not the kind of jackpot that we want to hit." "You know development versus the change in climate versus the geographical location-it’s just one of those perfect storm areas that when things line up, it’s like you hit the slot machine. "They had 6-8 inches of water falling in just 2 or 3 hours and there’s nothing that’s gonna stop the flooding." Below are a few excerpts of what they heard from the community: In order to create their film, LHS students traveled to Ellicott City for one day to interview residents, politicians, and business owners while collecting footage and additional research. Although Ellicott City is not in Baltimore County, HSBC provided numerous resources and crucial links to Howard County Historical Society for this impressive region-wide endeavor. HSBC applied to be part of MoMS’ Stories: YES program shortly after the second destructive flood in 2018. For the exhibition of Water/Ways at the Historical Society of Baltimore County (HSBC) in Cockeysville, Maryland, students documented the history of flooding in Ellicott City including floods that destroyed the historic downtown in 2016 and again in 2018. Twelve students from Lansdowne High School (LHS) Televideo program know the impact of massive flooding-they’ve witnessed it twice in their region in just two years.
0 kommentar(er)
