I was digging around an old box and ran across these B&W images (hey, I was a teenager and couldn’t always afford color film) and realized it was 40 years ago that these were taken. That was a bad year. Huge impact on the area and economy with hurricane Agnes. Things didn’t get back to normal for many months and in some cases years for some homes and businesses. One of the worst/costliest storms that I can remember. And it was the rain that wouldn’t stop. I know I have more and if I remember I think I did shoot a roll of color. Now where did I put that?
ELLICOTT CITY
Flooded Main Street Ellicott City from Agnes.
Photo by Mike Hartley
And the crowds came to see what nature can do.
Photo by Mike Hartley
Water eye view of water where it shouldn’t be.
Photo by Mike Hartley
COLUMBIA
Lakefront bell tower, nobody was swimming out to ring that.
Photo by Mike Hartley
Lake Kittamaqundi reaching out of its banks.
Photo by Mike Hartley
Wilde Lake had a new falls.
Photo by Mike Hartley
29 south along South Entrance Road.
Photo by Mike Hartley
Surfing on Southbound Rt 29.
Photo by Mike Hartley
South Entrance with Columbia Tennis barn in the background if I remember correctly.
Photo by Mike Hartley
Line on Rt 29 south trying to inch past Columbia.
Photo by Mike Hartley
LAUREL
The Homoco gas station off Rt 1 in Laurel. I think those are new cars floating also from the Dodge dealer.
Photo by Mike Hartley
Entrance road to Laurel Racetrack.
Photo by Mike Hartley
And here I thought it was all water under the bridge.
Photo by Mike Hartley
At the PG HoCo line on southbound Rt 1.
Photo by Mike Hartley
Random Thoughts for Sunday July 26th 2015
- I hope I can share many more Sundays like this one with my children.
- I’ve got a good bit of sleep to make up for on Monday.
- I can tell losing another 10-15 lbs is going to be a fight.
