Ellicott City: Historic Town, Historic Water podcast

In this, the last episode this season, I speak with newly elected County Executive, Dr. Calvin Ball, and discuss his vision for the future of Howard County.

A survivor of the 2018 flood recounts her harrowing experience and how she managed to survive.

I have a conversation with hydrologist Jason Elliott of NOAA about rain conditions preceding a flash flood. I also speak with Howard County’s director of emergency management, Ryan Miller, about emergency services after the two floods.

I speak with County Executive Allan Kittleman and Councilman Jon Weinstein about a flood mitigation plan and the future of Ellicott City.

I have a conversation with Nicholas Redding, Executive Director of Preservation Maryland.

I have a conversation with Dr. Bruce Taylor. He is a psychiatrist and property owner/developer whose family built the iconic Caplan’s department store building and developed several of the businesses and institutions in and around the Historic District.

Before we move forward into the story of present-day Ellicott City, I thought it would be a good idea to learn more about the history of this Maryland milltown and how it came to be. So, naturally, sleuth that I am, I went to the most obvious source, the Howard County Historical Society.

The Howard Council listens to the community’s opinion about a flood mitigation plan that had been announced by County Executive Allan Kittleman and Councilman Jon Weinstein on August 23, 2018. The county’s announcement was three months after the unthinkable happened again.

This podcast will examine two floods that occurred in Ellicott City, Maryland. One on July 30, 2016, and the other on May 27th of this year, 2018. One objective of this podcast is to introduce you to the people of Ellicott City and Howard County, Maryland. I hope to honor the memory of those people who lost their lives in these unfortunate catastrophes. But, mostly I strive to listen to voices of a community of Americans who are healing and picking up the pieces of their lives, their businesses, and their city.