Subject: Afternoon Buzz: National Guard sergeant’s body found in Patapsco River near Ellicott City
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 20:31:26 +0000

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‘Beyond rescue’: Ellicott City’s bizarre, rainless flood and its deadly 20-foot wall of water; The concept of a thousand-year rainstorm is legitimate but limited. Here’s what you...

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National Guard sergeant’s body found in Patapsco River near Ellicott City <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/body-found-in-patapsco-river-near-ellicott-city/2018/05/29/7bd90d04-6360-11e8-a69c-b944de66d9e7_story.html?utm_term=.5fd23434aaf6&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Eddison “Eddie” Hermond, from Severn, Md., went missing after he tried to rescue a woman trapped by rising water.

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‘Beyond rescue’: Ellicott City’s bizarre, rainless flood and its deadly 20-foot wall of water <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/05/29/beyond-rescue-ellicott-citys-bizarre-rainless-flood-and-its-deadly-20-foot-wall-of-water/?utm_term=.a1e196ecdeb0&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

On July 24, 1868, the thunderstorm looming to the west never hit the Maryland mill town. But the raging waters of the Patapsco did, leaving at least 43 people dead.

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The concept of a thousand-year rainstorm is legitimate but limited. Here’s what you should understand about it. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/05/29/the-concept-of-a-thousand-year-rainstorm-is-legitimate-but-limited-heres-what-you-should-understand-about-it/?utm_term=.b37c6b1d968a&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

While intended to place the rarity of an extreme event into perspective, the concept is controversial.

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