At about 3:45 yesterday, Mike and I had just returned to campus. I was standing in the kitchen, putting a pot of water to boil, making cheese tortelini for lunch. In a span of about four minutes, a thick wall of gray clouds blotted out the sunny sky, and the heavens opened a torrent of hail upon the parking lot right in front of me. After about three minutes, the sky was bright and clear once more.
My mother called shortly after four 'o clock. When that mini-storm hit the water, it became a micro-burst, moving about ten times the speed it had on land. This 'freak storm,' as witnesses called it, capsized a water taxi that had just left Fort McHenry, spilling its 25 passengers into the water. Fort McHenry isn't an active military base, but it is used for triage in less peaceable times. Yesterday, it was being used for some reserve naval training exercizes. Quick response led to 18 people being immediately picked up. Two more were found some time later.
As of right now, there are three missing, presumed dead, and two confirmed dead. One 60 year old woman who had been rescued died overnight after going into cardiac arrest. My heart goes out to my city.
My mother called shortly after four 'o clock. When that mini-storm hit the water, it became a micro-burst, moving about ten times the speed it had on land. This 'freak storm,' as witnesses called it, capsized a water taxi that had just left Fort McHenry, spilling its 25 passengers into the water. Fort McHenry isn't an active military base, but it is used for triage in less peaceable times. Yesterday, it was being used for some reserve naval training exercizes. Quick response led to 18 people being immediately picked up. Two more were found some time later.
As of right now, there are three missing, presumed dead, and two confirmed dead. One 60 year old woman who had been rescued died overnight after going into cardiac arrest. My heart goes out to my city.