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Rumor mill ellicott city flood8/15/2023 'One minute there's no water, next it's like a tsunami wave.'īrubaker (pictured with Watsula and his two older sisters) said he couldn't leave the tragic scene until he knew exactly what happened to his little sister The water was already up to their waist.Īll four of the women held on tight to a telephone pole and 'within seconds the water is up to their chest', he said. 'Next thing they know the car is drifting.'īrubaker, whose wife would tell him everything the next morning, said his sister shouted at the group to get out of the car. She started the car and turned the lights on and within 30 seconds a wave 'came out of nowhere', Brubaker said. Watsula's car was just across the street, so she offered to drive the group to their parking spot. When the foursome came out of the restaurant that night, there were only two inches of water on the ground, Brubaker said. She had dropped off her 10-year-old daughter at Brubaker's home in Pennsylvania before heading to Maryland for dinner and painting with his wife Christina, who brought along her mother Grace and sister Jacqueline. Watsula's brother Curtis Brubaker (pictured together with his son) told Daily Mail Online that he searched for his sister for four hours in the mud before he found out she had died Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said the devastation was the worst he'd seen in 50 years living in countyīy Anneta Konstantinides and Myriah Towner For and Associated Press.Around 6 inches of rain fell in Ellicott City in just a few hours, wiping away entire sidewalks, homes and businesses.Blevins and his girlfriend were also trapped in a car caught in the floodwaters, but she was able to escape.Her brother Curtis Brubaker searched for most of the night before police revealed they found her body.Watsula was on a girl's night out with her sister-in-law when they got caught in the raging floodwaters.Jessica Watsula, 35, of Pennsylvania, and Joseph Blevins, 38, of Winsor Mill, Maryland, were killed in the flood.Turnbow said this week that Raymore would be happy to work with Kansas City on an alternate location for a landfill.EXCLUSIVE: 'The last thing she said was "God help us"': Brother tells of his harrowing four-hour search for his sister who died in devastating Maryland flood that also killed a beloved dad-of-three The ranch owner has also denied any landfill involvement. The Flying H Ranch is a horse farm and arena within the alleged landfill area bounded by SW Peterson Road on the west and Horridege Road on the east. Calls to Bowers and the developer were not returned.īowers reportedly used the term, “Flying H landfill” in talking about the project. But Raymore says that Jim Bowers, an attorney specializing in land use and development, had confirmed that he was working with a developer on the project.īowers formerly worked for Kansas City as an assistant city attorney for building codes and development projects. Kansas City officials said there has been no discussion or application about a landfill project in the area. The issue kicked up in October when word spread about a rumored landfill on a 900-acre site between Missouri 150 Highway and 155 th Street, just north of Raymore’s Creekmoor subdivision, golf course and lake. Despite the map, KCMO officials say there’s no talk of a landfill. Its southern location borders Raymore’s Creekmoor subdivision. The map shows the potential location of the dump site along 150 Hwy between Peterson and Horridge roads. Two potential buyers have already walked away from earnest money because of landfill rumors, Turnbow added. “We’re getting a lot of lip service but no action,” Turnbow said this week. But they would like something in writing, such as a council resolution, as assurance to developers who may get squeamish about the rumors. Kansas City has repeatedly denied any involvement, and city manager Brian David Platt recently told Raymore Mayor Kris Turnbow that the alleged site would not be appropriate for landfill use. Rumors of a giant landfill in southeast Kansas City just won’t go away as the city of Raymore continues to worry about the possibility of truck traffic, stench, drainage and noise at its front door.
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