Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.” My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. “Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. Sorrento of Arbutus, whose town neighbors Ellicott, donated 40 pizzas to first responders continuing to survey and search.Ībout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”: Many were also dropping off supplies and signing up to volunteer to help businesses and residents rebuild, according to a Facebook post by Jake Smith, resident of Ellicott City on Sunday. The kindness of the residents in Ellicott City and the surrounding region is overwhelming,” Jon Weinstein, Howard County council member, posted on the Ellicott City Historic District Facebook page.įirst responders and brave citizens saved around 150 people during the flood, according to The Ellicott City Patch.Ĭommunity members were downtown on Sunday with ice and bottled water. “We have been receiving dozens of emails and posts from individuals who would like to volunteer to rebuild Main St. The rain raised the Tiber River, already high from 1 to 4 inches of rain last Thursday, causing it to overflow its banks and run into the low-lying Main Street, according to WBAL-TV 11 Weather meteorologist Tony Pann.Īs many as 14 to 16 people were reported missing after the floods, according to County officials, but have now been accounted for.
Though thunderstorms touched cities nearby, downtown Ellicott City was hit hardest, receiving six inches of rain within a two-hour period. Or as Timon the meerkat sang in “The Lion King” – no worries.Īfter a night of horrific flash floods that killed two people, carried away dozens of cars, and left local businesses and brick sidewalks gutted, residents of Ellicott City, Md., came together on Sunday to support those rebuilding what was pushed downriver. and continue our conservation research.”I’m sticking with the happy side of zoo life, a source of wonder and joy in a divisive time. National Zoo spokesperson Jennifer Zoon says in an email that the plan holds, but, she adds, “it’s our goal to have giant pandas. Nearly three years ago, during the pandemic shutdown, I wrote about the zoo’s surprise baby panda, called Xiao Qi Ji – “little miracle” – because of his mother’s advanced age.Now we’re counting down to the departure of our panda family to China later this year, per a long-standing agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association. And it’s not hard to get wrapped up in the zoo’s highs and lows. I say “we” because the National Zoo is basically my backyard – close enough to hear the lions roar. The baby girl – named Zahra in a zoo website poll – earns her share of oohs and aahs as she cuddles with mama Calaya in the Great Ape House.This spring, we also welcomed baby black-footed ferrets, Panamanian golden frogs, and Andean bear cubs. Just as exciting was the birth a few weeks later of a western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species. Think Timon the meerkat from “The Lion King.”It was feeding time.Sadie and Frankie’s pups are the first meerkat births at the National Zoo in 16 years, and like all zoo births, they’re cause for celebration. Frankie the papa meerkat darted about, too, at times scurrying to the top of a log to stand watch. Sadie the meerkat mama darted back and forth between her publicly viewable habitat and an area “backstage,” her three pups close behind. The excitement at the National Zoo’s meerkat exhibit was palpable.
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