Last Friday in January

Dawned rainy but mild, temps in the high 50s! Everybody spent the night inside because of the heavy rain and thunderstorms overnight.

After my barn duties, while getting ready for work, I heard the sirens. He called from the barn to tell me that emergency equipment from Damascus was on the scene at the end of our road. I could hear more sirens coming from Laytonsville. After their arrival I saw Libson responders going past our house.

Occasionally traffic has been backed up as far as our house trying to get through the intersection. It's not unusual for accidents to happen right there.

Damascus Road is a 50-mile an hour two-lane road, but signage warns of the intersection and slowing down to 35 mph. Yea, that's going to happen. Rt 94 is a 35, but rarely does that occur. Making that dreaded left turn off of Annapolis Rock onto Damascus Rt 108 can sometimes be harrowing. Throw in a school bus, and you have the recipe for disaster. Like today.

The intersection was not blocked, there were more vehicles involved than the one that was at the corner. With three Fire Departments responding, hard to say what actually happened, or why, on a dark, rainy Friday morning.