Residents reported greenish skies and freight train noises synonymous with tornadoes and hurricanes. It appears that a tornado never developed, but, perhaps a micro-burst. Whatever the meteorological description, the good news is that we were not in Kansas.
At the time of the tornado warning, I was heading south on Route 50. Just south of Trappe, traffic stopped. My GPS indicated that I was 3.5 miles away from the Malkus Bridge. This was just around 5:10 PM. The north bound lanes were empty. The south bound lanes were jammed-jammed-jammed. It was a 3.5 mile Congo line of red tail lights. Occasionally, movement of one car length would provide a feeling of hope.
After checking my map for an alternate route, the radio traffic advisory reported that a Box truck
had been flipped by the wind at the foot of the Malkus (Choptank) Bridge. The northbound lane was blocked. The bridge was closed to traffic while the vehicle was removed. They also reported a downed tree on Route 331 blocking the only detour path over the Choptank. Waiting seemed to be the best option. After an hour, things were back to normal.
On Cambridge Creek, we had our own excitement. Some shingles and pieces of siding were lost on one of the new townhouses. Some wind damage was evident on the Cattail Cove Condo Building. see photo.
Cattail Cupola Damage-siding blown off.The most dramatic incident was the three sailboats that were knocked over at Generation 3 Marina.
"ONWARD", "Odyssey", and an unknown sailboat fell of their jacks. It appears that the domino effect was in play here. "ONWARD " suffered the most damage with a broken mast. Let's hope that they all have good insurance coverage. "Odyssey" is owned by one of our residents. 
A close up look at the mast damage
Other reports included intermittent power failures. Someone was apparently trapped in the elevator during one of these outages. Resumption of power ended the entrapment.
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