Responders may not be able to i think we are more likely to get out. Is there talk about bringing out be indoors. I think that is good. The National Guard . We heard there are large trucks we cannot go out to repair anything whether the power is able to get through this weather. Any talk about the plane these knocked out at night or in the middle of the day. The key factor that determines trucks . If we can send utility crews is the National Guard has been deployed. The wind. They have 500 members statewide this is a night to hunker down and around the state. Where they are needed, they are and be mindful of the dangerous going to those counties. It is up to the counties to tell conditions we are under. Them what they need. Governor, do we have all the assisting with the rescue assets in place we need. Efforts and personnel, police, do we still need additional help . Do we not know yet . Fire, an ambulance, first we brought in assets anticipating we would receive a responders assistance is what direct hit. They are doing around the state. Hoping we would not, but earlier, the doctor made a bringing in assets to prepare for a direct hit. Big point that we should be concerned if you lose power, he the question is if we have enough assets. We certainly have more than i said not to use the gril in can remember us having. We have a lot of swift water rescue boats thanks to the your garage. President s swift signing of that is right. It is not a good idea. The declaration and rapid mobilization of fema. It can backfire in different ways. Do not think about it in your we have more assets than we ever garage or house. Have. You never have enough to stop a hurricane from rolling over it is not a good idea. Your. Considering what were going to if you were lucky enough to be under, we do have a lot of assets and good people. Get a generator, you want to i know the utilitys have make sure these are not in your garage, but outside the house brought in assets and pre deployed them. You have been running pictures for it to be operated safely. Of them as they move around. That is right. There will be more of those of also have a Carbon Monoxide state utility crews making their detectors in your home. Way north of the danger moves. Nobody wants you to get on the road and go get those things right now. Those are the kinds of things they hoped you would have had in place before all this started. The next briefing around 9 00 also a reminder, people often 9 30. Thank you very much. You just heard the governor giving a briefing on many use candles for light. You have to be so candle using Different Things. Were going to get the latest careful using candles. From Tom Tasselmyer. They recommend you do not do that. Some people will do that. I think the governor this spoke you cannot go to sleep with a when he said it would come on candle. Shore around 8 00 tonight. Something bad could happen. It will probably come in in do not put yourself in a the next hour or show in the near in the new jersey area. Position to forget about it. Were going live to our other this is Dover Air Force base. Positions in Baltimore County you can see a this is not and Anne Arundel County showing the positions. People are heeding the word to showing precipitation. Stay off the roads. That is right. Blue is indicating rain or wind. They are adamant about that. This is what we use when were the meeting is breaking up. Trying to find tornadoes. They got briefings on what is the blue wind is moving this happening around the state. Way. The red ones are moving toward they have 32 shelters open. The radar in this direction. That gives you a feel for the rotation. We were told 5000 people were in lets put the rain that we shelters. Normally see. We will get an update on where you will see a lot of rain we stand with that. Coming on to the coast. It looks like the center of the we will also get an update on storm is getting close to the coast line. It is probably just off the how the governor feels about what he said earlier. Coast of southern new jersey. Does he still believe this is a deadly storm . It is making its move to the west and northwest appeared it he will probably stay on the is likely to make a beeline for course. He is going to the podium and will address us shortly. Northeastern maryland. There he is. That is the estimate we have so we will listen to the governor now. Far based on satellite imagery. What were you going to ask . I will put on a bigger radar picture. You will see the bands of heavy rain are still coming in. We have heard the eye of the storm may be passing further a lot of the rain is not north. Perhaps that will be part of the showing up on the west side. Update. It is either out of range or exactly. He is surrounded by members tapers off over the atlantic. Of his cabinet. There is still a lot of rain to the Lieutenant Governor is out come our way into central and his side. I think they want to show a eastern maryland. United front. The director of the maryland our win today has been out of department of transportation is there. The westnorthwest. That has been helping coming across the land to diminish the here he is. By want to give you the 5 00 wind speeds. Update. We just had a briefing from the where the wind has been over the ocean, Hurricane Force winds weather service. It appears the hurricane is have hit new jersey, long island, new york city. Those areas of been hit by the wind. Were catching most of the rain. Picking up strength as she approaches landfall and also bay, it istern da speed. The bad news is the storm is becoming stronger with 90mile pushing the water over to the Eastern Shore. An hour winds. The tides are way above normal the good news is she is moving there. Faster. It is keeping most of the she will reach landfall between highest order and surge away from ocean city. As the storm makes its way 8 00 and 10 00 p. M. Through new jersey and maryland, the hope is she continues to move fast and moves on from the wind will shift. Maryland and passes over without we have had northwest wind. We should have this as shifting stopping and beating on us for back to the south making the 36 hours. We currently have 75,000 outages tides around the bay worse in maryland. Tomorrow. More heavy rain to come. That number will climb. Expect the wind speeds to increase and the tides to be some of the other weather worse during the day tomorrow. The storm is about to make conditions we are watching for these. Landfall. We will have flood warnings we are not done yet. Overnight, the worst of the weather moves into maryland. Because of 6 inches of rain we we will be checking in the have received. We will likely receive another early and often. All government offices in four inches overnight. The potomac will likely swell annapolis are closed. The same goes for tuesday with one to 3 feet. We also have cut trade at the exception of the essential employees. Early voting statewide is cancelled for tomorrow. The governor said they would endicott 25 also have high tide at endicott 25 tonight. Have early voting on friday to we also have the high tide make up for losing that day. It will be extended on friday. At 825 tonight. We anticipate high tide will be mta has suspended all service. 6 feet higher than usual garrett nothing will be operating county will receive tomorrow. Approximately two feet of snow. The high wind is speeding up the how about that . Annapolis coast line. Were going to barry simms American Weather extremes in miniature. There will be flooding we will are you still at the creek . Be dealing with for the next few days as this storm moves into yes, the wind has picked up the susquehanna. Substantially. Early voting for tomorrow is earlier we were told the wind cancelled. Gusts were 37 miles an hour. We will do our best to get back it seems worse now. On you with you on how to we are getting pummeled by rain. Reschedule the days we lose on county officials have told us early voting. If you other key issues involve Anne Arundel County offices will the bridges. Be closed tomorrow. The bay bridge is closed. They are monitoring the storm to make sure they have everything ready to go. The bridge over the susquehanna is closed. We have been told 40 people the bridge over 695 in baltimore have gone to the shelter at is closed. The tidings. Annapolis high school. They have brought in seven pets. Is not close. People have been able to bring it is still open. Pets. They are on the bubble right annapolis a highschool has been now. Set up as a shelter. The nice, thomas johnson, and it can handle at least 1500 people. Tidings are all under a wind we know it has been self advisories. Amtrak has Cancel Service for evacuation. People in lowlying areas have the northeast corridor. Been told to come to Higher Ground. We will not be operating any of at least 40 people have heeded the warning. The various Metro Services the shelter is still open. Anyone that needs to can go there. Tomorrow. Bge has restored power to 6900 the bus service will not be people. Operating tomorrow. 4100 people are still without light rail will be closed. Power. That can change as the storm trains will be closed. Continues. Earlier, several people brought us nice gifts. The bus is not operating today. We had cookies and brownies. 17yearold katie hughes and 14 paratransit will also not be operating tomorrow. We have 36 shelters open yearold abbie mona brought them statewide. In. They said they decided to bring they are operated by local jurisdictions and the state. Them to us because they were bored. We appreciate the gifts and i want to thank the following snacks. Businesses who have contributed make sure we can we do want to stress that Everybody Needs to stay inside and not visit us. Accommodate people comfortably. Were trying to do the best we club, and food lion can to get you the information. It is being stressed by the governor and many others that thank you. Everyone stay indoors. We do not want anyone harmed there are no updates on because of the storm and rain. Infrastructure damage. We will monitor that through the night. 75,000 outages so far. We want to make sure people know the storm is likely to make land about the street closures. Fall sooner than we thought. She is picking up speed and melaney lane in edgewater is a intensity. We expect landfall in new jersey between 8 00 and 10 00. Partial closure. Rustling oaks drive in it is more like 8 00 p. M. Millersville is blocked by then the storm will make its way downed trees. Across maryland. This is still a violent and the issue is to stay safe and dangerous storm. We need to act responsibly to stay inside. Minimize the potential for the loss of life. We do appreciate the specs but the storm has taken lives in the want to emphasize to everyone to caribbean. It is moving back on to land in please stay home. The United States in our most lets go to David Collins at densely populated areas. Kent island. Stay indoors. Tell us what is going on. We are not trying to scare anyone. Were being honest. This is a very dangerous storm. We have cold temperatures, you need to stay indoors. Driving rain, Power Outages, and one incident i want to update standing water. You on. Any one of those headlines could apply. All those headlines apply. Some of you go to the clam bake local forecasters are saying the in the summer. Wind is from the northwest at 50 on your right as you are walking into the parking lot, there is miles an hour. The wind gusts have been so strong it would not be a Housing Community called surprisingf one of the sommers code summers cove. Sailboats masts snapped. The 75 mile an hour wind led to the closing of the bay bridge. He is not stuck in water. I am not sure what he is doing. We got off the phone with emergency management. They say 1200 households are without power right now. In queen annes county, 15 people have decided to go to emergency shelters. Anyone who needs assistance is urged to call for 911. The National Guard is standing by and has vehicles to help you out. The number of the advisories is rising. We will give you those later. David collins, wbaltv 11 news. Were standing by with rob roblin in Baltimore County. You do not have any of this yet, or do you . Yes, we do. You are getting strong wind gusts in Baltimore County. The good news is the water is clean being blown away from them. We will see what happens to merck. The wind is really picking up. The rain has been steady in Baltimore County. It is cold. If you stand out here, you will get very cold. We have been hearing not to go unless you have to. If there were up to me, i would be inside sleeping. That is where you should be. It is blowing and cold. We are told it will get worse as the evening goes on. Ava, howto ocean city, are you doing . The winds are incredible. I am filling in for lowell melser. He recorded a lot of video. The wind was affecting our ability to broadcast. He is taking a break. Look for his videos online. Were getting into the worst of the wind. It is funneling through the buildings out of the west. I do not know if you can see it, but it is driving rain back to the ocean. It is the opposite of this morning when the rain was coming the opposite direction. The trees give an indication of how strong it is blowing. I have this little weather station recording a lot of Different Things for me. Temperatures are in the low 50s. It is recording the wind chill which is already in the 40s. Gust up to 60 miles an hour. Not only are we getting drenched in rain, is feeling like it is in the 40s. We are urging people to stay indoors. This is a good reason why. I will walk out further into the wind. We are under the safety of this parking shop there. Of the sparking shelter. The wind gets funneled through the building. We are under the safety of this parking shelter. The wind tunnels quickly through this corridor. You want to stay inside. You need to be careful. We are reporting an ocean city. The winds continue to strengthen as sandy makes her way onshore. The wind will get stronger as the storm continues. Ava marie in ocean city. Back to you. She tweeted earlier she had a quick nap and was going back out. It is exhausting to be out in the elements. She was out there several hours earlier. Today is not the kind of day you want to spend any length of time outdoors. Starting at 6 00 today and lasting until noon tomorrow, the road restrictions mayor stephanie rawlingsblake is implementing mandatory closures for the roads. Restricted roads. That does not apply to mandatory personnel, hospital employees, or other medical personnel. They are saying to stay off the road. This is a look at the jfx a couple of hours ago. There is a lot of water. There is the possibility of hydroplaning if you were to be out. This is in the North Baltimore area. Look atarting to get a horrific damage in Anne Arundel County. High wind knocking down trees and power in some areas. A treat on top of the house in linthicum. We understand the power is out in that area. No word on injuries. We will keep you updated on this situation. That looks like a really big trees down. Cities of the northeast corridor are getting slammed. D. C. Has about 30,000 Power Outages. I hear that new york city is like a ghost town outside. Officials say that is where people are dealing with the worst case scenario. Sally kidd is live in washington, d. C. What is it like there . We have been getting bursts of wind and rain. We still have some traffic on the road. Still some pedestrians walking around, probably heading home. Conditions are expected to deteriorate rapidly through the evening. Earlier, president obama received a briefing on the storm. President obama scrap his campaign plans and flew back to washington to oversee the response to superstorm sandy. This is going to be a big and powerful storm. The president is urging residents to heed warnings from officials. Parts when they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. Do not delay. Do not question. Do not question the instructions given. This is a serious storm. Homeland security secretary to the public, says the government is using all resources at its command. She says fema has positioned Response Teams up and down the coast. That means moving teams in from other parts of the country to immediately get in to help with recovery and response. The coast guard is focused on search and rescue. The advancing storm battered chortens in new jersey. In new york, lower areas are already flooding. The subway section is shut down and so is the stock exchange. In the capital, ammanessential federal workers were told to stay home. All nonessential federal workers were told to stay home. It is not that bad yet. We have had a tail wind the entire way out. Heading home will be rough. The traffic lights are working. The power is still on in this section of downtown d. C. Metro rail has been shut down. Buses are not running. Flights have been canceled. Schools have been closed. Sally kidd, wbaltv 11 news. We just lost power here for five or 10 seconds until the generator kicked in. We are not immune. The studio went dark. We came back on just before we came back to you. We agree to switch over to Tom Tasselmyer in the weather center. We are watching the rain spiraling inland across the area. The center of the storm is looking like it is just east of cape may. Hurricane sandy is right here with 90 mile an hour wind. In new jersey, the wind is not extreme yet. The strongest wind is not there yet. It is only a few miles offshore. Many observations are starting to pick with extreme wind gusts around southern new jersey. It is increasing quite a bit as far as the intensity as the center of the storm moves closer inland. These are steady wins being reported well into the 30s and 40s along the coastal areas with gusts into the 50s and 60s. The high wind will work west and inland. Many of the gusts near the water had been in the 55 to 65 mile an hour range. The center of sandy is just east of cape may, new jersey. We have had four to 6 inches of rain so far. We are not done yet. When these things make landf