evacuating because of hurricane irene. clearing out ocean city.. on fox 45 news at 5:303 3 3 - team coverage - megan in ocean - candace in fells point - hurricane tips 3 point- candace in fells city- megan in ocean - team coverage - megan in ocean city- candace in fells point - hurricane tips you probably wouldn't think of of2- take video or photos of your property before you leave. this will help later on with any insurance checklist claims for damage that may need to be iled. 3 3 maps-fiber-mapss 3 3 the clock is ticking... for residentssand visitors in ocean city. city.a mandatory evacuation is nnw in place... and officials are telling them they have just hours to evacuate the area.nearly 200-thousand people are being told to leave. the announcement came thursday night... at a high stakes emergency meeting. "... we would like our visitors to return to their place of residence. also, we're going to ask then that all citizens of ooean city seek shelter elsewhere and evacuate ocean city." city."emergency officials have already started stacking sandbags... and are preparing to board up windows with plywood. megan illiland joins us live from ocean city.. where they're bracing for the worst.m? megan? 3 as hurricane irene pontinues its track towards our area, baltimore city is preparing for potentially major damage. candace dold is live in fells point to show us how you can brace for the storm. storm. take a look at this... mounds of sand line the street here at broadway and ttames street. mayor stephanie rawlings blake has made this available so residents can make sandbags to protect their property. property. this comes after the threat of storm surge and flooding like manyyexperienced with hurricane isabel. isabel flooded low lying areas in baltimore's inner harbor eight years ago. the mayor kkows areas like fells point could be hit hard again. i know that this is a low lying area, its a flood prone area and i wanted ot make sure that i came down here to make sure we had enough sand to distribute to the communities, its very important thattwe operate in parternship and i wanted to make sure we did eveeything to be a good partner partner crews have been working around the clock to make sure everybody has access to the tons of sand here. 3 all of this sand will be available until it is gone.. the mayor wants you to bring a car capable of carrying heavy sand bags and bring a shovel in caae all are being used.you should also have proof of residency or ownership with you. p we are continung to track hurricane irene as she makes hee way toward maryland. we kkow ocean city could be in the line of fire this weekend ... but we're getting a preview of what irene could bring ... by watching north carolina's outer bankss they're due for a direct hit átodayá ... and people have been evacuating ass fast as they can. patrick mcmurtry is live in kill devil hills along the outer banks with the latest on the conditons theree 3 3 coming up on the early edition... hurricane irene continues to barrel towards the u-s coast. her latest whereabouts... and when we'll feel it here in maryland... next. 3 ((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 ((traffic reporter ad libs)) maps-liberty-back to maps please 3 3 3 3 coming up... irene could be even more powerfull... when it hits maryland... maryland...(12:50) (abell) "60 miles per hour..."(13:17) (abell) "70 miles per hour..." hour..."see what those windds will do to a person... in our covvr story... next ((bump out)) ((break 2)) ((break 2)) 3 ((break 2)) 3 hurricane irene is expected to be a powerful storm as it passes by maryland... maybe a category 2 storm.but what would it feel like áinsideá that kind of storm?jeff abell sows us in this morning's coverrstory. story. 3 3 its 97-degrees...and on the university of maryland campus....there's barely a breeze....(mos bite) "its just stagnant...."(wind tunnel nats) but inssde a campus lab, the winds are so strrng they could wipe a building off the map.... (nats)welcome to the university's glenn l. martin wind tunnel.typically, the tunnel tests the winds effects on cars and planes....but on this day.....(5:03) "this is a rock climberr harness...."the tunnel is testing humans.... (nats)this human....(6:02) "what do you recommend to survive this? i'll give you a hint when we get in there..." (snapping in)to feel the force of a hurricane....we strapped into the wind tunnnl.(snapping in)and braced for highh winds.... (6:20) "this is just going to be a little gust right? yeah you got that..."(control panel nats)within seconds...winds like those in a tropical depression were blowing through the tunnel...(10:06) "feels like i wanna get off "there's hardly any umbrella ttat could stay put in 50-miles per hour....!"(12:50) (abell) "60 miles per hour..." (13:17) (abell) "70 miles per hour..."(14:14) (abell) "80 miles per hour..."this is the least powerful of all huricanes....(41:50) "at category one, pieces, loose shingles would get stripped off...."(14:40) (abell) "115...! i can't stand up...." at 115 miles per hour, the tunnel created a category three hurricane...similar to what louisiana felt at the height of hurricane katrina.... (14:44) (abell) "i thhnk we're done....!"(42:11) "at category three, you could easily get forces where the whole roof would lift off the house..." even in the wind tunnel, enginners say its far too dangerous to feel the sting of stronger winds.a category threee...deals a serious blow. (16:20) (abell) "grossly uncomfortable..."jeff abell, fox 45, news at ten. 3 coming up in our 6 o'clock hour... we're cootinuing our hurricane irene coverage.you're taking a live look at fells point, where many people aren't taking áanyá chaaces ..you see the taking.we'll have the for latest on how irene will affect baltimore and thh suurounding areas. ((break 3)) 3 &p 3 as hurricane irene continues its track towards our area, baltimore city is preparing for potentially major damage. candace dold is live in fells point to show us how you can brace for the storm. storm. take a look at this... mounds of sand line the street here at broadway and thames street. mayor stephanie rawlings blake has made this available so residents can make sandbags to protect their property. property. this comes after the threat of storm surge and flooding like many experiinced with hurricane isabel. isabel flooded low lying areas in harbor eight years ago. the mayor knows aaeas like fells point cculd be hit hard again. 3 all of this sand until it is gone..the mayor wants you to bring a car capable of carrying heavy ssnd bagg and coming up in our 6 o'clock hour... all eyes are on irene!this is a live look of ocean city.. all is calm now... but it's expected to be a different story come the weekend.the latest on hurricane irene.. and where's she's