monday, august 29th we have a growing list of school districts in maryland that will be closed today because of damage or power outages from irene. anne arundel county.. baltimore city.. baltimore county.. cecil county and charles county schools aae closed. closed. harford county.. howard county.. kent county.. prince george's county and queen anne's county schools are alss closed. 3 3 3 3 3 irene's is no longer a trrpical storm now.. but in her wake are 21 deaths in eeght states.... anne's county... 85-year old anne bell was killed when a ttee fell onnher house... cauuing a chimney to collapse. it happened outside f queenstown. and in newport news, crushed by a tree.. killing him.irene uprooted the tree out of the ground.. and ppanted it on the child's home. hii mother was able to wwsstrapped and crushed by the massive tree trunk. there is also a staggering number of maryland esidents still without power this morning because of the storm. ááadllb numbersáá if you're watching us right now, that means you have pooer, and you're one of the lucky ones. more thann 300-thousand customers are still waiting for the lights to come back on. joee d. smith is live in perry hall with one of the obvious reasonn why it's taking so long. good morning joel d. 3 3 ocean city saw the brunt offf hurricane irene as sheeswept across marland..ate last week... a mandatory evacuation was ordered for people to leave the area.many people boarded up their homes and businesses preparing for he wwrst. megan gilliland has beee riding out the storm there... and he joins us noo with the latest on how the area is shaping up..good morning megan? 3 3 people in baltimore city contiiue to piik up the pieces... llteralll. debris is still sprawled across the main roads and many eighborhoods. neighborhoods.candace dold is live in guilford to show us what people are waking up to this morning. 3 3 3 all f this brings us to our question of the day:was hurricane irene as bad as you expected?we'll be taking yoor calls in our 7 o'clock hour. you can also go to &pfox-baltimorr dot com and tel us whhttyou thinkk.. or sound off through faceeook. send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimore. and you can text youu answer to 45203. enter fox44a for yes.. or fox45b for no. commng uu... some of the most intense images... captured by viewers with you minutes from ow. - you're patching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all mmrning. ((break 1))) 3 3 3 3 3 coming up... new details... about the casey anthony murder trial.the inside person... who's revealing it all... in a book. and beyonce has some news to share with the world.we'll tell you what it is... next. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 2) 3 3 new this morning... 8-thousand packages of smoked salmon are possible contamination.vita food products is recalling its "vita classic premium smoked company says the contamination the fish was sold at grocery .- stores throughout the country... including some safeway stores. more details could soon be revealed... about the casey anthony murder trial.one of the prooecutors in the case... is now writing a book.jeff ashton says he's calling it "imperfect justice: prosecuting casey anthony"... and its' scheduled to hit stores in november.ashton was the co-prosecutor in the trial. he retired days after anthony was cquitted of murder... in her toddler daaghter's death. sunday's dedication ceremony... for the martin luther king junior memorial was postponed... bb that didn't stop hundreds of people weather from hurricane irene - forced organizers to cancel the ceremony... and reschedule for aalater ate.that date has not yet been set. todayymarrs tte sixth anniversary of hurricane katrina's landffll on the gulf coast.more than 17-hundred people were killed in the 2005 storm.the federal emergency management agency called katrina "the single most catastrophic natural disaster in u-s history." some speciallnews... for beyonce and jay z.the two announced sunday... they're expecting their first child. the 29-year olddsinger made the announcement at sunday's v-m-a awards.beyonce showed off her new baby bump onnstaae. ccming up... the best images of hurriccne irene... taken by you the viewer.we're sharing some of those moments... captured on camera. "never seen anything like it to be honest with you. not sure where it's coming from." from."and it's a story he'll never forget. why this reporterrmight now regret... getting covered in sea foam during hurricane irene.you're watching fox 45 morning news.. allllocal.. all morning. 3 the storm named irene left a wide swath of flooding and destruction... and some f the most intense images were captured by viewers like you.here's a look at some of sunday's best v. video. ((best amateur video from hurrican irene)) coming up... covered in foam... from head to toe.why this reporter might now be embarassed.... about his hurricane irene coverage. ((megan live tease)) ((joelllive teaae)) ñ recovering from the force of hurricane irene. cleaning up from 3 -boardwalk, ocean city 3 we haae a growing list of school districts in maayland that will be closed today outages from irene. ppwer - anne arundel county.. baltimore city.. baltimore county.. cecil county and charles county schools are clos. closed. harford county.. howard county.. kent county.. prince george's county and queen anne's county schools are also closed. 3 3 3 3 3 hundreds of thousands of people are still without power storm. ááadlib numbersáá bge has restored power to almost 300-thousand customers since irene hit... but almost 400- thousanddremain in the dark. joelld. smitt is live in perry hall with just one of the many obstacles slowing down theeprocess. 3 3 ocean city is still recovering from hurricane irene as she swept across marlanddaccording to governor o' malley... minimal damage was done to the area.late last week... a mandatory evacuation was the area.many peoppe boarded up their homes and bussnessss preparing for the worst.but there were some that stucc megan gilliland has been riding oot the storm there... and she joins us now with he latest on how he area is shaping up..good morning megan? 3 3 here in the bbllimore area ... when you step out the door this mooning, you will hurricane irene's wwaah..many trees are snapped in half and power lines are down too. too.candace dold is live in guilford to assess the damage t. there. 3 a local d-c reporter gets caught in "the thick offit"... while covering hurricane irene in ocean city.during live report... he gets splashed with what appears to be the remmantssof raw sewage.you can see him on the boardwalk... covered in foam... from head &pto toe.theefoam is likely to effects of raw sewage... pouring into tte water from imagine... the water neither tasted or smelled great. ,3 coming up... are gas prices going up... because of hurricane irene? what experts have to say about it. yoo're watching [ waves crashing ] [ whistling ] ♪ [ webber ] discover all that northwest florida has to offer. seventeen hidden beaches, one revealing destination. and only at southwest.com can you get 99-dollar fares nonstop from bwi airport to panama city beach. [ ding ] from bwi airport to panama city beach. ((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 &p the maryland state fair is back in business ... fox45 is a proud sponsor of the state fair... aad is the place to find out what's happening at the fairgrounds. fairgrouuds.right now we are joined by elise &pheim with her pony, ppelley... 3 &p3 coming up... still feeling the pain at the pump?what effects irene could have... on gas prices. and she ay be gone... but she's taken a piece of history along witt her. a look at from hurricane irene.you're - &pwatching fox 45 morning news. all local.. all morning. ((break 6)) 3 new ttis morning... there's good news for drivers... it looks like the storm... irene... is not going to have an immediate impact on gas prices.that's according to he latest lundberg survey... which says irene didn't really affect refineriee on the east coast... so fuel supplies won't be hurt. airline travelers continue to deal with cancelations today... because of hurricane irene.this morning... b-w-i is pnd several canceled flights. travelers are encouraged to check the status of their &phurricane irene is gone... bu she took a piece of history with her.take a look at this. you're witnessing one of vermont's oldest covered &pbridges... getting washed awa. the bridge had spanned the river since á1870.á maryland said goodbye to irenee yesterday .. and today many people aaross the state are still trying to pick up the pieces. hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are still in could be days before power is restored. downed trees still littee &pstate roads ... causing road closures throughout the state . light rail is still dellyed ... and also questionable. on the other hand .. progress is being made .. and many people are getting back toonormal. ed hopkins with maryland's emergency management agency joins us by phone with theirr assessment.-what are the biggest concerns today-you were able too assess yesterday once irene left .. what did you ffnd coming up... katy perry wins big... attthe v-m-a awards. awards.but it's ábeyonceá... who stole the show.we'll explain why... next.you're watching fox 45 morning 3 m-t-v handed out awards for the best and brightest at this year's vma extravaganza... with lady gaga as the opening act.but it was ábeyonceá... who stole the show.and as stan case explains... no "help" was pottest movie. movie. m-t-v's video music awards included a tribute to singer amy winehouse sunday bennett lee the honor. he recorded a duet with winehouss before her sudden deeth last month.lady gaga was the opening act.tonight's award show was host-less.it was the 27-th annual honor for music videos.singer beyonce had a special red-carpet moment at the v-m-a'sshe showed off her new baby bump, saying she and husband jay-z are expecting their first child."the help" didn't neee any help winning this weekend's box office.in it's third week, the movie about women in 1960's over 14-million dollars.at number two:the action film "columibiana" starring zoe saldana in its debut weekend....the katii holmes thriller "don't be afraid of the dark" came in at number three thanks to hurricane irene, this weekend could go down as the lowest grossing of the year for hollywood.the storm forced thousands of theaters across the east coast to shut down.for hollywood minute i'm stan case. baltimoree.. and we want to o - get you revved up for the big race. while you can't get behind the wheel this need for speed. speed. driver: san francisco is available for the xbox360. the 10th caller right now at 410-481-4545 wins the video gam. game.and you'll qualify for our grand prize drawing.... an xbox 360 console and a collection of racing fan essentials... including royal purple spectator chairs.. a backpack and mmre.we'll draw our winner friday.. so stay tuned for your chance to win. coming up... you're taking a look at live aerials of a house fire in pompton lakes, nj. fire crews are having trouble getting to thh blaze because it is cut watching ñ3 it felt like the wizard of oz that was getting ready to take our house out cleaning up from irene.. the areas worst hit by the storm... and the thousands still withhut power. ((pat-vo)) irene... hitting your wallet? p the effect the storm will have on gas prices. ((pat-wipe vo)) and it made irene look like a summer breeze. the annnversary of one of the country's most disastrous hurricanes. 3 you're taking a look at live aerials of a house fire in are having trouble getting to the blaze because it is cut off by flood waters. today is monday, august 29th. we have aagrooing list of school districts in maryland that will be closed today because of damage or power outages froo irene. anne arundel county.. baltimore city.. baltimore county.. cecil county ... charles county and caroline county schools are closed. county.. howard county.. kent county.. prince georgees countt and queen anne'' county schools are also closed. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 irene's is no longer a tropical storm now.. but inn her wake are 21 deaths in eight states.... states....including one right here in maryland.in queen anne'sscounty... 85-year old anne bell as killed when a ccusing a chimney to collapse. it happened outside of queeestown. 3&aad in newport news, virginia... a young boy was him.irene prootee the tree out of the ground.. and planted it on the child's home. his mothhr was able to escape... but barely.the child was trapped and crushed bb the massive tree trunkk there is also a staggering number of maryland residents ptill without power this morning because of the storm. ááadlib numbersáá if you're watching us right now, that means you have power, and you're one of the ucky ones. more than 300-thhusand customers are to come back on. joel d. smith is live in perry hall with one of the obvious reasons why it's taking so long. good morning joel d. &p patrice on ur ride out here to perry hall, many intersections remain without working traffic lights... many of us are concentrating on our homes, and challenges like of a recovery this has been - for bge.... (ad lib) the daamge seems to be everywhere... everrwhere.... hurricane irene took out hundreds of and that's kept b-g-e crews .. - busy round the clock. it takes actual workers to fix most of these lines and proolems, so it takes time, and brute force to bbing the power back. meanwhile in roland park...crews work hard to clear limbs from lines... and transformers. using daylight for this cleanup and restoration process is the best strategy, but until it is all ovvr remember, even though yyu might not have power... those downed power lines coull have rob gould: 10:15:40 "there are plenty of opportunities... but it is alive." alive."while all this cleanup continues.... here are some tips for when your power is out. -- no candles-- unplug sensitive electronic equipment --leave one light on as a test --get a cooler filled with &pice/ dry ice. 3 3 3 live in perry hall, jool d. smith, fox 45 live in perry hall, -3 live in perry hall, joel d. &psmith, fox 45 morning news. 3 ocean city saw the brunt off hurricane irene as she swept across marland.late last week... a mmndatory evacuation was ordered for people to leave the area.maay people boarded up their homes and businesses preparing for the worst. megan gilliland has been riding out the storm there... and she joins us now with the latest on how the area is shaping up..good morning megan? 3 3 people in baltimore city pieces... literally. debris is still sprawled across the main roads and many neighborhoods. neighborhoods.candace dold is live in guilford to shhw us what people are waking up to this morring. take a look at this tree..it's a very familiar sight for many . people. when the storm passed at least 4-hundred trees had fallen...some of them blocking roadd... others cut power and crushed cars.many people still remember the sounns of the wrath. at first there was a loud crack.. or 6 seconds, another loud crrck and thee i hearr a whole tree coming own downlimbs still line many streets this morning.bge knows ttat many customers are losing their patience... but to remember...we had horrific damage.they are working aggresively but also ensuring the safety of their crews and you.. their customers. huuricane irene didn't iipact gas prices....but in fact.. may help drive down gas prices.according to the latest lundberg survey, gas prices acroos the country have remained the same over the really affect refinerres on the east coast, so fuel &pssppliis won't be hurt.and since airlines grounded &pflights, and people didn'tt drive much in the storm... demand forrfuel will drop. 3 3&for fuel will drop.storm... demand drive muchhin the and people didn't grounded flights, and since airlines won't be hurt.so fuel supplies on the east coost, affect pefineries irene didn't really weeks. over the past two remained the same country have across the survey, gas prices latest lundberg according to the prices.drive down gga fact.. may help priies... but in didn't impact gas hurricane irene their customers.crews and you.. safety of their also ensuring the aggresively but they are working horrific damage.remember...we had patience... but to are losing their many customers bge knows thht morning.many streets this limbs still line tree coming don downheard a whole crack andd then i another loud crack and thhn i heard a whole tree coming down downliibs still line many streets this morning.bge knows that many customers are losing their patience... but to pemember...we had oorific damage.they are working aggreeively but also ensuring you.. their customers. hurricane irene didn't mpact gas prices... but in fact.. may help drive down gas prices.according to the latest lundberg survey, gas prices across the country have remained the same ovee the past tww weeks. irene didn't really affect refineries on the east coast, so fuel supplies won't be hurt.and since airlines grounded flights, and people didn't drive much in the storm... demand for fuel will drop. in new jersey... flooding was the big problem along several roadways.just take a look at thii.you can barely see the tops of military trucks... driving down flooded streets. at one point... those inside are forced to climb onto roofs of the trucks. amy reich from woodsttck sent us ii this picture....of damage to her porch.it's going to take some repairs... before she can use it again. we want to see what your neighborhood looks like. upload photos and video at foxbaltimore doo com.. just click on see it shoot it send it. you can also send photos from your cell phone to picc at foxbaltimore-dot-com. coming up... need something to do with the kids today?why not take ttem to the ssate fair?what you can expect to find there.. next. foxx45 morning news.. all ing - local.. all morning. 3 ((break 1)) 3 3 the maryland state fair is back in business ... fox45 is a proud sponsor of the state fair... and is the place to find out what's appening at theefairgrounds. fairgrounds.right now we are joined by jo ann chason who is going to giie s a lesson in pilking cows... 3 ((pat-tag)) hurricane irene can actually save you some moneyy can actually save hurricane 3 irene ((pat-tag))((pat-tag)) hurricane irene ((pat-tag)) 3 cows... lesson in milking going to give us a chason who is joined by jo ann right now we are joinnd by jo ann chason who is going to give us a lesson in milking cows... 3 ((pat-tag)) hurricane irene can actually save you some oney. because of the youusome money.can actually save hurricane irene ((pat-tag)) hurricane irene can actually savv you some money. because of the storm.. the fair is offering 2 for 1 admission.. today ooly. all-day &pride passes are just 15-dollars if you buu them just 15-dollars iffride passes are all-day only.admission.. today offering 2 for 1 storm.. the fair is because of the you some money. can actually save hurricane ((pat--ag)) hurricane irene can actually because of the storm.. the fair is offering 2 for 1 admission.. today only. all-day ride passes are just 15-dollars if you buy them between noon and 2 p-m. 3 3 3 still ahead.. a widespread sslmon recall is pnddrway..the problem with it.. and the areassaffected. affected. p 3 new this morning... 8-thousand packages of smoked salmon are being recalled... because offa possible contamination.vita food products is recalliig its "vita classic premium smoked atlantic nova salmon."the company says the contamination could cause fatal infections. the fish was sold at grocery stores throughout the safeway stores. today marks the sixth anniversary of hurricane katrina's landfall on the gulf coast.more than 17-hundred people were killed in the 2005 storm.the federal emergency management agency called katrina "theesingle most catastrophic natural disaster in u-s history." irene is no longer a hurricane or a tropical storm... but the damage has been done. the storr is blamed for more than 20 deaths across eeght states. millions along the east coastt are without power this morning and flooding is still a major c. concern. chris knowles has the latest from millburn, new jersey. --suggested questions-- 1) what were the connitions there in new jersey was a lot of rain in aug)2) how are people going to commute 2) how are people going to commute into nyc?? have you seen any wind damage where you are? 3 still to come.. pany are waking up without power this morning...next.. what b-g-e is doing to help folks get back up and running. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all ((break 3)) bge preeicted a half million ccstomers could lose powee due to hurricane irene.... and that's what happened. in fact, as of sunday afternoon ... about 620-thousand customers had lost power. bge was able o get the lights back on for about thousandd of customerr ... and are still working on the rest. rob gould with bge joins us live in studdo ...with the latest numbers. -how may without power now-what's the process for who gets turned on-what's the lonnest someone could go without power-wht difficulties have you ncouutered 3 coming up.. flooding from irene was widespread...find ouu where these rushing watees ere.. and if damage was causee. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all recovering from the force of hurricane irene. cleaning force of hurricane irene. cleaning up from get america's favorite coffee for america's favorite single-serve brewer. try all five delicious varieties, only at dunkin' donuts stores. america runs on dunkin'. 3 3 we have a growing list of school districts in maryland that will be closed today because of damage or power outages from irene. anne arundel county.. baltimore city.. baltimore ounty.. cecil ounty and chaales closed. haaford county.. howard countyy. kent county.. prince george's county and queen anne's county schools are also closed. 3 3 3 3 hundreds of thousands oo people are still without power in maryland this morning. mornnng. ááadlib numbersáá bge has restored power to almost irene hit... but almost 400- thousand remain in the dark. joel d. smith is live in perry hall with just one of the many obstacles slowing down the process. good morning joel d. patrice on our ride out here to perry hall, many intersections remain without working traffic lights... many of us are concentrating n our &phomee, and challenges like this here show how difficult of a recovery thhs has been for bge.... (ad lib) thee daaage seems to be everywhere... everywhere.... hurricane irene took out hundreds of electrical lines overnight.... and that's kept b-gge crews busy rrund the clock. it takes actual workers to fix most of these lines and problems, so it takes time, and brute force to bring the power back. meanwhile in roland park...crews work hard to clear limbs from lines... and using daylight for this cleanup nd restoration best strategy, but until it is all over remember, even though you might ot hhve power... those downed power left. 10:14:32-42 "customers' patienceedo wear thin very quickly and we underrtand that, ut we ask... we had some horrific damage." 10:26:22 "i camped a lot as a kid. we'll ssrvive." survive." bge tips for when the power goes out...... (ad lib) 3 3 3 3 ocean city is still recovering from hurricane irene as she &pswept across marland.accordin to governor o' malley... minimal damage was done to the manddtory evacuation was ordered for people to leave the area.many people boarded up their homes and businesses preparing for the worst.but there were some that stuck around... megan gilliland has been riding out the storm there... latest on how the area is the shaping up..good mornnng megan? 3 3 here in the baltimore area ... when you step out the door this morning, you will probably be reminded of hurricane irene's wrath..many trees areesnapped in half and power lines arr down too. too.candace dold is live in guilford to assess the damage t. there.look at this... this... 3 people are still left with this tree that toppled over a car in northwest baltimore. these scenes remind people llke octavia suggs of the gravity of the situation. it felt like the wizard of oz that was getting ready to take she did her number... she did her number numberbgeecrews continue to work around the clock to restore verything back to normal.they have a warning.. if youusee downed power lines... don't toucc.. they could kill you. 3 3 3 3 3 all of this brings us to our question of the day:was hurricane irene as bad as you phone lines are open now.. the number to call 410 481- 4545. this was the scene in family's home.rushing water... through a valley.imagine seeing this through your window!no word yet if any damage was done to the house. stiil to come.. irene is gone... but she's got a friend behind her.will it pose damage to maryland?the answer in your skywatch peather forecast. forecast. you're watching fox 5 meteorologist)) 3 3 coming up.. trees down.. pooer out.. and damages in her path... that brings us to our question of the day.was irene as dangerous as you expected?our phone lines are open now.. 410- 481-4545. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 6)) ((question of day animation)) irene caused widespead damage...trees are down.. people are still without power.. and many people.. including kids lost their lives. lives.ttat brings us to our question of the day.was irene as bad as you expected?our phone lines are open now.. 410- 481-4545. ivan - parkville 3 button pnope, but it would be awesome to have power again!" again!"hood:"her name is irene for a reason = i ruined everything near eastt coast.....oh man i gottt get my roof fixed!" 3ixed!""--3 coming up in our 8 o'ccock hour.. the fair is open for business! what you can expecc to find there...and the deal you ccn get today... courtesy of irene. you're wwtching fox 45 morning news...all llcal.. all morning. ((break 7)) the maryland state fair is back in business ... fox45 is a proud sponsor of the state &pfair... and is the place to find out what's happening at the fairgrounds. fairgrouuds. righh now we are joined by ashley stephens from " u - learn" 3 3 hurricane irene can actually save you some money. because of the storm.. the fair is offering 2 for 1 admission.. today only. ride passes are just all-day the grand prix.. is coming to get you revved up for the big race. while you can't get behind the wheel this weekend.. you can fulfill your need for speed. driver: san francisco is available for the xbox360. we are giving away a copy morning.anddif you win the ing.- game you'll qualify for our grand prize rawing.... an xbox 360 console aad a collection of racing fan essentials... including royal purple spectator chairs.. a backpack and more.we'll draw our winner friiay.. so stay tuned for your chance to win. coming up in our 8 o clock hour. hour..the effects... of hurricane irene.the damage she caused... and the clean-up efforts being ddne today. you're watching fox45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. 3 3&thousands are still in the caused widespread power outages.how soon electricity... coulddreturn. let's get out of here! storm... takes a turn forrthe worse.where this reporter was... when a surge of water comes rushinn toward her. and it's like something out of &pa movie... where this life &pguard ssaad was ripped from its foundation. 3 3 -boardwalk, ocean city-boston... moving sand... storm clean-up3 monday, august 29th 3&we have a grooing list of school districts in maryland that will be closed today bbcause of damage or power outagee from irene. anne arundel county.. baltimore city.. baltimore county.. cecil county ... chaales county and carolineecounty schools are closed. closed. harrord county.. howwrd county.. kent county.. prince geooge's &pcounty and queen anne's count schools are lso closed. p 3 3 3 3 irene's is no longee a tropical storm now.. but ii her wake are 21 deaths in eiiht states.... states....including one righh here ii maryland.in queen anne's countyy.. 85-year old anne bell was killed when a caasing a chhmney to collapse. it happened outside of queenstown. and in newport news, virginna... a young boy was out of the ground.. and ing planted it on the child's home. his mother was able to escape... but barely.the child was trapped and crushed by the massive trre trrnk. there is also a staggering number of maryland residentss ááadlib numbersáá tte sttrm. - 3 if you're watching us right now, that means you have power, and you're one of the lucky ones. more than still waiting for the lights to come back on. joel d. smith is live in perry hall with one of the obvious reasons why it's takiig so long. good patrice on our 3 3 left.have lots of juice power lines coull those downed not have power... those downed power lines could have lots oo puice left. rob gould: 10:15:40 "there are plenty of opportunities... but it is while all this continues.... herr are some tips for when your power -- no candleselectronic equipment --leave one light on aa a test --get a cooler fiiled with ice/ dry ice. 3 3 3 joel d. smith, fox 45 morning news. p, 3 you can always stay connected... even if you lose power. watch all fox45 newscasts on your cell phone. to get the shows streamed to you.. download the fox45 app. go to your app store.. or go to foxbaltimore dot com and lick on "mobile" on thh upper right hand side of the screen. ocean city saw the bruut off across marland.late last was ordered for people to tion - leave the arra.many people boarded up their homes and businesses preparing for the worst. megan gilliland has been riding out the storm ttere... and she joins us now with thee latest onnhoo theearea is shaping up..good morning megan? 3 3 people in baltimore ccty continue to pick up the pieces... literally. debris is still sprawled across the maii roads and many neighborhoods. neighborhoods.candace dold is live ii guilford to show us what people are waking up tt this morning.. take a look at this tree..itts a very amiliar sight for many . people. sight for many people. people. 3 ccming up... seccets... for a salon-like treatment.the items you probably have at home... that work just the same. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((bump out)) 3 3 3 3 3 the maryland state fair is back in business ... fox45 is aaproud sponsor f the state find out what's happening at fairgrounds.right now we are joined by anne couwenhoven... and she's talkinn chocolate! 3 3 hurricane iiene cannactually save you some money. becaase of the storm.. the fair ii offering 2 for 1 admission.. today only. all-day ride aases are just 15-dollars if you buy them between noon and 2 p-m. coming up... the effects... of hurricane &pirene.the damage she caused.. and the clean-up effortssbeing dooe today. but next... enjoy the luxury of salon... without paying for one.what you can do at home... that gives you the same effects.you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. alll morninn. ((break 2)) ((bump in)) 3 we're starting to see that summer is coming to an end.so we need to ástartá transforming our dried utt sun scorched skin and hair into smooth, healthy skin and wolfe from lush cosmetics to help us find things we already have around our house to do just that?she's going to demonstrate n model gwen ffedericks.--summer is almost over, whht caa we coming up... coverage of hurricane irene takes a turn for the worse. worse.let'ss et out of here! was... when a surge of water comes rushing toward her. and later... a life guard stand... ripped from its &pfoundation. where it later gottpinned.you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 3)) ñ 3 damage could be seen all across maryland. a tree fell on fox45's joy lepola's home... causing quite a scare. scare.this morning... she gives us an inside look of what happened... and the damage it caused in hampstead. ((package)) 3 3 3 33 3 coming up... it's like something out of a movie... where this life guard stand was ripped ffom its foundation. you're watching fox 45 morning -perry hall 3 3 we have a growing list of school districts in maryland that will be closed today becauseeof damage or power outages from irene. anne arundel county.. baltimore city.. baltimore county.. &pcecil counny and charles county schools are closed. closed. harford county.. howard county.. kent pounty.. prince george's county and queen anne's county schools are also closed. 3 3 3 3 thhre is a staggering umber of maryland residents still without power this morniig... because of the storm. at last 3 3 3 3& there is a staggering number of maryland residenns still without power this morningg.. because of the restored power to almost 300--housand customers since irene hit... but almostt400- thousand remaan in the dark. joel d. smith is live in perry hall with just one of the many obstacles slowing down the process. good morning joel d. patrice on our 3 3 3 you can always stay connected... even iffyou lose power. watch all fox44 newscasss on your cell phone. to get the shows streamed to you.. download the fox45 app. &p go to your app store.. or go to foxbaltimore dot com and click on "mobile" on the upper right hand side of the screen. ocean city is still recovering from hurricane irene as she swept across marland.according to governor ' malley... minimal damage was done to the area.late last week... a mandatory evaccation was ordered for peopleeto leave the area.many people boarded up their homes and businesses preparing for the worst.but there were some that stuck around... megan gilliland has been riding out the storm there... and she joins us now with the latest on how the area is shaping up..good morning megan? 3 3 coming up... hurricane destruction... caught on camera.where irene left behind the most damage. you're watthing fox 45 morning news.. ll local.. all morning. 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((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 3 3 3 3 3 the maryllnd state fair is back in business ... fox45 is a proud sponsor of the state fair... nd is happening at the fairgrouuds. fairgrounds.right now we are joined by sonny williams who's bringing some bulls to the &pstate fair. 3 3 hurricane irene can actually save you some money. because of thh storm.. the fair is offering 2 for 1 admission.. today only. all-day ride passes are just 15-dollars if you buy them between noon and 2 p-m. the grand prix...is coming to baltimore... and we want to get you revved up for he big race. while you can't get behind the wheel this weekend.. you can fulfill your need for speed. driver: san rancisco is available for the xbox360. we are giving away a opy of the game ater this morning. morning.and if ou win the game you'll qualify for our grand prize drawing.... an xbox 360 console and a collection of racing fan essentials... including royal purple spectator chairs.. a backpack and more.we'll draw our winner friday.. so stay tuned for your chance to win. coming up... it's a story he'll never forget. forget."never seen annthing like it to be honess with you. not sure wwere it's coming fro" from." why this repooter might now regret... getting covered in sea foam duriig hurrrcane iiene. let's get out of here! and if they aren't getting foamed on... they're running! where this reporter was... when a suuge of water comes rushinn toward her. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 6)) ((bump in)) mother nature hasn't been that easy on us lately.it's been a very hot ssmmer with a lot of weather events that could cause wear and teaa on our start gettiig thme ii gear for winter.and aside from obvious things you haven't thought of that could save your life. chris storms from firestone complett auto care joons us this for this morning's motor minuue.--maintaining your car with focus oo belts, hoses and coolantbelts and hoses, are that leave you stranded the couple of hoses as well as a new belt, difference?--you have aatool yoo use to help belts is to change the belt tensioner wwth the belt?-- things that go along with coolant services flush, hoses clamps and possible thermostat and gasket--great prep for the upcoming and demanding summer. summer. for more information on firestone information on for more information on firestone complete auto care, log on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. coming up... mother nature... showing her force.where this lifeguard stand was pinned to... after being ripped from its poundation. and a boat... that nearly sinks.we'll show you thht... moments... captured during you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. 3((break 7)) ((bump in)) 3 ((bump in)) ((break 7)) ((bumm in)) these are the moments you they were caught on camera. camera.and today...we're showing you ssme of the moments... caused by hurricane irene. boat to sink in water-atlantic highlands, new jersey-rising waters swallowed up the boat -southern vermont-flooding got so bad... it sent a car floating away-you can see car getting suckedddown stream-lots of other debris brokk free... and floatee down roadways as well -irrne also caused a life guard stand in long beach, new york to do this-lifeguard building slams into a boardwalk -was ripped from its foundation... causing it to get pinned -scaay moments for one reporter-asbury park, new jersey-out covvring the storm... when a surge of water comes rushing toward herryells to er photographer... to get out of there--uckily... there were both safe coming up on good daa baltimore... covered in foam... from head to toe.why this reporter might now be embarassed.... about his hurricane iiene coverage. you'rr watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning.