but we are starting to see showers trying to move into the picture especially in virginia. so if your travels take you along this way, be be prepared for that. not seeing be prepared for that. not seeing thunderstorms or lightning but going into the afternoon, we could get severe thunderstorms popping up. for right now this morning, temperatures at 62. 64 in chestertown. we look at visibility this morning and we have a little bit of patchy fog in easton once again also salisbury. take it easy as you head out and about. let s check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren. reporter: we are off to a great start on the jfx. from the beltway to downtown baltimore, the stretch altogether will take you 11 minutes. everything up to speed through the fort mchenry and harbor tunnel. white marsh north of route 43 it s a 4 minute ride from this vicinity to the beltway and a look at the beltway in parkville harford road. everything up to speed. an 11-minute ride from 95 up towards 83
if you become trapped it s difficult to, trikate yourself. reporter: brad miller works in the farm next to it. nolt came over to his farm yesterday shortly before the accident to borrow some equipment. it makes you sad. you know how the grass is when it s wet. one of them probably slipped in. i m sure the other two tried to save them. no one know was happened. reporter: in ken diville kennedyville, don harrison. he said we may never know what happened but state police are trying to figure out what happened. there was a call about a possible sexual assault. so they went out to a whom on burke avenue. abc2 news roosevelt leftwich has more. reporter: county police are calling it a possible sexual assault. it happened across from towson u. detectives isn t several hours trying to find evidence. police say they received a call at around 4:25 from a person in the house. someone in the house had been aculted assaulted. they re still investigating meantime, neighbor
size of eight football fields one of several projects. back on this side of the fence. this 73-year-old lives on the other side. they just have a group of people probably from barnum and pailly s circus bailey s circus. reporter: he knows there are parts of the system older than he is but another increws, he increase, he said is way too much. this with take his water bill over $200 every two months. i think the city council should go back and evaluate what needs to be done and then come up with a fair and equitable solution to the water bill for each taxpayer and citizen, the same with property taxes. reporter: the city says it needs this bus it cost last lot to because this costs a lot to bring water into your home. the city has to fix hundreds of water main breaks each year and uncle sam said they need to bring it up to date. so we re going to be increasing the amount of new mains that we install. we re going to be increasing the projects in order to keep th
is out here, extreme western maryland through northern virginia. i think that s where a lot of this will stay for the next several hours. you can see the skies clearing out pretty nicely. temperatures warming up with that sun coming out to near 80. we ll talk about how hot things may get by memorial day. it s coming up. the air-conditioning will be running. just imagine a day when the meter could tell the power company when your service is down, how much juice you re using and even when you re cutting back. that day has arrived ins form of a smart either. abc2 s jeff hager has more. opponents are lining up against them. reporter: in the near future baltimore gas and electric said the old analog meters like this one will join rotary telephones as a thing of the past. many culls merls customers say they re in favor of it. i would like to see it automated. my bill is over $1100 and i have a one bedroom. why wouldn t i want a new needer to keep our gas and electric down
friday. those details coming up. a political fire storm which has developed over a proposed commission is about to dom a head as abc2 news jeff hager tells us. later this week he plans to issue an executive order that could open the door to career firefighters. reporter: when the call comes out for a fire, volunteers spring into action in harford county. the county s top executive says he has no intention of eliminating them. but he s also in no mood to negotiate the proposed commission that would oversee firefighting operations throughout the county. i m glad they were not allowed in 1776 or they would have amend the declaration of independence. reporter: it came up with 130 recommendations to help improve it. while an association monitors the 12 different fire companies today, some have more equipment, more training and more money than others. a commission was proposed to help guide it into the future but the association president said the fire systems are so comple