one of the worst power outages since isabel in 2003. reporter: the force of hurricane isabel blasted maryland. it knocked down thousands of trees and cut off power to 800,000 marylanders. now, an ellicott 73 man is dead after running a generator inside his garage, filling his home with deadly carbon monoxide. his wife and son are currently hospitalized. seen here inside the hyper baric chamber at shock trauma. it s such a sad loss for our neighborhood. and they re just a nice family. many people s schools closed for a second day. and some people s patience is wearing thin. some say hurricane irene caused more damage than the last couple of blizzards. it cut a swath right through the state. reporter: bge says they still don t have the wires. their business crews have already restored electricity to half a million people. more than 65,000 customers affected by the storm have already seen their service restored. we recognize we have about 200,000 ready to restore.