surfaced a few moss ago the department of public works only had two inspectors to read water meters and the impossibility of the task read to widespread guessing at bills. he is washing his car even though he said he knows he will be paying for it when he gets his water bill. >> just say there is a hundred, two hundred more than what it was last year. go figure. >> reporter: figuring out how much water customers use lies at the heart of a critical audit the which is forcing the department of public works to refund tens of thousands of people more than $4 million in over charges. city councilwoman mary pack clark said she fielded hundreds of complaints including an elderly woman in ed their gardens. >> she opened the water bill and it was $6,000 for a two story row house.

>> reporter: her real bill was $134. the audit revealed the city didn't have the manpower to physically check the meters each quarter so it started estimating water use based on previous readings. some meters went unchecked for more than four years. >> that's why -- the legislation that's been approve that you can't get a bill if you have only been estimated. have you to have a reading. >> reporter: effort next few years the city plans to instale a new automated system that will report the use instantly without the need for someone to check each one by hand. >> we have 21 people focused on checking meter reads. >> reporter: that's good news for kevin who would welcome an inspector checking his meter. >> i haven't seen him in a long time, not at all. it's closed in looks like, usually -- the meter cover and reader to my knowledge and haven't seen him.

>> reporter: some saw spikes in already bill other new accounts never paid and they may owe for past use. some properties in city also were sold to the highest bidder in tax sales over unpaid water bills. right now its not clear if checking their meeters would have made a difference. >> all right. weather wise its been one warm day outside. keep in mind average high mid to upper 40s, we have been in the mid60s, cooling off in the last hour. 63easton, of 4 washington. from the west winds are fairly light and enjoy this, because these winds are really going to get intense in to the day tomorrow and tomorrow night into early saturday morning. high wind watch up for friday, especially from carol westward. i think that could expand further toward the chesapeake. this evening 60s, then 50s,

partly cloudy, mild and breezy. we talk about how the temperatures change dramaticly for the weekend, that's ahead. >> thank you. would you be willing to give up some of your mortgage interest deduction to help the state of maryland balance the budget? it's one of the least mentioned of the go governor's new proposal but it's one that's drawing a lot of fire from homeowners and realtors. roosevelt with more. >> reporter: under the proposal the single taxpayer making about $100,000 or more of gross adjusted income would loose 10% of their deduction. if you make $200,000 or more your loss would be 20%. realtors say such a hit would affect one of the biggest benefits to people. they say it would also do another thing to discourage people from buying a home. the maryland association of realtors said depending on the value of the home many families stand to loose thousands of dollars in tax deductions, they

say they have been educating people about how this would affect about one in five hard working maryland families. >> we are trying to make sure homeowners understand the effects of the proposal and obviously they trying to convince legislators but it's not one that will help the state or the economy in the short run. >> reporter: they said they will hold a rally next wednesday morning outside of the state house to try to help convince lawmakers to vote against it. we will have more tonight at six. abc 2news. >> tonight's two teens missing. police say that the 14-year-old and her 15-year-old brother were last seen yesterday morning. the teens never made it to school. police are asking anyone who may have seen them to call the police. the number is on the screen. tonight this man is a accused of pretending to be a

virginia police state trooper. officers spotted him speeding in a crown victoria. when the officer pulled him over he was wearing a virginia taste police uniform. the officer found emergency lights, a laptop computer, a stop light, a siren and a video recorder. police believe he may have been conducting fake traffic stops. anyone who believes they encountered him while he was pretending to be an officer can call this number. baltimore county police need your help identitying a man responsible for stealing credit cards and hughes them at area gas stations, take a look at this. a woman called police last month to report that someone had broken into her suv. her cards were aiken later used at three gas station, the s.

anyone with information about s metro crime stoppers. now that the latest on a midair helicopter crash that killed seven marines. jamie has the latest. >> reporter: all right. the collision between a cobra and a huey happened last night yuma arizona. officials say the marines were training in an area that mimics the terrain of afghanistan in preparation of deploying there. six were from camp pendleton. one was from the marine air corp station in yuma. several crashes have happened in the last year involving marine training. last september an ah1wcobra went down killing two and sparking a brush fire that burned 120 acres. abc 2news.

>> thank you. the maryland senate could have a decision on the same sex marriage bill any time. last year the senate passed a similar proposal, the senate president said it's not expected to change this year. the legislation would make maryland the 8th state to legalize same sex unions. a consumer alert, facebook and google have come under fire because of privacy issues so now the obama administration revealed a new plan. the plan stresses several rights including individual control. you will have control over whether and how much of your personal information is shared now with outside companies. companies would only keep as much information as they need for specific purposes, this onto heels of a bill, a coalition of internet companies including google announced today. they are working to embed a do not track buton onto most web

browsers. and the attorney general is challenging the new policy. he sent a letter to the google ceo out lining several concerns about the online search enginee changes. he wants to meet with the ceo as soon as possible. he thinks the changes lets google compromise a user a privacy. users will be giving the website the authority to use your information when they want. >> you are looking at -- there needs to needs to to be a line between the applications and to be able to target advertising. maybe you want targeted advertising but you should have a choice. you should be able to opt in or out of it. >> he is not alone. 35 other states have joined them on the letter. important recall tonight.

honda is recalling 46,000odyssey minivans, it recalls 2008 and 2009 models with the power rear lift gate. struts that support the lift gate can leak and cause them to fall. two minor injuries have been reported so far. well the mayor's proposal to increase the bottle tax may not be popular with some grown ups but some school students are behind it. why? we will take a look at what shape their school is in and show you. bake ware that bursts, explodes and shatters in kitchens. it's a brand you probably have. we will tell you the likely cause. and billy crystal takes the stage for the 84th academy awards, what you can expect. stick around.

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a brand of bake ware in millions of homes. we found injuries and explosions in kitchens across the country, tied to this popular product. tonight a look at what could be causing these explosions and how you can better protect your family. . >> a loud explosion. liquid and glass all over the inside of the oven. >> reporter: a pyrex pan. >> i grew up with it and never expected it to explode like it did. >> that whole end blew up. >> reporter: shattered, exploded, blew itself apart, slight into two. common experiences. cataloging more than 1100 incidents since 2006, and 2012

the site has collected break reports of about one explosion a day. cuts needing cares for, suchs, a child burned on the ankle, a man saying a foot got burned a woman reporting a chunk of glass in the back of her throat. that doesn't include reports which analyze more than 300 cases and the consumer product safety commission estimating 12,000 injuries requiring a visit to the er between 1998 and 2007. >> when they blow, it's nice to have extra protection. >> reporter: the explosion prompted us to seek out engineering experts. >> it's a glass make up issue. >> reporter: american makers pyrex and anchor hawking changed the bake ware in the 80s to something more like window or jar glass. it now uses soda lime glass. >> it's a fairly common

temperature for baking things. >> reporter: we put the glass bake ware to an extreme test. first, the team checked for flaws. >> this one looks good. republican finding none they filled the dishes with sand to mimic food and heated them for 50 minutes each in industrial ovens to reach 450 degrees. they also wetted a granite counter top. nothing happened. that's a european made dish, they still are made with the old glass. they did each test twice. each time the europeon pan held solid. now the american bake ware with the new formula. the first test showed no break but the pyrex failed to reach the proper temperature. >> cold. >> reporter: heated to 450, the american pan broke again and

again. as did both american anchor hawking pans. >> all the soda lime dishes broke basically instantly when put down onto the granite surface, the older glass didn't do anything but sizzle a little bit. it didn't fail. >> reporter: pyrex didn't respond to interview questions but said heat strengthens soda lime glass bake wear provides com parable high quality. anchor hawking said he we have seen a dramatic reduction in breaking. our bake ware has a great safety record and is produced according to standards. if hit very hard it may break or the glass can be weakened. in a written filing, world kitchen told the cpsc, since 1988 they have produced more

than 400 million units of glass products. that report can be inaccurate and often the prodetect was misused in a manner specifically warned against. >> no. i have been cooking all my life, using pyrex, no. >> reporter: now manufacturers specifically warn against sudden temperature changes and the risk of putting hot pans on wet surfaces. the expects say while extreme it was designed to mimic what could happen in a real kitchen. has this happened to you? we want to hear about it. comment on the link. . >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> doesn't get much better for february. sun on tap and temperatures surging a solid 20 degrees above average out there. not record breakers but way above average. still 61, as you are getting in to the mid60s.

humidity bone dry, in fact enhanced fire risk. outdoor burning, something we don't normally talk about would be ill adviced through the next few days. take a look at the skies over baltimore today. man they were nice looking, lot of sun, manchester, northeast carroll, temperatures above 60, good weather here. how about the hdabc2 weatherbug camera. put this one online. looking southeast at the pier and a nice looking day. bit of surf rolling in. let's get into it. the radar not much out there. one renegade shower, i don't think its touching the ground but a little bit of light rain. as we look at the temperature pattern this is really been the story, low 60s to upper 50s now and wind from the west very light. i point them out because these winds will ingrease dramaticly into the day tomorrow, by tomorrow night overnight, over

40, some winds to 50. high wind watch up to the western half of the state. this could be expanded further east in addition to that. i would say for the bay bring crossers, on friday evening, you want to be driving a high profile vehicle because they may restrict that come tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. high temperatures today in to the mid60s, 63 cambridge, 59 york, 63 frederick, clouds passing by with very, very limited chance for rain and mainly that will be for western maryland. you can see in the upper midwest showers, snow showers, the pattern is basically one of weak low pressure over the tennessee valley, the western valley, stationary warm front just north of us, allowed the warm temperatures to come up today and they will surge in a stronger way tomorrow. we could see a shower overnight but through the day tomorrow we expect to get into these kind of numbers, low 70s, the exact

temperature in roanoke, that will edge in for part of the day tomorrow it. by tomorrow night different as cold air will rush in out of the west and take a look at the trend here. a few showers possible overnight. relatively dry on friday. looks like most of the active weather south and east of us. much colder as we go into saturday and that cold wind flow kicks in. there could be flurries in western maryland. overnight down to 47 with a few showers possible overnight. limited though. tomorrow 72, warm and windy, a scattered shower, even a thunderstorm, most of the activity will pass just southeast of baltimore and tomorrow night to 38 we go, turning much colder, getting much windier, the seven day forecast as we look ahead here, again the bottom line is, temperatures will trend, much cooler saturday and sunday, however, into next week things moderate again. not as mild as what we are talking about tomorrow but there you go. 72 degrees. not quite record breaking but

close. >> great weather for a run in february. >> i would say. >> i ran for you. >> good. >> thank you. >> you know it's hard to think of the academy awards without thinking of billy crystal. he will be back for his 9th go round hosting the oscars after eddie murphy bowed out. what you can expect. who -- as he opened in 1992. he is back. his seven year hiatus from losing was -- as megan fox with -- go to find him. he came to the rescue after a real life drama rocked the awards, unfortunate comments by the original show director forced him to quit and hand picked his host who dropped out as well. hollywood veteran stepped in and convinced crystal to come back. >> he has been working on the movie sit that will open the

show and i hear they are outrageous. >> and don't forget we are your home for the 84th yearly awards. you can see them this sunday starting at sunday with the red carpet live show followed bid big show. a great night. apple a day may keep the doctor away, so what could an orange do? how it could help women from suffering a stroke. and other foods that may help to. does your teen get behind the wheel while high? new research says they could be. why they don't think it's a problem.

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. in tonight's health alert an apple a day may keep the doctor away but a orange may do more to lower the ring of a stroke. dark chocolate and red wine are rich sources of a compound. researcher studied 69,000 women to find how eating these compounds affected their risk of stroke. they found that women who ate lots of one particular kind of the com found in citrus fruits had a 19% lower risk of stroke. one in five teens get behind the wheel after smoking marijuana. 13% of teens admit to driving under the influence of alcohol. according to a new study, among teens who have driven after smoking pot, 36% say it's not distracting. nearly one in five say alcohol is no distraction. however, most teen drivers say they would stop driving under

the influence if they were asked to by their passengers. guess not their parents. there may be a new drug to ship you shed the weight. how this diet drug has rebounded from being rejected by the fda fdaful. and an 8-year-old in critical condition after being shot by a classmate. what charges a 9-year-old could face. and a judge has rule aid man must apologize to his estranged wife after venting about his pending divorce on facebook. how the judge made sure someone is keeping tabs on him.

. now abc 2news at 530:67:89. >> getting up to the minute on top storey, seven marines died when two helicopters collided. the crash happened