without hiation or pause. we hope this storm falls apart. mid-90s. we're sweltering. the main focus on that line of storms as they come in out of the west overnight or later this evening expect scattered storms to be a distinct possibility. >> you can't go four blocks without seeing a home without lights. abc2's brian kuebler. this week is bringing out the worse -- worst. >> four days of no power. it's a reality forcing many to get angry and others to to do something -- others to do something about it. for maureen hall, that sound may signal relief from the heat but not her wallet. >> the generator, the food you have to buy out. all that is starting to add up. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: that's only adding

to frustration. hall hasn't seen a bge truck in her parkville neighborhood for days. judging by the wires wrapped around or a downed utility pole, there's plenty of work to do, just no foreseeable date to do it. >> i call the line and this says it's pending. what does that mean pending. no one has come down do clop down tree limbs. no one has come to look at the -- >> we're starting to get frustrating. >> it is frustrating. >> reporter: down the block that is starting some to get creative. follow the maize of power cords to his house. >> that house, that house. >> reporter: his is one of six homes connected with this spa get -- spaghetti of cords. >> i would never believe this if i wasn't a part of it. for someone to extend themselves

that far, it's a great thing and a blessing. >> reporter: all extending from a half a block a way. miss margaret's house. cords plugged in and extended throughout the block, sharing her power because as she was insist tnt in saying, that's the right -- insistent in saying that's the right thing to do. >> would you? >> sure. she did want a streapt -- straight answer. would you? >> yes i would. in fact, he'll treat to the charcoal drill. go four blocks to your east and you'll run into it. brian kuebler. thank you, brian. >> governor o'malley held

another news conference to emphasize the work being done eight people have died in our state since last friday's storm, four from the storm itself, four from the heat. the governor said the number of out of state crews has doubled since his news conference yesterday. >> i'm not satisfied until every home is restored but i have seen steady progress, and that progress is happening in manyine estimates that were given to us immediately following this hurricane-like hit by the utility company. >> officials are telling us to tell you if you still have not had power to restore, call the utilities and keep reminding them. >> all right. how he's alivion. 19-year-old dylan luiza survived a walk right into a set of downed power lines in edgewater. this is unbelievable. joce sterman today talked with

hem. you've got to be amazed with this recovery. >> reporter: jamie, i can't get over it. dylan is at home. he spent two nights at bay view with third degree burns on his thigh and feet. besides that he's got no real damage. that in and of itself was a miracle. dylan was walking with friends. they were checking out storm damage, tired of being cooped out without air conditioning. while walking, help went toward the car and ran dead on into a set of downed wires that were strung across the field as a result of a power pole. his friends thought hi was dead and wondered what he who -- what they would say to his parents. when he came to he had severe burns. >> the fact them a' here, i know not too many people would survive, so definitely lucky on

that point. >> reporter: bge does own that power pole. they told us they did confirm that the power pole and that issue has been repaired. so what about dill plan? he is a la crosse player for mcdaniel. he was supposed top spend the summer lifeguarding. now he will be couch surfing instead under the watchful eye of his mom karen, who is a nurse. >> thank you, joce sterman. howard firefighter -- howard county firefighters spent this day going neighborhood to neighborhood looking for people who could be putting themselves in danger using a generator. they had an inter?riew three homes. in all the homeowners were using generators unsafely leading to dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide. there were only a few headaches.

there are a lot of neighbors still where one street may have power and the others don't. people who live here are luckier than most. he's got power. he set up a generator for his mom, her neighbor and another neighbor. >> my mom, one air conditioner. and my neighborrings -- they have that air conditioner. >> carl's wife alsos inned a man across the -- noticed across the street had no sump pump. he helped. a va -- a virginia man accused in a deadly hit and run will stand trial in september. he was arraigned on 10 counts

including negligent homicide by car, driving under the flins influence and leaving the scene of the accident. he killed matthew cheswick. >> we are more than 24 hours away from the fireworks display at the inner harbor. after the celebration last year, remember, a man was stabbed to death with a broken bottle on pier 5. then we had a 4-year-old boy walking with his dad shot in the leg. this year baltimore police have a new plan to make sure it's safe. they will be using a perimeter fence made up of bike racks about waist high. that will control the crowd. they will be watching them in real time using city watch cameras and the police helicopter. >> we don't want anyone getting hurt. we don't want to see that page come across last year for that innocent 4-year-old kid.

that's ridiculous. yeah, we wish that people would conduct themselves the right way. when they dorks of course, we're -- don't, of course, we're going to do our job. come tomorrow. >> they are expecting more than 200,000 people for the fireworks, ten times the crud at new year's eve. did you know that we rank up near the top with california, florida and texas for running red lights over this holiday? this is according to the national coalition for safer roads. the way we've been handling four way stops you can see why we're concerned. in our state 38% more violations occur this 4th of july week. so for everything you need to know, go to abc2news.com. we have a 4th of july guide.

it has everything from cooking tips to lessing firework displace. well, tons of debris and lots of cleanup still ahead of us. >> yesterday we heard noon. today there's a different goal for the bge customers at stevenson and bellona. we'll bring you a live update on when these folks might get their power back. >> how bge reinforcements are hitting the ground running. >> this is a great night to download our weather app. zoo forget our weather app where you can put the radar in motion i'm using it now to track a severe storm moving out of pennsylvania to the hagerstown area. how that might impact central maryland coming up. ♪

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want to take you out to frostburg. the storms have rolled through. that's why he's keeping an eye on what's coming our way. stay with us on abc2. listen, we have been bringing you team coverage. the storms knocked down trees and power lines. want to go out to cheryl conner, live you heard the promise. we've seen an improvement? >> no power yet. i can tell you a lot of people driving around on stevenson. it's been almost four days, 11:15 tonight will make it four days. there are crews that are still out here. they're working on laying a number of different poles and

new lines. that apparently is not going to get in the way. the owners of this home are on vacation. from what a breg crew -- bge crew leader said, they asked for it not to be removed but the power will be restored for 140 customers we understand on stevenson lane. these are some of the fine folks that might get power on. they're telling us before dark. scott, what has life been like? >> test been tough. tough on my wife and kids because i did to work but they seem to be surviving. >> reporter: you're thinking of another plan? >> i'm thinking of another hotel. there's one attached to the mall. i think they would like that. >> reporter: what's life been like for you these past four days? >> well, it's in the been easy. i don't know, just kind of hard

on us, and usually we're out of the house, which is good. that's kind of what this usually s every now and -- is and every now and then we come in and we get hot air. >> reporter: no tv, video games. what do you think about that. >> i don't know what to say. >> reporter: i don't know what to say either. it's been four days. >> we visited our aunt and friends. >> reporter: so you're make the most of it then, barkley. so, jamie, we're hearing it will be at dark tonight. we'll hopefully see some lights come back on. we've been showing you the area. we want to see it change over at dark. we'll bring you that live update at 11:00. back to you. >> four days and counting. for linemen working to restore

our power, we got a lot of help from our neighbors to the north, south, all thanks to a well executed plan. the system is set up to allow crews to act fast in a case of an emergency. >> each crew has a dispatcher. they head out. >> head out to areas they don't know because many of the workers are far from home. >> they're coming as far away as florida, tennessee, michigan, and even quebec, texas. >> others have set up shot -- shop. there's food, wart and ice and -- water and laundry service. >> we have a mobile laundry service. trailers. we work with them and help these guys get their laundry turned

around in 24 hours. we keep them happy. >> so why do they do it? leave their homes where the lights are on to come help us. >> linemen are a very proud trade. they love to help out. they love to make sure that everybody's safe and they love to make sure that customers get back on. >> thanks for being here. tell you what, they're all coming in from canada, texas, florida, mississippi. >> all hands on deck. it is neat how the power companies band together. let's get right into it. we're tracking a couple storms to the north and west. you can see basically out toward west virginia where one cluster is coming through. this one will go south of our immediate area. however, this cluster over chambersburg a bit more

disturbing. it will track into the northern part of washington county and carroll county and baltimore county, so keep a close eye. right now hour current warnings do include allegany county, washington county and recently frederick county. is this anything on par with friday, no, but it's an unwelcome thunderstorm, passing over deep creek lake and passing over frostburg in the last hour or so. part of that broken line of storm lts. humidity at 30%. muggy conditions beginning to crop in from the south and -- creep in from the south. could they be higher or worse? yes, but it's a moot point. we think things will get more humid and more intense heat wise. that will keep the chance for a storm. the the heat index values 100.

so as the storm dips out of pennsylvania you can see plenty of heat and humidity to help fuel the storms. the line doesn't show near the intensity or the storm structure that we had as we went into friday night. that's a duratio event. so that was an extremely rare event. this is more of a tip cam boundary line -- typical boundary line. we see them draped from upstate new york to points south and west. hotter conditions continue to flow in. it will fuel a day of extreme heat into the mid to upper 90s with the humidity increasing. so it's in the just hour 4th of july but thursday and friday look hot and trying to pinpoint the storm chances is difficult to do. we think 2 a.m. we could see pop-up storms. the storm is possible for your

4th of july. you have to factor that into your plans. 73, partly cloudy, muggy right into the fourth as we climb to the upper 90s. tomorrow night muggy, 75. you see conditions staying sticky and getting hotter. unfortunately, for those without power you have to do all measures to stay cool as temperatures surge. jamie? >> for those of us with scrapes and cuts we put a band-aid on it. what happens when you get a cut in your mouth, especially if you bite your lip. there's a tiny new patch that sticked to the inside of your mouth. >> reporter: if you have a lesion in your mouth, you're given a few option. do nothing, have your dentist keep an eye out on it or have it cut out and biopsied.

there's a new option. she signed up for a new gel to help heal the lesion. >> i put it on my gums. after a short time, five minutes or so it started to dissolve in my mouth. you didn't see it after a few minutes. >> reporter: researchers at ohio state's comprehensive center helped develop this patch. >> it would hold in place like a nicotine patch or some other type of drug delivery patch. >> reporter: on the patch is a potent level of man made vitami. patients develop trouble with sores in their mouth, dry skin. >> reporter: which is where the patch comes in. in lab tests it delivered medicine directly to the lesion with 97% efficiency but didn't

affect the body. >> would like to see a minimum amount. >> reporter: which could some day mean a new option, one that spares the process of repeated biopsies. >> people who develop mouth lesions have to get them biopsied every three to six months which means they often live with persistent mouth pain. we'll be right back. mashed potatoes and gravy. mac 'n cheese...

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here's a look at what we're working on. abc2 is working for you. we have a vacation checklist with things you cran do to keep your -- can do to keep your home safe. >> plus, team coverage continues as we try to clean up after last week's storm. >> we want to give you a check of maryland's most powerful radar. there's that storm cluster moving through hagerstown now. the broader perspective brings it into our western suburbs in about an hour to hour and a half. we'll be tracking that cluster. hopefully they will fall apart. there's a severe thunderstorm warning for frederick county. >> all right. he's got a handle on it.

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