this heat wave begafnlt let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart to find out if we can expect some relief anytime soon. jamie, the end is in sight but it's several days away. we think the heat get's worse before better. upper 90s except for the mountains well west in the high terrain. we also have heat warnings up for just about all central maryland. southern baltimore county. that runs through p.m. i fully expect it to be put back in place tomorrow and back in place on saturday. maybe expand it with the warning. here's the current heat index value. thrills is why it's dangerous to be out. if you have to be out working continue to hydrate with cold water and thunderstorm now popping up in northern baltimore county on the i-83 corridor. commuters headed north. we'll be tracking it to see if this thing intensifies.

for tens of thousands of our neighbors, the number of people who have not had their pour restored is just under 40,000. baltimore county more than 19,000 and or than 10,000 are still out in the city. remember, anywith still no power call bge at 877-778-2222. so how do you think the power company is doing. the maryland public utilities commission writes their report card. they expect companies to provide all the details about this. >> companies have to report to us starting from, again, the weather forecast, their preparations for deployment around the storm, the execution against the storm restoration plans, their customer performance, every single element of the prediction effort has to be reported to us. >> the power company has three

weeks. if you have comments or complaints, send them to the commission. public hearings will be held. on the seventh day there will be power because the last six you have been switched off, ticked off. as roosevelt leftwich tells us, there's been no change except it's hotter. >> reporter: i asked you about an hour ago. i said, why would you ben to work on this. here's how you begin? these are the tree cutters. it happened within the past 45 minutes or so. the tree cutters are here. that's when the power crews can come in. peck this mess back up and get power back on. the neighborhood has been without power for six days. after six days know what to do. they don't know whether to become irate. ind would lawn folks were trying to cope with things.

trees down, just a lot of problem for folks trying to figure out what to do. the hear has been without power since sunday night at 11. folks here say they've gone beyond complaining to end this. with the power, they just want the power on. with bge giving them answers about why it took so long to do so. >> going to different places, going to different people's houses, sucking up air conditioners. it's terrible. >> we haven't seen truck. we haven't seen anything. i called them on the phone. we're sorry. blah, blah, blah. well, you don't have to sleep in it to the point that you're stuck to the bed and you have to pry yourself every few hours to change positions. it's like sleeping in a giant glue trap. >> reporter: that is an image, sleeping in a giant glue trap. this scene is all over the

county, not just here but all over the county and city. you have large trees down. a lot of people are frustrated. they say they've been calling all the time to try to get something done. here's the deal, too. after 30 days or so it is -- what it; bge has to file a report. then the public can comment. they will hear from a lot of folks who are us from straight. now it's less than 50,000 outages where they have to get smaller groups restored, 20 houses here or the one house where the power lean was pulled away from the house. there's a lot of work so. a lot of people, they're ready for that power to come back on. >> you started this thing on friday. here we are a week later. how has it changed from last friday to today? >> some people left their homes.

they're trying to cope with it. others are irate. three want to know why it takes so long to get somebody out here to clean a road like this. lake avenue, not too far from the station, you know this is a busy street. a lot of homes here. it's not just on this street but homes on either side. that's the question people want answered and the investigation by the pse will do. they're working as hard as they clan but this is what they see all over the county and all over the region. >> we'll go right down the road to rogers ford. guess what? you're not same boat. we have some streets without power. there are a few streets where one side is power and the others don't. those that don't have power, it's about getting creative to stay col on day six without arking. >> i had to do some repair work,

and we've been staying in some hotels, traveling around a little bit and dealing with -- you drive around in the car to try to cool off but it's getting tougher. >> we try to spend the days in an air-conditioned area. we've been sleeping here at night. most of the block left on saturday morning. it was like a mass exsew dulls. it was the apocalypse and the exodus. >> bge has been trying to restore power to people in rogers ford. we were have a family get together for the holiday turn tragic. a 3-year-old boy was at a gathering with his family in the 600 block of old river side road in broon -- brooklyn park. family members realized the boy was missing. they searched. the father ended up being the one to find him, at the bottom

of the pool in the yard. >> paramedics arrived and dischooferred 3-year-old male had inadvertently entered the pool in the rear yard, had drowned and was unresponsive. paramedics rushed the bow to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. tragedies like this happen every year and like this in the backyard. with the summer heat not letting up, the pool is a natural place to cool off. abc2's don harrison has more on keeping your family safe. >> you have to have your eyes on the pool 24/7. >> reporter: she is the safety trainer. they take several measures to make sure the pool is a safe environment. inflatable devices aren't always the best thing for safety. >> water wings can come off. they're great for trying to teach children how to swim. we do use them here if the

parents want to bring them in but they're in the allowed to take their eyes off of them or allowed to go into the deep area. >> reporter: wearing a ring around the waist is not a good idea. >> the heaviest part of a child is their head. if they lean forward, the head will hold them down. >> reporter: pat said it's a good idea for adults and teenagers to be prepared for accidents. >> it would be nice if parents he ri person over the age of 13 would learn cpr. >> you never know. anything can happen oar damion hicks was here with his 5-year-old daughter kilah. he brings her to the pool. >> it's summer time. a lot of kids in the pool. i don't want accidents to happen. i want her to be as aware of

water as possible. >> reporter: whether you're in a large pool or small pool. safety experts want to stress to keep an eye on your kids and knowing where they are at all times. >> anne arundel county's office is on full safety at the aquatic centers. here in baltimore county we had a car traveling southbound. it lost control and within the airborne and -- went air borne land drove down the ravine. the driver was pulled out using the jaws of life and taken by an ambulance to the nearby trauma center. nobody else was in the car. the driver's name and condition has not been released just yet. a water main break on york road between warren and shawan was repaired but it's broken again. when the crew was back filling the hole, the main broke again.

all right. you sit at your desk all day and you'll be sitting for din are at -- dinner. we'll tell you why it's time to stand up. a family was grilling stakes and -- steaks hand to go to the er because of what they were using on the grill. >> all right. 99 degrees. it was hot are -- hotter downtown. 12 degrees above average, so nina from baltimore congrats. you get an abc2 umbrella. we'll talk about how hot it gets when we come back. don't forget how hot you are right now. you can find it on our abc2 weather app.

here we are in baltimore city. temperature right now at 101 as we approach 6:15 on this july night. wyatt will be back with a look at the forecast. listen, if you're sitting down, do yourself a favor, stand up for this next story. abc2 news health reporter talks about why some doctors are taking a stand against sitting. >> reporter: lisa has always tried to live healthy but life often gets in the way. like so many of us as soon as she gets up, lisa finds herself sitting back down. >> i sit all day at the office, commute to and from work. with a 2-year-old i have less

time to get formal workouts. >> reporter: lisa has found a more envelope at way to -- informal way to workout. in the corner of her office she has a treadmill desk. >> we're sitting more and more and more. the average person has gone from standing 90% to standing 35%. >> reporter: a doctor from ohio state said the simple act of sitting is leading to complications. >> it increases your risk of heart disease by 33. inso you lynn works 40% less. that means more and more fat gets put into the body. >> reporter: those who are obesity an average two and a half hours more a day and it may be the blame for lower back pain. walking just five minutes each hour at work burns 10 pounds a

year. even if walking isn't possible, standing is preferable. >> if we stand we would burn 150-calories. >> reporter: it's advice he not only gives his patients but follows himself. linda so website woab news. >> doctors say sitting too long can increase your cholesterol. they found and enzyme that converts bad cholesterol no good. so if you want all the latest health news, just like abc2's linda so on our facebook page. we note dangers of not cooking food long enough or hot enough but how about the tools we use. a philadelphia couple was grilling steaks and they ended up in the er. she felt a stabbing pain in her throat after eating a steak. she ended up getting a ct scan.

the scan showed a tiny piece of metal stuck in her tonsil. it turned out to be the grill brush bristle and was seared no her steak. her case is not unique. a stud do showed six similar incidents over the past 178 178 -- 18 months. >> you want to inspect the grill brush. if the bristles are loose or some have broken off, it's team to get a new one. >> it can happen. it has become common enough that senator charles schumer has called for an investigation into the safety of these grill brushes. all right. start off with that excessive heat warning. most of the center part of the

state excessive heat advisory. the national weather service has not included car rl and frederick county although they should have. you are just as hot there. let's get you no maryland's most powerful radar. any thunderstorms unwelcome, especially in baltimore county. the part of our state with the highest amount of power outages which is in the tens of thousands in baltimore county. these storms could contain some gusty winds, dangerous lightning and power crews to get off the power lines and poured poles -- power poles. so an unwelcome delay. rains welcomed but not the lighting in. 7:07 if this holds together and a smaller cell moving toward, really, towson, timonium or parksville. let's get into some of the other weather. a hot downtown baltimore, 97 degrees.

winds west at 12. a bit of a breeze but in the enough to do anything but stir hot air. a look at the key bridge, bel air, charm city run, no parade today. the heat and humidity is only getting more intense. at the beaches we were cooking in the 90s. beach side, most of the beach goers right on that water's edge. low 70s. so it's in the as cool as this was. heat index values statewide, 95 ocean city. most of central maryland steaming. i don't want to use the word baking. steam is a better word with the dew point numbers up in the 70-degree range. that is oppressive. you cool the air to 70. you have 100% relative humidity. so that is some absolutely oppressive humidity and the air temp 101.

with any humidity, that's outrageous heat. just enough to stir the air. we'll take it. it will not make a difference. the overall pattern is a hot one with scattered pop-up storm convex over the east -- convection over the east. it's pushing it to the dpfl course, southern alabama. we will get a taste of that on saturday, we think. so our heat bubble, the most intense part where they're not low 100's, i don't think it edges into tomorrow. tomorrow will be close to 100. more intense heat, ratchets up the heat saturday before we get a break. overnight 77. tom your two-degree darn -- guarantee just as hot. tomorrow night 80 or so. i don't think we'll get much

below 80. we you have that warm of a start first thing inorning, that's how you can get to 102. the old record is 105. 80s next week. there is relief in sight but it take as knew days to get there. >> all right. there's one good thing about this extended code red heat alert. the city parks department decided to extend pool hours. the only catch, you can only swim for a couple hours to give everybody a chance and to give lifeguard as break. if you still don't have power and you live in laurel, there's a temporary place floor you to charge your damage jet -- gadgets. the dure a sell truck has a -- duracell truck has a charging

station. these satellite images from nasa prove we're not alone. they took these images. you can see dark spots that would normally be full of light. all right. want to take you outside 83. look at the blue. wyatt mentioned storms coming up in north baltimore. we're keeping an eye on that. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] over the last ten years,

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here's what we're working on. fake food, not made of plastic or wood, but counterfeit food. how the government is trying to keep it out of the stores. plus, six days, almost a whole week without power. we check in with folks to see how they're surviving. wyatt's got breaking news on the storm coming. >> the storm sin tense fying in northern -- is intensifying in northern baltimore county. it will continue to move toward the northern part of the beltway. the track on this, 7:07 hunts valley and eventually into cockeysville. we hope it clears next.

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