weather running up the coast may not become a main entity. heavy rains running up the coast. we talk more about that coming up. for now enjoy a real nice evening. >> you know the military community is a tight one and always looking out for one another. >> that sense of family is on display while several families lost everything in the fire. >> reporter: they're used to giving their all for their country but in a matter of minutes, mother nature took nearly everything from five military families in fort meade. >> we also had to call in fire companies from bwi, howard county and anne arundel county. >> reporter: lightning started it. now five families are within consider iting where they're going to go from here. that's where army community

services comes in. >> we're family away from family. >> i could not, not help. >> reporter: she's been through this before when a near destroyed her home and she lost everything. she is amazed at how the community has stepped forward. clothes and food are easy to get, but photographs are hard this replace. they found a solution for that. >> several of the photographers here on the installation have come forward and offered each one of the families photo sessions through the next year so they can at least start over. >> more supplies are coming in every day. >> this is america. this is what america is all about, that we take care of each other and our own. we have our six, not just our six our 12, our 3, our 6, our 9.

>> reporter: in ft. meade, don harrison, abc2 news. >> you can reach kathleen at this number. anne arundel county executive newman has opened a campaign account. newman took over the county executive role after leopold was found guilty of misconduct in office. freckles was found abused and abandoned. look at freckles today. he looks like he's smiling at you. now in this picture you can see his belly. all his wounds are healing nicely. freckles is living with a trainer until he is rescued.

don't you just wt to rub his belly right now? >> yes. all right. what started out as a blog for her family has turned her into the nationally known scary mommy. tonight abc2 news charley crowson sits down with scary mommy to learn more about her latest project. >> reporter: there's no denying her. unless you've read her book, confessions of a scary mommy, she may not be a fan of yours. >> my dislike for other people's children, how i feel about school and teachers. >> reporter: confessions was a best seller. it was a let among fans. it's even been printed in a number of foreign languages. >> sold in funny place.

this, i believe is the polish version. i think this is the czech one. >> reporter: now she is back for round two. >> mother hood comes naturally is everything i was told about motherhood and parenthood before i actually was. so it's 23 lies or myths that i debunk. i feel like it could have gone really wrong. >> reporter: her success and honesty has made her a regular. she admits it can be tough. >> there are moments you think is this ever going to end. there were trip that is seemed to last forever and was dieing to get home. >> reporter: when she does, it may not be the reception she was hoping for. >> glance up -- hey, mom. >> reporter: it's a tough balancing act for this wife and

mother of three. >> people asked me about balance and how i managed to find it and get everything done and i laughed because i have not found balance in the latest. >> reporter: but she said that will not stop her from searching and sharing her discovery with parents every step of the way. >> it's the only project, hobby, whatever, that i've been able to stick with and enjoy just as much now as i did when i started it oar oar in mt. washington, charley crowson, abc2. >> her next stops are on the west coast. we have a link to her site. you cairn find it at abc2news.com. >> scary. >> yeah, no doubt. all right. it only takes two seconds. we're going to tell you just how many young adults are losing out on jobs due to social media. >> you better keep that receipt

for your kayak. rei is making changes. >> our lady of grace. some high thin cloud cover staying dry. i wish i could say this gorgeous dry weather lasts. those details coming up.

you might want to toll your new grad -- tell your new grads to think before sending out that post. it's not just kids being rejected. the same amount of kids between 25 and 34 lost out to social media. most young adults who were part of the study said they aren't concerned about how social media may harm their future careers. changes are coming to rei. it plans to change its return policy. they said you can thank customers for that. the company has noticed more of them taking back old and well used items after they've purchased them. in a lot of cases they didn't have a receipt. now customers have a year to

return the product and must have proof of purchase. so if you bought something from them online or an outlet, that pertains to you, too. mike masco is here to break down the weather and the orioles steve johnson is hitting the panic button. the team takes the control.

all right. a little breaking news out of the tropical news wire here. looks like we probably will have andrea in short order off the florida coast. they found a well defined

circulation. you can kind of make it out, a couple hundred miles west of ft. myers. looks like it will be named. we'll end up having andrea over the next 12 to 24 hours at least. it won't take long to come up over florida. hey, we've been talking about this for days now, large tropical setup and a large amount of tropical rain headed toward maryland as we go into the day on friday. that system will run up the coast and replace our very dry, very weather. in baltimore all sunshine right now. 77 degrees at the moment winds are southeasterly at 7. look at the temperatures across the state, upper 70s to near 80. gorgeous and's evening -- and pleasant evening. after tonight things get diceyer, especially tomorrow

night. no weather locally. nor do we expect there to be, maybe a new more clouds -- a few more clouds. you may wake up to that hard rain. that's going to be the setup overnight friday into friday morning. so two different waves of rain. and the heavier rain rolling in as we go into friday evening, we think. across the east temperature's not a big story. we're seasonable. overall, the big picture here showing you basically that we will continue to see dry weather for another 12, 24 hours. by this time tomorrow night we think the rain will be coming in late tomorrow night. that tropical satellite showing you what it looks like.

andre a different satellite. you see the darker reds. that's the more deep convex -- convection. that's where the hurricane hunters were just flying. we have 100% that the storm will be named and u tropical depression and aka tropical storm shortly thereafter. 78, more clouds. brt chances for rain tomorrow night. that will linger into friday morning. a secondary wave late friday night and we think things taper off to a large degree for the weekend. a few showers could linger into saturday and sunday. that will do it from here. let's head over to the desk. >> we'll take it. >> you know the deadly ef-5 tornado that touched down last friday in oklahoma waption the widest we've seen -- was the

widest we've seen. >> we have more on the wild weather. >> what a wild 31 days we've seen and the hits keep on coming. we are talking about hits along the mississippi river, which are bracing for more. it left 24 dead, including seven children, razing the question why more storm shelters were not available. >> there should be a place that if this ever happened again during school that kids can get to a safe place. >> reporter: just two weeks later a monster ef-5 touched down in reno, and when -- in el reno. this was a path of devastation comparable to the size of

manhattan. the el reno storm surprised people by shifting directions suddenly. >> we're going to die! >> reporter: three others lost their life. on the west coast wildfires are raging. firefighters battled nearly twice the average. it has collared 32,000 acres. >> the flames were 200 feet high. >> reporter: hundreds of homes are also threatened by new mexico and colorado fires. now dangerous flooding along the missouri and mississippi rivers have caused several levees to rupture. officials have urged the evacuation of more than 300 residents in the area. >> i want to be safe than sorry.

>> reporter: a week that also marks the official start to hurricane season. this could be an droa ya over the -- andrea over the next few hours. it will be the first named storm of the see son. parts of florida, by the way in the tampa region, may and up with 10 inches of rain by friday. guys? >> all right. we want to make sure you're prepared for whatever weather comes your way. the app sends you alerts. abc2news.com/download. >> we want to tell you about big changes at the white house. president obama is replacing his outgoing national security national security with susan rice -- outgoing national security adviser with susan rice. the president is hoping for a

quick confirmation. >> to ensure we have the litership, i would -- leadership, i would strongly urge the senate to confirm her without delay. >> one of the biggest critics is john mccain. >> all right. you can't take the kids to play at plumb tree park because it's undergoing a make joamplet the old equipment is being removed and replaced. updated lighting is being installed and there's molded concrete. if you want to fesh for free, you haven't missed your chance. last saturday was free fishing day. people were at loch raven. the 4th of july will also be a free fishing day in our state. well, the end of the school year is fast approaching. one public school thanked volunteers for reading to

students. it's part of the book worms program. today's students host add breakfast for their volunteer readers. more than a dozen with the jewish volunteers come to the ask and read for an hour. they also leave a bach for the class library. over 300 books have been donated. the goal is to encourage reading and lifelong learning for schools. >> that's the basis for a really strong educational program. >> it's important to developing readers. we want to develop their comprehension skills and develop a love for literature. >> the book worms program has been fitted the school for three years and teachers say this has been the most successful year

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the most colorful personality in sports history

turns 89. people were called over to help celebrate. his mind is still sharp. hey, there's bruise layer -- bruce layer, eddie nelson but the man who made us laugh was surrounded by his buddies. >> that's great. just because he can crack it open just by looking at the can. he cam here 60 years ago and never left us. happy birthday. ever wonder how the o's pass the time. one of the funniest videos to

come out of there was posted to twitter. he hit the panic button. the orioles play game two against the astros tonight. he really looked scared. scared. >> she is battling lung cancer. monica, happy birthday to you. hail to the ravens in old dpk. >> plus, two more days to the weekend. will it be a washout? we'll find out at abc2 news at 6, which starts right now. komen canceled races for the exiewr in many sit tell us.

find out what it means for -- races for the cure in many cities. >> earlier this week erika brannock talked about the woman who helped save her life at the boston bombings. >> a major polytesting on why kids -- politician on why kids aren't working, too many moms are working. >> the susan g. komen foundation is scaling back its planned events for next year, including a three-day walk in d.c. jeff hager has more on the fallout right here at home. >> everybody in the community, your community, my community, coworker, sister, mother, friend, neighbor, breast cancer affects everybody. >> reporter: over the last 30 years it's an organization that helps make breakthroughs possible. it jumped from 74% to 99%.

the comments critical of funding for planned parenthood by komen's founder cut into its own support. now it's canceled plans for the three-day walk in several cities, including washington. >> i think that people are a little bit confused about what's going on locally versus nationally. i think komen maryland is trying to be as transparent as possible. our mission is the main focus. it's the women in the communities affected by the downturn or the lack of support. >> whole participation was down, komen maryland still provided $865,000 for grant money while investing $600,000 more in breast cancer research. the early proct