they are at the activities center at bora -- bohrer park at 506 frederick avenue in gaithersburg. and the mid-country recreation center at 2004 queensguard road in silver spring. you're watching 9news now covering hurricane sandy. we'll be right back.

they're the activity center at bohrer park at 506 frederick avenue, gaithersburg and the mid country recreation center, 2004 queensguard road in silver spring. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. as we track hurricane sandy. i'm andrea roane. >>> she is a big storm. sandy shut down metro trains, buses, pretty much all transportation is at a halt. >> and your voice. >> i apologize, ladies and gentlemen. i'm doing my best with saltwater and everything else. >> let's take a rundown of what is closed. that's almost everything in our area. metro trains and buses as well as most public transit here and up and down the east coast closed. the federal government is closed as are most local governments. the same

it is the activity center at bohrer park located in we're go we'll be right back. >>> good morning. welcome back to nine nine now. we are tracking sandy here at 9news. it's 8:18. this is expanded coverage. we're asking for you to send us your questions or comments at facebook and twitter. we have a storm alert hot line up and ready to answer your questions. this question is from alvera who wants to know how long this storm will affect the washington area. >> a couple of days. today all day, tonight, tomorrow. it will get a little bit better starting tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. the worst it is going to be tonight and overnight tonight especially will be the worst time. >> and power outages occur, it will last even longer. >> schools closed monday and tuesday. what condition is the grid, the streets for schools to reopen if at all this week. that's a possibility. the question i was asked by somebody were the parking meters. who is going to enforce it i wonder. >> i think they have other issues but you never know. money's tight. >> i bet somebody is out there writing parking

the activity center at bohrer park at 506 south frederick avenue, gaithersburg for people only and also for people only, the mid county community recreation center at 2004 queensguard road in silver spring. prince george's county will have two shelters available for residents. the ch flowers high school located at 10001ardmic -- ardwick ardmore road. also the ritchie coliseum at umd located at rossborough drive in college park. the united way of the national capital area servicing all our region want you to know help is available if you need it. virginia, maryland or d.c. residents without power, out of food, need shelter or any number of vital services can call 211. there are trained multilingual operators manning the phones 24 hours a day. of course for life-threatening emergencies, do call 911. >>> it's 6:37. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. >>> we're back at 6:41. this is always the place to get your weather first n. is a live -- first. this is a live look atra hoe both beach. -- at rehoboth beach. the rain is picking up. the wind is picking up. it's cold in our area.

montgomery, a partir del medio-dia, estaran disponibles: el activity center estara abierto, en el bohrer park, ubicado en el 506 south frederick avenue, en gaithersb urg; el mid- county community recreation center, en el 2004 queens-guard road en silver spring. y el white oak community recreation center, ubicado en el 1700 april lane in silver spring... el cual recibe a personas con mascotas. tambien estaran disponibles refugios para personas sin hogar, en el 600 east gude drive en rockville; en el progress place, en el 8210 colonial lane en silver spring; y el wilkins avenue women's shelter, ubicado en el 12-250 wilkins avenue en, una de las mayores preocupa ciones durante esta emergencia es la electricidad... la empresa dominion virginia estima que un millon de personas podrian perder el servicio electrico durante los proximos dias... a medida que el huracan sandy se acerca a nuestra zona. actualmente unas cinco mil personas se encuentran sin el servicio. brigadas trabajaron durante toda la noche para restaurar el huracan sandy no solo ha provocado la cancelacion de servicios y cierre