how do you go from that to running a bingo parlor, $300,000 in debts and turning around an entire cityyou took your vision and you made it real. >> you mentioned i was going to be a lawyer. at the last minute, i turned away from a life of crime. >> that's appropriate after what happened with you today. but tell me. >> how did i get from there to here? my dad taught me you want to stick to simple ideas. i don't know, tony, where or when, but ever since i was a kid, the idea of building something that would make people go wow struck me as just about the coolest thing in the world to do. now, it's not saving lives in the real sense or doing something noteworthy, but it's kept me a happy, happy person. >> a lot of other people, too. >> i have to build another hotel, next time i could get it right. along the way, created 150,000, 250,000 jobs. the most satisfaction i have gotten, family, staffs of the hotels here and abroad and their family have all sort of merged into one. this familial organization. i live in the hotel. it is a great life. >> i talk to them and go to your hotels. listen t

. >> reporter: yes, the bingo parlor sandbag and dry for now. the halloween getup said she's keeping it light, but she's very serious about one thing, and that's not taking a massive storm too lightly. >> we got the radios and things. if i hear it, if i hear evacuate, i'm gone. >> reporter: the same holds true in neighboring north beach. by early afternoon, it started to look like a storm proper. and they started closing some streets off in anticipation of flooding. >> and with the wind coming in closer to north beach, it's going to push the water up the bay rather than out. that's going to make a great difference here. >> reporter: the hope is that difference doesn't amount to too much damage. in calvert county, derrick ward, news4. >> and we are just getting started here on news4 at 5:00 tonight. storm team 4 coverage of hurricane sandy continues in prince george's county right after the break. >> and it is snowing, snow has begun to fall in the mountains of west virginia. and this is just the beginning. >> and doug's still tracking the storm.