in the white shirt facing you there, that's director of the office of emergency management, bob maloney. right now he is giving the mayor a breakdown of what's going on at this point. moments ago, the mayor got a briefing from the national weather service to learn the current path of sandy. ava in ocean city, being pummeled by the wind, was talking about the wind field. what we learned, what we are in for here is 36 hours of 45 mile-per-hour sustained winds with gusts up to 60 miles per hour. that is a long time to have winds that strong so that's why the heads of every agency here trying break it down and figure out what they need to do. the department of parks and rec. here, their job is tree removal, taking care of potential trees down along with d.p.w., as well. fire is here, police commissioner batz is here, as well. they want to know the situation and what to expect moving forward because the worst of the storm will be monday night but prepared sentence -- preparedness is key so everyone is in place to take care of the situation quickly and safely. we know mayor stephanie is plann

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