abc2 news don harrison explains why. >> reporter: a search and rescue is going on in a park in anne arundel county today. everybody turned up ok, mainly because it was staged. county police sponsored the full scale search and rescue exercise today. the exercise involves several county fire, police and emergency agencies, along with state police and some volunteer groups among others. some park residents were curious about all the activities. just talking about how to work together in a conference room is not enough. >> they have to come together and share information. the only way to do that is get together and do exercises such as this. i believe we see one of the victims. >> reporter: one of the narrows was a person lost down -- scenarios was a person that to needed to be transported across the water. >> it gives us the skills we need and to be compatible with other jurisdictions. >> you see him there? >> reporter: the mobile command unit is very valuable for all the different agencies involved in one incident >> that unit gives us the ability to patch together a variety of different radi

don harrison for abc2 news. >> of course the kid have a goal. they hope to raise around $4,000 for the katrina victims down in new orleans. >>> now, maryland's most powerful radar and forecast certified most being a are the by weatherate. >> good morning. we are very cold this morning. but that's nothing new. we have been cold for a while. check out temperatures in glen burnie coming in at 20 degrees. hanover is right around 19. annapolis is at 20 as well. we have some gusts at about five to 15 miles earr an hour but those are gusts. they are not your sustained wind. we have icing that is going to be continuing through the morning time. we will be very cold. that temperature for a high only coming in at 33 degrees. and we will drop off into the 20s as we head into the evening. all right. let's go over to kim brown with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. traffic moves well around the beltway and you are not going to find problems up and down 95. just be on the lookout for the occasional icy patch. we have an accident reported

abc2 news don harrison explains. >> reporter: this is not just any school project. it's a project with a purpose. >> making ginger bread houses for the people in katrina. >> it's lot of people still in the trailers. >> reporter: it was an idea 5th grade here is watching the news and was surprised to hear that five years later there are still thousands of people who have not had their homes rebuilt or are living in fema trailers. she couldn't believe it. >> i don't know. just surprised me. >> reporter: the kid decided to build the ginger bread houses and sell them at the holiday concert for $35 each and then donate the money to habitat for humanity in new orleans. they designed them to look like the ones built in new orleans and even to look like the trailers some had been living in since the storm. cookie wheels and all. >> 189, 20. >> reporter: with all the laughter and creativity, the students don't realize they are learning also. >> a fractions, percentages, distance, addiction, subtraction. they used measurements when they made the things. we have tried to add t

don harrison explains why. >> reporter: this isn't just any school project. it's a project with a purpose. >> making gingerbread house for the people in -- katrina. >> a lot of -- >> it was an idea this fifth grader who was watching the news, and was surprised to hair that five years later, there are still thousands of people who have not had their homes rebuilt or are living in fema trailers. she couldn't believe it. >> i don't know, just me. >> the kids decided to build these gingerbread houses and sell them at the holiday concert for $35 each, then donate the money to habitat for humanity in new orleans. they designed them to look like the ones built in new orleans, and even to look like the trailers some were living in since the storm. cookie wheels and all. >> 18, 20 -- >> with all the laughter and creativity, the students don't realize they are learning also. >> fractions, percentages, addition, subtraction. they've used measurements when they made the things. we've tried to add the instructional piece into what has been a fun activity too. >> so these

. >> reporter: don harrison, abc 2 news. >> they say the safest tree is a live tree with the root ball attached to it. that's the best chance of drying out. >>> the night life in canton will heat up a bit. chipolte mexican grill will open up along boston street in mid-march. >>> lots of ravens fans traveled to the game. bill hooper and his son down there. the rest of us who stayed at home will be watching at home. we all want to see our offensive drive, not neutral or stall. >>> now, while you spent this monday looking for a job, scammers were out there on the job looking for you. coming up, we're going to take a look at some local scams designed to make your world better. they promise work but the only thing they do is rip you off. >>> cereal is a breakfast staple loaded with sugar to make them more appealing to our sugar. is that really necessary? you'll see how times have changed in tonight's health alert. >>> earlier this morning almost 40 out at pwi. 39 to be exact. we'll be back with an awfully cold forecast right after this. check out you. one rior operations due to the >>> ther

don harrison reports on hidden dangers of decorating your christmas tree. >> reporter: the christmas tree is usually the center peeves everyone's christmas decorations. it can also be the most dangerous. >> christmas trees present a significant hazar if they catch fire. >> reporter: chief michael cox with the anne arundel county fire department says christmas tree fires don't happen often, but when they do, they are dangerous. the anne arundel fire department demonstrated the dangers of a christmas tree fire. this time-lapse photography shows how fast a christmas tree fire can get out of hand. from when the tree catches fire to the room filled completely with smoke took 19 seconds. >> they burn fast and they burn hot and can bring the temperature of a room up very fast to make the whole room flash over. everything in the room will ignite. >> reporter: to make the tree safer, anne arundel fire department repletion recommends before putting it in the house cut 1 to 2 inches off the bottom to accept water easily. place the tree three feet away from candles fireplace and heat vents and,

don harrison for abc2 ,cnews. >>> here are some ways to winterize your home and useless energy at thee time it. first make sure that filter is clean. if you have gaxxpatched your ai filter is the plug off. close off a than an air vent. try using a sling insulation kit. the air dryer will make it shrink to the window. change your batteries s?÷and b couple extra. put your ceiling fans in reverse. log on to our web site abc2news.com. look under featured stories on the home page and 4gclick on t story. >>> let's talk a little bit about the winds. that has been a sober lining for us in today's weather p-win dying down a good bit. weather net sites across maryland capturing wind gusts 20, 25, even 30 miles per hour. if we take a look atbkfi5u reisterstown but most spots staying in the 20s for peak winds. the winds have died off even

don harrison shows us how. >> reporter: most fires úoccur in december, january and february.

don harrison introduces us to the tronster. >> reporter: meet tronster. that's his name. check his identity if you don't believe me. >> you will receive an identity disc. >> reporter: he fell in love with the first movie in 1982. >> the film mesmerized by the action and the fact this guy is sucked into a computer that really made me want to see it over and over. >> reporter: he started calling himself tronster at 11. >> any code i wrote or music i signed it that way. today i'm 34 and that's who i was and i have grown up to be so. >> reporter: he says his mom had trouble getting used to the new name. >> she wasn 't to trilled on the name change but just recently she wanted to see the original movie and after seeing it she said she is a little more comfortable with how i changed my name. >> reporter: it makes sense that he is a video game designer. his friends have been asking where the costumes are. >> one of the things they seep saying when will i go make a suit that lights up and i can walk around and look like a character from tron and who knows, maybe this year at hall