that's what happened at con edison plant on 14th street.we've got con ed spokeswoman on the phone with us. we appreciate you speaking with us at this late hour. first, you say this is the biggest outage in the company's history as it relates to a storm. what do we know about this explosion? >> i would like to let your viewers know we've been in an assessment mode for a large portion of this storm. we have noted this video has taken off on its own. there has been a transformer situation at the plant there but luckily no workers trapped in or on top of the building. that's the first primary concern no one was injured as a result of this. we're still in the midst of a storm. this is actually the storm of the century for us. it's one of the largest storm related outages in the history of this company. we don't know the exact cause of the incident. we're monitoring that. we're trying to find out whether there was debris airborne from the storm surge we received here. as your reporter was stating earlier about water up to his ankles, that's the l

we will talk to edison institute. they have a track on 75 of the largest utility companies. >> i'm adam shapiro with your fox business brief. the new york stock exchange and nasdaq have announced they will be closed for a second day tomorrow as a result of hurricane sandy. both exchanges say they plan to reopen wednesday weather permitting. meanwhile the cme says stocks index futures will reopen tonight before closing tomorrow morning. >>> td ameritrade topped expectations with its fourth quarter results. the firm reported a profit of 26 cents a share on revenue of $647 million. td ameritrade boosted quarterly dividend 50% to nine cents a share. >>> personal spending rose more than expected in september rising 0.8%. economists looking for a gain of 0.6%. income was right in line with expectations an increase of .4%. that's the latest from the fox business, giving you the power to prosper liz: folks, more than 600,000 residents of new york tri-state area, connecticut, new jersey, and new york are experiencing power out

. >>> decenas de vehÍculos y personal de la compaÑÍa edison son alistados para partir de emergencia parampleados y contratistas y 70 vehÍculos que incluyen camiones o equipo necesario. >>> pero la primera dificultad es hacer llegar este equipo y personal desde una costa a otra. >>> mejor es por aire. pero ahora estamos trabajando con el gobierno para ver si se puede. >>> 12 transportes aÉreos son requeridos, que es mÁs grande del que originalmente fue planeado con la compaÑÍa con edison. >>> se hace ahora llevar equipo, y tendremos asistencia militar. >>> casi 9 millones de residencias sufrieron el paso de sandy. un millÓn de ellos en 14 zonas a lo largo de nueva york donde estÁn destinadas estas cuadrillas que tendrÁn que reparar los daÑos. >>> hay que estar preparados, este equipo estÁ capacitado para maniobrar. >>> estas unidades estÁn siendos listas, cada una lleva equipo pesado para la limpieza de escombro y para resturar servicio elÉctrico. >>> expertos evaluan el impacto del huracÁn. una marea negra y naranja victoria a los nuevos campeones en san francisco. regresamos. >>> "notic

edison, yorktown. you can see it right there. but here's a good defensive play for you. skyler johnson, 99 problems. at the goal line source of the drive. that is nicely done. but here comes yorktown. is he a doctor? yeah. does he make house calls? uh-huh. yorktown 35. edison 15. all right, good council, big rivalry game. it's going to be tough to follow this one. i'm going to apologize in advance. he picks up the first down. but this is a defensive struggle as well. sort of making the difference tonight. curt garner high stepping. check this out right here. he picks it up on the punt. spinning for 15 yards. we know that much. the player is unknown. did he score? unknown. but a nice shot of that guy's back right there. good council winning it 13-10. all right. rg3 was out at the broad run game tonight. check out photos of him on our website and facebook page. all right, taking us out of here. the mighty marching band of the charges of chantilly. we'll see you next week.

he was our edison. he was our picasso. there's no one like him.ple will continue to thrive not like when steve was around. >> reporter: let me ask you about your own use of capital. allocation of capital. we know you have made tons of headlines buying an island in hawaii, lan nigh, homes. how many homes do you own, 15, 11? >> homes that i live in or -- >> why to you buy homes if i don't live in them. >> i bought one in newport rhode island that i am concerting to an art museum. and i got this idea -- my favorite museums are things like the frick museum where it is someone's home that you walk through home an garden and you see the art in a very comfortable, natural setting on a much smaller more hue scale. >> reporter: the island of lanai. you love hawaii? >> i love hawaii and lanai is interesting project. there what we will do is turn lanai in to a model for sustainable enterprise. we are going to convert sea water in to fresh water, and then have drip irrigation where we with will have organic farms all over the island. hopefully export produce,

thomas edison etched it on tinfoil in 1878.r the summer, it made its way to the lawrence berkeley national lab. researchers there have had a lot of success in digitizing some of the world's oldest audio recordings. >> when edison recorded that thing, he used a stylus that impressed the sound vibrations vertically into the surfaces. >> incredible. the 78-second recording also features a man reciting a pair of nursery rhymes and what may be the first ever blooper, because he laughed twice after reciting the wrong words. >>> pretty electric out here. the giants are in the driver's seat of the ,, last nig arms as detroit >>> and dennis o'donnell has tonights sports right, live from at&t park. dennis? >> reporter: kenny, last night it was all pats. madison bumgarner did have a lot at at&t. no score in the second. prince fielder just never stopped running from first base. marco scutaro's throw is there. fielder makes the first out of the inning at home plate. and the tigers do not score. bottom of the second inning, gregory blanco's

con edison vice president says workers don't know exactly what caused that massive blow out. we're talking about an area dha services an awful lot of people in new york city. take a glimpse of the situation. community and utility companies are dealing with right now. power outages from d.c., maine, impacting an awful lot of folks. new york and new jersey account for nearly a half of the power outages that we're seeing. >> and this super storm slammed into the jersey shore as it made landfall a few hours ago. and sandy has been relentless and taking a deadly toll, unleashly extremely dangerous winds. as we speak, police say at least three people have died from fallen trees. two of those deaths about 30 miles west of new york city. new jersey governor chris christie repeatedly warned people about the potential dangers earlier. >> i'm very disappointed some didn't listen to my order and i'm concerned it might lead to loss of life. >> reports of homes flooded under several feet of water and several rescues are under way, including those stranded in their cars. in their cars, can

thomas edison etched it on tinfoil in 1878. over the summer, it made its way to the lawrence berkeley national lab. researchers there have had a lot of success in digitizing some of the world's oldest audio recordings. >> when edison recorded that thing, he used a stylus that impressed the sound vibrations vertically into the surfaces. >> incredible. the 78-second recording also features a man reciting a pair of nursery rhymes and what may be the first ever blooper, because he laughed twice after reciting the wrong words. >>> pretty electric out here. the giants are in the driver's seat of the world series. we'll take you inside the clubhouse, next. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. is she for

was an explosion at the conn edison plant. it knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in southern manhattan. it could be several days before the lights come back on and trains are running again. >>> president obama will tour storm damaged areas in new jersey. the president will accompany governor chris christie of new jersey on the tour. new york city mayor michael bloomberg says he turned down the president's request for a tour of new york city saying the recovery efforts are simply too great to accommodate a tour at this point. >>> in our region public transportation returns to normal today. manassas park city schools are closed but most other school systems will be back open, although quite a few have announced delayed openings. for the latest weather-related closures and delays, just log on to our website. it's wusa9.com. or watch the crawl at the bottom of your screen. >>> here now the latest power outages numbers. pepco 1,690 outages. dominion power more than 23,000. bge more than 87,000. potomac edison more

look at edison and this is something that has been building upright now over 50,000 customers without power. you look at the county, 5000, carol county 1300 but frederick county maryland that i'm hearing from a lot of you, 26,000 customers without power and they have a few in montgomery about 2600 and we're going to take one quick look and reporting they are -- their totals -- and now we're not seeing a total right there but one last look at bge and you're going to realize this is where we see the big numbers approaching 200,000 and in our area northern virginia hit hard. that's daminon and pepco lower. >> thank you. >> we were hearing from a spokesperson they have gotten socked and are waiting for heavy winds to die down so they can get to work. >> talk about somebody whose been buffeted by heavy winds all night. ryan dean, ryan? >> you know, it is starting to die down. looks windy here but compared to what it was a few hours ago, we're seeing a lull in the wind and a lull in the rain and i can tell you about 81 people actually went to a shelter at the local high school to seek shelt

con edison reports that almost all of manhattan all the way down to the battery, that's the lower tip of the city, all of it without power. more than 300,000 homes without power in new york city. 3.6 million along the east coast. already it's been a deadly storm. at least ten deaths reported. new york, new jersey, connecticut, pennsylvania, west virginia, we have video from manhattan's east side. let's get you caught up on what is going on here in new york. michelle franzen is on the phone with us from battery park city. that's the lower tip of manhattan where a lot of people who are tourists know where to go. michelle, what's the latest where you are? >> chris, i just walked down here to the area where the water was rushing up earlier. it's definitely retreating but certainly not passed the walkway. a long way to go for that. battery set a record, nearly 14 foot -- 14 feet for the final measurements of the surge in this area. the last time the records were taken in the battery was in 1821 when that record first stood and that was december 11th. that gives you an idea of what sort of

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edison will look for a solution to the problem. they will not allow a partial reopening till they are sure it can be operated safely. >>> lawsuit filed to prevent a fire protection fee. it claimed the $150 fee is an illegal tax that require as 2/3 2/3rd vote. >>> ross stores continue to thrive. same store sales jumped 5% last month. they had sales of $800 million in the first five weeks, that is up 10% from a year ago. ross now expects it will earn 70 cents a share in the 3rd quarter. on wall street today the dow is up 80 to 13,575. the nasdaq is up 14 at 3,149. the s&p is up 10 to 1,461. >>> the uss hornet is inviting you to visit as part of the annual event. tomorrow the museum at peer three will host a display. part of a an effort to expand fleet week to the east bay. >> really going to have a lot of things going on with the sherriff's department, various agencies and the marines. it will be a happening place out here on the east bay. >> the fleet week runs through tuesday. the exhibit is scheduled to be on display through the w

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. >>> time too turn now to chris olhert, he's with con edison. i want to talk to him about the power outages. tell me the numbers. we heard that hundreds of thousands of people were without power. what are the latest numbers on that? >> soledad, right now, there are 670,000 new yorkers in the city in westchester without electricity, courtesy of hurricane sandy. this is the worst storm-related damage in con edison damage. >> what's the strategy now? i'm on the lower east side, avenue d at east houston street. the transformer on 14th street, con ed power plant exploded around 8:30 last night, that you've shut down this area. when can folks here and across lower manhattan and even those folks in westchester, too, hope to get their powerback on? >> at different times, soledad. what we have to do with underground equipment is make sure the water has receded and make sure it's safe to restore in areas where there's salt water we have to clean that out and then just make sure it's safe to get the electricity back there. on the overhead systems, we have

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we go to bob mcgee from con edison. mr. mcgee, what is the state of the power supply in new york city now? >> the explosion that your your viewers ew probably looking at, i can't see it, i imagine it's one that i've seen, essentially wound up taking out power south of 39th street in new york city. there had been a couple of networks that had been taken out before in lower manhattan. the battery park network and the fullton network and that affected to that point, about 6500 customers in lower manhattan. at the time that this incident occurred we had about 225,000 people out system-wide. this event took out a number of additional networks which resulted in power outages in lower manhattan, at least, 250,000 people. we've gotten some of those folks back. they're at about 225,000 out right now in manhattan. elsewhere around the system, there's substantial outages in west chester. we've got almost 150,000 people out in westchester and a total of 605,000 people out in the five burroughs of new york city and westchester. >> to go

and they will be asifting, edison crews. and they are leaving today. >> and we talked to a pga spokesperson. >> and as many other utilities are. and a huge effort from utilities crews across the nation. and ready and willing to help much. >> and sandy left at least 8 million people without power and 13 states. >> bay area volunteers are lending a hand to the super storm relief efforts. volunteers to the area, and santa cruz chapters of the red cross was sent out to the east coast. >> many more are waiting for flights to be allowed in the area. the red cross set up shop in nine states. it plans to deliver 250,000 ready to eat meals to storm victims. >>> and the federal government remains shuttered for a second day. in seven minutes, we'll tell you about the mess that needs to be cleaned up. >> other top story, getting ready for the world series parade. it takes a lot to organize a big event. fortunately, the city has a little recent experience. tara has some of the activities that are happening today. >> we have the black and

you're watching an explosion at a con edison power station on the east side. con edison said this is the worst situation they have ever had to deal with. overall, more than 8 million people are without power up and down the east coast. travelers continue to be stranded more than 18,000 flights across the country have been cancelled. this photo from the jetblue terminal shows why. president obama arrived at red cross head quarters in washington, d.c. as relief ernts still continue. >> this storm is not over. we have gotten briefings from the national hurricane center. it's still moving north. there are still communities that could be affected. i want to emphasize there's still risks of flooding and downed power lines, risks of high winds, so it's very important for the public to continue to monitor the situation in your local community, listen to your state and local officials, follow instructions. >> the president told officials to do whatever it takes to keep people safe and restore services. >> my instructions to the federal agency has been do not figure out

torch has been extinguished as power outages spread across town, a small explosion hitting a con edison plant. there are 375,000 people who live in the evacuation zones in low-lying areas prone to flooding. deep in the heart of the evacuation zone, we ran across stubborn holdouts who decided to ride out the storm. the hurricane was on tv, the beer on tap. >> happy hurricane! >> reporter: three friends, all zon-a residents, were hunkering down. what's the plan? >> we're on the third floor. we have plenty of provisions. >> reporter: what provisions? >> we have some -- what do we have? we have tuna, we have peanut butter and jelly, we have some whole wheat bread. >> apple jacks. >> reporter: it's a once in a lifetime storm. >> well, you know, it's like as much as this is bad for a lot of people, it's kind of like exhilarating for people. >> reporter: a few blocks away in the shadow of the freedom towers, still under construction, matthew and allison bradshaw plan to ride out the storm with their 18-month-old son. what played into your decision to stay here instead of evacuating? because yo

potomac edison more than 35,000 outages in maryland and more than 98,000 across west virginia. smeco24 all in st. mary's county and novec more than 2700. in maryland allegheny and garrett county, schools are closed. and in virginia schools in manassas park are closed today as well. while most school systems will be back open today, some schools are closed due to power outages. in prince george's county excel academy public charter is closed. in d.c. everierson academy is closed. in fairfax county langley and holmes high schools are closed as well as sleepy hollow and spring hill elmintry. for the rest of the -- elementary. for the rest of the closings and delays, log on to our website wusa9.com or just watch the crawl at the bottom of your screen. >>> you know the treacherous conditions in new york city and the flooding around closed-in jersey kept wall street closed for two days. plus airport traffic was closed for two days due to sandy. >> it's getting better slowly. let's go to jessica doyle who's been live all morning long at reagan national to hit us know how the airports

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even the con edison offices were running on generators as a result of this. in all, more than 230,000 people in manhattan have no electricity at this hour. con ed says this is one of the five largest blackouts ever in new york city, and the largest ever caused by a storm. >>> a construction crane in new york city was no match for sandy's strong winds. check this out, a crane snapped over like a toothpick and is dangling there. crews say it's too difficult to try to remove it. wind gusts at the top of the building may have been close to 95 miles an hour at the time of the collapse. you didn't want to be anywhere near that crane. >>> 5:20 is our time. high winds toppled trees all over the area. news 4's darcy spencer complains just one tree in oxon hill caused a lot of damage. all right. looks like we may have a little trouble with that piece of tape. >> reporter: they've been telling us to expect a lot of damage with this storm. this is exactly what they're talking about. a large tree fell onto what we were told is nine vehicles in this apartment complex parki

a con edison vp says workers don't know exactly what caused that massive blowout. but we're not just talking about new york city. just take a look at all the states here that are impacted by the power outages amounting to these nearly 7 million people without power. nearly 3 million people in new york and new jersey alone have lost power. the most populous areas. >> we have karen sketcher on the phone right now. she's the communications officer with the red cross. she is in peoria, illinois. karen, we understand that because of sandy the red cross has had to cancel blood drives. and especially this time of year with or without a storm it's something you never want to hear. how many people are affected? >> well, at this point the need for blood is constant. it's always constant. and with the cancellation of about 100 american red cross blood drives in 11 states on the east coast roughly 3,200 people have not been able to keep their blood or platelet donation appointments. and that's pretty significant when you think about the fact that nationwide we need about 44,00

. >> consolidated edison is the utility company here. all of the buildings are dark here. they were estimating that it will take four days for power to be restored. you don't just have office buildings that are dark, but also a lot of these high rice residential buildings. about 200,000 people in new york city are without power. >> kathryn craig there for us in lower manhattan. thanks so much. >>> new jersey appears to have taken the brunt of sandy's wrath especially along towns along the shoreline where it made landfall. danielle leigh is in tom's river. what's it like there? >> reporter: good morning, lynn. just behind me is the bridge connecting main land new jersey to the jersey shore. it was just yesterday that the road that i'm standing on was completely submerged in water. now that those tidal waters have washed away, we're getting a look at some of the grimness that have washed away. this dock should not be in this parking lot and it is littered all over. decorations from people's homes. officers tell me they have no idea where many of these things even came from.

what workers are doing out here, you see consolidated edison workers here trying to restore power. some other crews are also trying to pump out water from the basements of office buildings. something you really don't see in lower manhattan n financial area. you don't see the sump pumps pumping, you only see them in residential neighborhoods, people doing that to their basements. they've been trying to pump out water from the basements but also the subway station. there's a subway station very close to us. there was water from the tracks all the way to the ceiling. the buses are rolling and they should be 100% back in service because the trains are not. the mayor of new york city say there's no timetable, no exact date exactly when the subway trains and the rail lines serving long island and westchester county, when they will be up and running. they hope in days. a lot of the tracks are damaged. both ended up in some of those train tracks. some of these office buildings, they are dark. there are so many buildings down here. you don't see this normally, they in the dark. we do expect

last, potomac edison, i know you folks are calling us saying you're without power. they have a lot of outages. they've been overwhelmed with snow in addition to the hurricane. they're bringing in additional resources, but right now they don't have an estimate as to when they'll be completed. for the rest of you, we are halfway through, most of you have been restored. >> great news, russ. thank you for that. we know pepco has been working all day long trying to get the juice flowing to those customers in the dark. our reporter has been out with the crews all day as well. she joins us with more from upper marlboro. >> there's any box i plug in at night. i plug right there. everything as you can see is plugged directly into the wall. >> reporter: electricity isn't a luxury for him. he needs it to power his wheelchair and his bed. his battery lasted the past 12 hours with the power down, but it's running low. >> if i can't plug in tonight, i'm going to be in a pickle. so you know, all joking aside. we need electricity asap. >> reporter: with the power down, he waited fo

con edison confirmed a short time ago, over 200,000 folks in this neck of the woods were affected by just, oh, maybe an hour and a half ago, water was at my shins. folks have sort of stopped the onlooking when we first got to the scene. you've got downed tree limbs, cars that were flooded a lot worse. the water level was a lot higher earlier. these cars are definitely going to have some damage. we've seen tow trucks trying to get some of these cars out of here now that the water has gone down, erin. >> chris, i know that you actually drove there yourself. through the streets of manhattan. in the dark. and the storm. so tell me what you saw. >> yeah, my crew and i made our way down here, when we got to about 34th street, we started to get a little freaked out. we were talking about this tonight, this is not a sight you see in manhattan very often, completely dark streets. actually very ominous, if you want to say that. we drove down a couple seats trying to find a location. honestly we didn't feel comfortable in some of those areas because they were narrow streets, water, trees down.

the police headquarters is the new headquarters on edison park drive in gaithersburg right off route 28. we're hopeful we can get -- i'm going to donate blood. we're hoping people can bring food and donate blood. >> canned food for the needy families. >> that's correct. >> you had an officer involved in a shooting recently. tell me about that? >> it was in silver spring. a man showed up at a home where his girlfriend was baby- sitting, banging on the door in the middle of the night. she won't let him in. he calls 911, says he's going to kill himself. we get there and he's got -- he's armed with a handgun, what we believed to be a handgun. it turned out to be a replica handgun. it looked exactly like a real gun. officers talked to him to hours pleading with him to drop the gun. he came up, confronted the officers, pointed his gun at him and several officers ended up having to shoot him and unfortunately we killed him. >> again, i want to remind our viewers for the blood drive and the can drive, this friday. >> friday morning. >> you say you only want 90? come o let's do 900. >> that w

a small explosion hitting a con-edison plant. 375,000 people who live in the evacuation zones in low-lying areas prone to flooding. deep in the heart of the evacuation zone we ran across stubborn holdouts who decided to ride out the storm. what is your biggest fear as the storm is hanging over us? >> my biggest fear is we have two very large cranes on the north side of our building. if something were to come unhinged and the frame would come down and collapse into the building. >> reporter: matthew is right to be concerned about the crane. in midtown, high above a luxury building, a construction crane toppled over in the high wind. threatening pedestrians below. >> i heard that it could come down. i thought i would come check it out. >> reporter: a nearby high end hotel evacuated their guests. >> watch your back, folks. get on the sidewalk! >> reporter: that crane dangles in the fierce winds and the bradshaws report they too have lost power. they say it will be a long couple of days. >> we are just about literally, minutes from h

joining me now by telephone is con edison spokesperson alfonso skwshgs uiroz. let's start with the tally. we were hearing from mayor bloomberg, is it 750,000 people without power currently in lower manhattan? >> when we are seeing in new york city and westchester county which we cover it's 787,000 customers out. in manhattan we've got about 250,000 customers out. these numbers are fluid because a lot of people have becalled t register their outage, we ask them to call 1-800-con ed, for the power. >> what exactly happened there? >> well, sandy really hit us by air and by sea. she hit us, number one, with the very, very high winds that attacked the trees and that went on the overheadlines and that really knocked a lot of customers out. in staten island and in westchester county, but what happened down at the sea is we had this massive flooding and it really soaked all of our equipment in lower manhattan and in all of those low-lying areas that stored all of our equipment that serves power to new york city. >> 780,000 people without power and how are you gridding

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you know, con edison, the utility, systemically shutting down certain parts of the city.efore this storm, all the way, you know, moves through here. so it would be easier for them in the end to restore that power. so we've got a lot of issues. this night is not over. i can tell you, chris, being inside the satellite truck, the massive truck, itself, with a satellite dish, of course, we've had to put that down because of these wind gusts and can't operate and the truck is just rocking back and forth. the sustained winds are still pretty powerful and so far not giving up. then you've got the gusts on top of that. so it's going to be a long time night on top of everything that's going on. >> all right. michelle, you stay safe where you are and i've just been given an update on the midwest effects of sandy. and we have some pretty wide ranging information that we haven't gotten before. let me just go through it for you because we've been talking mostly about the eastern seaboard but it's really having an impact in a lot of other places. the chicago lake shore, there is a floo

southern california edison has conducted months of inspections at the san onofre plant between los angeles and san diego. the utility says unit 2 can run at 70% power without causing dangerous vibrations in tubes that carry radioactive water. the nuclear regulatory commission will review the proposal. >>> the government now warning doctors and hospitals not to use any product from the pharmacy that made the steroid suspected in a meningitis outbreak. five people have died, 30 people in six states are ill. we explain all received steroid shots for back pain. >> reporter: sue manor is waiting to see if she gets sick after receiving a steroid injection that may have contained a rare form of meningitis. >> just sort of, okay, we'll research. this and the more i research it, the more worried i get. >> reporter: she is one of 400 patients who got a call from a tennessee clinic saying they may have been ex-supposed to fungal meningitis a rare form of the disease which is not contagious. the outbreak was discovered two weeks ago in tennessee where 18 cases of exposure were report. there are a hand

katie posted i'm in frederick and potomac edison. we lost power overnight for about eight hours. i think it was a pretty ick fix considering the weather conditions outside all night. >>> some people living in somerset county, maryland, were trapped severe flooding. people who live -- trapped by veer flooding. people who live in the area say it's -- severe flooding. people who live in the area say it's the worst flooding they've seen since hurricane gloria in 1985. fox 5's bob barnard is live with a look in bethesda at how things are bad. >> reporter: not as bad as in other parts of maryland, montgomery county officials saying today they were prepared for the worst sandy would deliver but adding we dodged a bullet. about the worst we've seen is what happened here on glen cove parkway in bethesda. part of a hollowed red maple fell onto a house, another crashing into the car parked out front. this is why so many of us feared what sandy would bring and yet there's a palpable sense of relief at least here in montgomery county. >> we were very lucky. i feel terrible for a lot of people