knew to tim tuten in baltimore city. >> good morning. conditions are similar here at the giant food store on 41st street and falls road. this is really the only place you should go if you have to and that is out to get more supplies. i noticed someone this morning driving in. you better believe the stores are open right here in there location in particular. the rain in baltimore city has been pretty steady for the most part. little wind. the schools are closed in bullet city and the mayor as late as last week began to lay out the plan. get an emergency kit to make sure you are prepared to ride out the storm. doesn't sound like there is much going on. don't go out unless you have to. but there is store is open and employees have been here pretty night making sure that you have the supplies and what you could need for the days ahead. we will check in with traffic with sarah caldwell back at the studio. people shouldn't be out here. >> exactly. there is no need to be out there. of course, if you have gotten your groceries and everything and

tim tuten live in the city. back to you. >> as sandy intensifies utility officials are preparing for the extended power outages. >> joining us again, what is the latest? >> we are seeing outages. they are starting to climb a bit. that is not unexpected with the wind and people waking up and noticing they have outages and calling us to let us know. this will continue throughout the day. >> you came in a couple of hours ago and said we have 3,000 people to help. how does that compare to irene. >> we had first put out the call for about 1,000 workers. we now have a call for 3,000. overhead linemen and tree contractors. we have about 1,600 here or en route as far away as new mexico or oklahoma. we are staging them. we are doubling down on the resources given the magnitude of what we expect. >> you have to compete with other states. we have new jersey, delaware. >> we are competing with other states and canada to be honest with you. the states to the west are holding their crews because of the fear of the snow warnin

tim tuten is live in baltimore. how are conditions there? >> it is changing. it is storming a little bit in terms of drops getting bigger. we are off of 41st street. you can see it is raining and has picked up. i want to show you that people who are coming that the wipers are going a little faster than earlier because the system is coming in. we are here at the giant food store and another bread truck showed in. people are saying do not come out unless you have to, but this rain is picking up in baltimore city and i think that we're going to see it continue throughout the morning. just an idea as you look behind me you can see that the rain is coming down much more steadily than when we pulled out here about 4:00 this morning. we will keep you posted here. same applies to residents in baltimore city as any other place in terms of being alert, being able to have an emergency kit. just preparing for the worst. back to the studio. >> rob gold from b.g.e. is with us again. we have some outages. >> they are scattered. we saw the numbers go up and down overnight. we

now we go to tim tuten. >> it is raining and i can tell you that school is out.now that by now. it is coming down at a steady clip. we are at the giant food on 41st street and falls road. on the way in i passed a big truck with their logo which means they have been busy trying to make sure that the shelves are stocked. i'm sure you have been to a place like this the last couple of days. but right now that this place be jumping at some upon the once folks begin to assess their own inventory. no school today. right now in the city it is a steady rain like this. i can tell that you it has been steady from the time we came in this morning. not much wind here at all. in fact, no wind right now in baltimore city. i'm sure that will be changing once sandy heads this way. but rain, rain, rain, and the folks have some of the early shift in. i'm sure there have opinion folks here all night making sure the water and all the necessities you need are here. but bullet city the word is -- baltimore city the rain has changed seemingly to this angle. >> folks have been hitting th