UPDATED (2:19 p.m.)—Gov. Martin O'Malley said state officials are assessing damage across Maryland in the wake of a severe line of thunderstorms that has knocked out power to more than 820,000 customers statewide.
In a conference call with reporters, the governor and other state officials said they are assessing the need for cooling centers as the state faces expected severe hot weather over the next several days.
Power restoration is also a priority as emergency management officials say they are tracking a line of severe storms that are expected to hit the state as early as late Saturday afternoon.
"The utilities are taking the lead on this and the counties are supporting them," O'Malley said. "We're helping [the counties]."
Across Maryland there are still more than 800,000 customers without power including more than 400,000 in the BGE service area.
BGE and PEPCO officials said that power restoration "will be a multiday effort."
Residents were warned about downed power lines and taking breaks from the heat while cleaning up storm debris.
In Anne Arundel County, a in Edgewater Friday night, according to Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch.
Montgomery County police said a Saturday morning when Fire and Rescue personnel responded to a call for a tree down on a home in the 10000 block of Grant Avenue in Silver Spring.
She was apparently killed when a large Maple tree fell through the roof and onto her bed, according to .
A PEPCO official said there was one death in northern Washington, DC related to touching a downed power line.
State officials hope to update power restoration efforts in a few hours.
"A number of substations are coming back on line in the next few hours and we'll have a better grasp of things," O'Malley said.
State transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley told reporters that state highway crews are focusing most of their efforts in Charles and Montgomery counties, where the bulk of the traffic light outages are.
State officials are also rerouting some bus routes to account for roads blocked by downed trees.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge was re-opened today after being closed for four hours during the storm Friday night when high winds pushed an 18-wheel truck into a barrier.
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Now that the BGE Wizards are rolling out the SMART GRID/METERS and are fixing to get the meter readers off the payroll, I would like them to explain here, how the smart meters are going to help them with the claim that they keep making, that SMART METERS will notify the utility ASAP when there is a power outtage!
Last summer, after hurricaine Irene, there were approx. 750,000 lost power over 48 - 60 hours. Since the hurricanie was anticipated, BGE had already brought in hundreds if not a thousand or more extra technicians, with their trucks and equipment, put them up in hotels to await the storm. This time, something like 600,000 lost power in 2 hours. It was not anticipated, so it has taken some time to get the extra hands here. Also, if you saw any of the news coverage on the clean-up, there are thousands of large trees, which must be removed very carefully, so as to avoid any additional damage to existing houses, walls, phone/cable wires etc. that might be under the trees. The trees don't just fall onto flat fields. So it would help if everybody kept their nasty thoughts under control. If you have power, see what you can do to help someone without. If you don't have power, I'm sorry, please take care. Hats off to the workers doing this strenuous work in the sweltering conditions we now have.
NOAA released some statements on the storm. They are saying this was a hundred year storm of this kind. Very, very rare. It formed suddenly in Iowa and moved across dozens of states within a few hours. The whole time building steam and size. The killer aspect of the storm was: 1) Extremely fast moving 2) Extremely high atmospheric temps 3) Very fast moving jet stream 4) The higher dew point levels on the east coast All of these factors combined to make the perfect thunderstorm with winds 80+ mph. When the storm hit the east coast it was like a plow on a truck. The pressure and winds were pressed downwards towards the ground. NOAA also said, "its was impossible to be prepared for such a storm".
The storms were caused by a Dereche (certainly an illegal hispanic), which usually are stopped, or at least broken up by the Appalachian Mountains as they travel very quickly from the west. This time, however, the weather was so hot here that it just poured over the mountains and hit us full force. This weather pattern is also responsible for dust storms in the west and midwest, as their weather as of late has been very dry. Call it global warming, call it climate change, but I'm afraid we are in for more of the same in the future.
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