[lainie]

Sitetest, I’m listening to St. Mary’s scanner right now. The situation there sounds really crazy.

[ZinGirl]

What kind of craziness going on in St Mary's?

[Severa]

St Mary’s MD scanner? *is there now* Um...what’s going on?

[sitetest]

Dear lainie,

The situation here has worsened in the last few minutes. Winds are definitely picking up, with much higher gusts.

My understanding is that the storm is still well-below Ocean City. OC is south of us, so I guess until the storm is about at the same latitude as us, it may continue to worsen.

Not pleasant.

I'd go to bed if I thought I could sleep just yet.

sitetest

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Hi Lainie!

St. Mary’s Co. suffered a lot through Irene. The biggest setback was the amounts of water continually pouring down and the wind — which was brutal.

We fared better in Charles Co., but this was the most brutal hurricane I’ve been through (incl. Isabel in ‘03 and a bunch of hurricanes I witnessed in Puerto Rico).

Hope you’re well...