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[Chris B]

Is that the main pier? The one that usually has the rides?

[BSLChrisStoner]

Is that the main pier? The one that usually has the rides?

WBAL said the pier that collapsed is not the main pier.

[JeremyStrain]

WBAL said the pier that collapsed is not the main pier.

It's technically the same pier. The part with the rides is closer to the boardwalk and still over land. Where the rides end there is a sub-pier that goes out over the water that is the part that was leveled.

[Chris B]

Are there any websites/twitter handles/etc. that I can trust to follow to see the damage in Ocean City/Fenwick Island?

I'm very concerned about my family's beach-house. Just hoping it is there after this.

I've heard rumors around the web that the bay and ocean have already met in parts of OC.

[DJ MC]

Are there any websites/twitter handles/etc. that I can trust to follow to see the damage in Ocean City/Fenwick Island?

I'm very concerned about my family's beach-house. Just hoping it is there after this.

I've heard rumors around the web that the bay and ocean have already met in parts of OC.

https://www.facebook.com/WBOCTV16

They have some photos (and surely will have more).

[KRL224]

The Dispatch is an OC newspaper that has been posting a ton of pictures on Facebook.

[JeremyStrain]

Are there any websites/twitter handles/etc. that I can trust to follow to see the damage in Ocean City/Fenwick Island?

I'm very concerned about my family's beach-house. Just hoping it is there after this.

I've heard rumors around the web that the bay and ocean have already met in parts of OC.

I've been getting stuff randomly, but try WBOC's site.

I'm sure they have, I lived out there for a bad nor'easter in '97 where they met, I anticipated school getting closed (my senior year of HS) and fled back here to the mainland JUST before the national guard turned it into an island for days. This is going to be way worse than that was.

[DJ MC]

Bay Bridge is closing at 1pm.

[DJ MC]

http://ocpdmdinfo.bl... ... l?spref=tw

OC closing streets south of 62nd, and they are turning off power to much of the town.

[Chris B]

Thanks guys.

[KRL224]

Here are a few recent ones taken from The Dispatch on Facebook....

[ravens8589]

Everyone stay safe. I know Ocean City is flooded and I grew up around the area. Keep safe everyone! Buffalo is getting hit here soon.

[SportsGuy]

Looking at the hour by hour forecast, it seems improved from when I looked earlier today...at least in my area.

[ravens8589]

I know my family down there evacuated just in case.

[Russ]

Snow was cooler.

[BobPhelan]

Sounds like its about to get really serious soon. Hope everyone is well.

[Chris B]

Hope everyone is OK. I'm sure many are without power.

Fenwick Island (accoridng to the mayor) is 75% inaccessible, but luckily my family's beach house suffered little damage. My grandfather's house on the Bird River (near Whtie Marsh) was worse off. 2 feet of water this morning and possibly more if high tide is tonight. (After Isabel destroyed his previous house there, he rebuilt one where all of the "living" rooms are on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The garage and storage space is on ground level, like a beach house.)

[mweb08]

No problems where I'm at.

Likewise, I obviously hope everyone is alright.

[BobPhelan]

I was lucky, no damage and still have power. My wife's grandmother will be staying with us after a tree crashed through her trailer in white marsh.

[You Play to Win the Game]

No damage here in Germantown.... just power out since 8 PM last night, and plenty of dog poo in the house on newspapers.