Maryland hunkers down for Ernesto

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The emergency command center is staffed and all eyes are on the radar and satellite feed as tropical depression Ernesto crawls up the Atlantic Coast.

The Maryland Emergency Management Agency went to “Level Two” status Friday morning, increasing staffing in the Maryland Joint Operations Center in Reisterstown to monitor the effects of the storm statewide. Shortly after 10 a.m., MEMA Director John Droneburg briefed Gov. Robert Ehrlich on the preparations.

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