Hermine possbile threat to OC businesses

quite the damper — on the holiday weekend — typically considered the last hurrah of summer. 47 abc’s michelle mackonochie ventured down to ocean city to see how the threat of severe weather is already affecting visitors and businesses. “we haven’t made any decisions on what we’re going to do next but we’re obviously keeping a close eye on this storm and right now it’s business as normal.” track 1 hottest attractions – seacrets – is keeping an eye on hermine. but assistant general manager justin grimes doesn’t seem too worried about it. if hermine does wreak havoc on ocean city – they have a plan. “sandbags are a big part of it making sure no water can get inside the property -breaking down bars areas that can get damaged stuff like that electronic stuff we’ll break down speakers lights anything that can be damaged by the storm we’ll take down we’ll break it all down.” “so we’ll see within the next 24 48 hours we’ll make the call what we’re going to do and go from there.” track 2 when asked if he’s worried about the potential for loss of business — “yeah you worry about it but you just have to play it as it comes and we’ll see how it goes but i think anyone in town would be scared at a loss of business.” track 3 including wayne carey of top gun water sports. “right now we’re holding – we’ve definitely got our game plan going and it depends on what play we’re going to call.” track 4 and to prepare for the storm — carey says he ensures that all docks are secure – as well as his jet skis. “i’ve got everybody all hands on deck.” “i’ve got everybody on call ready to go and if we need to start moving stuff pulling stuff tying stuff but by tomorrow night we’ll definitely be ready.” “obviously i’m going to be a little disappointed if we can’t run but you know i don’t want to send anybody out and have anything go wrong.” track 5 whether hermine ends up being a big storm or not — folks like jarrett black from harford county — say they’re not letting this ruin their vacation plans. “i just got down here today the storm is not scaring me one bit – so you’re going to stay – yes yes ma’am.” track 6 robert and jenelle hicks are visiting ocean city from delaware. “no plans on changing we’re going to stick to our plans and leave sunday.” “if things change and the track says its probably going to hit us sooner then we may plan on leaving a little earlier on sunday but our plan is to stick to leaving sunday.” michelle mackonochie.47 abc. and if you plan on driving this weekend – like the hicks family — the maryland state highway administration is warning folks to be mindful of the possibility of bad conditions on the roads. donnie drewer is the district engineer for the maryland highway administration and he says if you don’t need to drive — don’t. but drewer says he understands that some don’t have that option — so if you do have to be out on the roads — try to stay aware and avoid areas with high waters and downed trees. “this is one of the major weekends being labor day and there’s a lot of traffic on the highways.” “just use common sense when you’re out there driving.” “i wouldn’t even say drive the speed limit – you drive wherever you feel safe at.” for the latest storm coverage — you know where to tune. make sure to stay tuned to 47 abc… or head to our website 47 abc-dot-com — for updates anytime. for giant shoppers in salisbury today marked an