Many Still Feeling Effects From Wednesday's Storm

BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) -- It has been a 48 hours we'll remember forever. Thousands are still feeling the effects from Wednesday's historic storm on Friday.

Andrea Fujii reports Baltimore Gas & Electric is working to restore power to nearly 30,000 customers.

BGE said that about 29,400 customers were in the dark across the state, most of them in Anne Arundel and Carroll counties, as of 7:15 a.m. Friday. The utility says on its website that it expects to restore power to a vast majority of customers by late Saturday, although some outages may extend into Sunday.

Delmarva Power, which serves Delaware and Maryland, says there were about 840 outages in Cecil County and about 305 in Harford County, just before 7 a.m.

Four deaths in Maryland have been blamed on Wednesday's storm, including a man who collapsed and died while shoveling snow.

Abandoned cars are still being found in some places, others have been towed away. While the roads are better, some families are left planning funerals.

The danger Friday morning is the snow and slush left that refroze.

Dick Oles, 77, died when he was struck by a snow plow on Mountain Road in Pasadena. The driver never stopped.

"We're interested in the F-350. It's a red Ford pick-up, according to the caller, with a snow plow on the front. We don't know if the person knows they were involved in a traffic accident or not," said Lt. Francis Tewey, Anne Arundel County Police.

According to a Hopkins magazine, Oles was a well-regarded fencing coach at Johns Hopkins, where he spent 43 years.

In Baltimore City, a taxi driver died when his car caught fire. He was unable to escape.

In Parkville, Lindsay Freeman, 24, died when her car crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on the Beltway.

In Carroll County, a 32-year-old man died while shoveling snow of an apparent heart attack.

The snowstorm has shaped up to be the worst some have ever seen.

"You got grown people crying, because we had nothing to do and nowhere to go," said Tamika Plumer.

Commuters were stranded for hours on snow-covered roads, most of which weren't pre-treated.

"Nightmare situation backing up I-83 all the way into the city for many hours," said Governor Martin O'Malley.

"It was a perfect storm for a frustrating evening," said Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Some left their cars on the side of the road.

In Baltimore City, many were towed for free to schools.

One woman wasn't as lucky. She parked her car in a marked lot.

"They towed my car. To get it back I had to pay $220 cash," said Susan Crenshaw.

"I'm just glad my car was here. It was a horrible eight hours," said Plumer.

There are still power outages in some areas. Governor O'Malley says he's looking into why thousands are still in the dark. He wants the Public Service Commission to adopt reliability standards.

BGE says it's possible some could be in the dark through Saturday.