Hanna is making her final approach to the U.S. mainland tonight. She's no hurricane, but it doesn't require a hurricane to generate a whole lotta trouble for Maryland. Isabel (2003) was a tropical storm. So was Agnes (1972).

I'm not saying we're in for anything like those storms. But it could easily be like Ernesto in 2006, or Jeanne in 2004. What? Forgotten those already? Me, too. But I read the clips. It was a mess. Plenty of structural damage, loose boats, flooding and power outages all over the place.

So stay inside. And if you have the electrical juice to read this, you can do what I do: Report on Hanna while sitting on your keister:

For the LATEST ADVISORY on Hanna, click here. For the LATEST STORM TRACK, click here. And for the LATEST VIEW of Maryland from orbit, click here. (IT WILL BE DARK UNTIL THE SUN COMES UP.)

Now, if you want to see where all the POWER OUTAGES are happening, and how BGE is doing cleaning them up, click here.

For lists of STORM DAMAGE AND OTHER INCIDENTS reported to the National Weather Service in Sterling, click here. (THIS, TOO, MAY BE BLANK UNTIL STUFF STARTS HAPPENING.)

For all the WATCHES AND WARNINGS current for Central Maryland and Northern Virginia, click here.

To track CONDITIONS ON THE CHESAPEAKE Bay, go to the John Smith Trail bay data buoys by clicking here.

For WEATHER RADAR from Sterling, click here. For WEATHER CONDITIONS AT BWI, click here.

For real-time weather conditions at PRIVATE WEATHER STATIONS almost anywhere around Maryland (including the very empty executive parking lot at The Baltimore Sun): click here.

If you do venture out, and you see cool weather stuff happening, drop a comment here. (BE PATIENT WITH OUR CREAKY SYSTEM. ALL COMMENTS HAVE TO BE NOTICED, AND THEN READ, USUALLY BY ME. ) 

Better yet, SUBMIT YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOS to our MarylandWeather.com Web site. GO HERE for that.

Be safe. Stay dry. And don't be a dope and try to drive through high water. Six inches of moving water can sweep you AND YOUR CAR away. TURN AROUND. DON'T DROWN. And don't make water rescue crews risk their lives to save your sorry self.