Thank you. And uh good afternoon everybody and to uh to Secretary Strickland just thank you for your just uh just indefatigable leadership that you continue to show so we truly appreciate it uh and I also wanna just start by by thanking all of the men and women who have worked around the clock to be able to prepare for this storm uh as as *** Marylander I can tell you that we are surrounded by the best. And the folks who have uh just truly made sure that uh we weren’t just prepared for the storm but also prepared for the aftermath of it uh we have the deepest debt of gratitude and the deepest thanks uh and that includes all of our all of our folks from the National Guard from the Maryland Department of Transportation from the Maryland Department of Emergency Management and also from the …
