Mandatory evacuations for low-lying areas of NYC

[malaise]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44285405/ns/weather/#.Tlfl611GfAw

[Donnachaidh]

1. big bro is evac-ing with his patients to Brooklyn

Luckily the rehab was only half full. He says to expect him to be off Staten Island for the weekend.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. This is not looking good at all

hang tuff east coasters (and get ready if you haven't done such)

[ellenrr]

3. I always wonder about mandatory evacuations--

where do people go who have nowhere to go?

[arcane1]

4. Especially those without cars n/t

[NYC Liberal]

5. They are opening shelters at 4PM today.

http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=01498D1E-C29C-7CA2-FD534F76BDCB0CD5

Not enough for 250,000 people, but it's something.

[HockeyMom]

6. Battery Park City

My daughter's gf lives in a high rise apartment right on the water there. She has floor to ceiling windows on the 18th floor. I don't think I would want to be there in a hurricane with those windows blowing out and a huge water surge coming in.

[kestrel91316]

8. She's probably going to be advised to bug out. Of course, that probably means

going a mile or so, just away from the water.

[malaise]

9. Winds from Cat 1 or low Cat 2 won't blow out those windows

Water is likely to be the biggest problem - flooding

[HockeyMom]

10. Why I told my daughter to get out of her basement apartment

near the ocean on LI. Flooding. No where for all that water to go. That area is very flat and floods with just normal very heavy rains. A basement apartment is no place to be in a hurricane, tropical storm, or major "Nor'easter".

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

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