Showing posts with label Irene. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irene. Show all posts
Saturday, August 27, 2011
65 Million Gear Up For Irene
'With Hurricane Irene now much larger than Hurricane Katrina, 65 million people are expected to be impacted by the storm and several states have moved to declare a state of emergency.
Local, State and Federal officials are not taking the threat lightly either and have implemented a system of evacuations that include shut down mass transportation and major highways well in advance of the storm landing on the shores of the Mid-Atlantic states. The strategy has been called forced evacuations, even by CNN and it may be for the best.
Hurricane warnings have now been issued for NYC, Long Island and northward up to Massachusetts. The new warnings are also accompanied by an increase in the storm surge heights forecast which are now predicted to reach as high as 8 feet from the Chesapeake Bay all the way to Nantucket, MA. New York City has issued mandatory evacuations for the first time in history. The Jersey Shore has followed suit and evacuations in both areas are based on models of flooding predicted by the storm surge.'
“This is probably the largest number of people that have been threatened by a single hurricane in the United States,” said Jay Baker, a geography professor at Florida State University.
Local, State and Federal officials are not taking the threat lightly either and have implemented a system of evacuations that include shut down mass transportation and major highways well in advance of the storm landing on the shores of the Mid-Atlantic states. The strategy has been called forced evacuations, even by CNN and it may be for the best.
Hurricane warnings have now been issued for NYC, Long Island and northward up to Massachusetts. The new warnings are also accompanied by an increase in the storm surge heights forecast which are now predicted to reach as high as 8 feet from the Chesapeake Bay all the way to Nantucket, MA. New York City has issued mandatory evacuations for the first time in history. The Jersey Shore has followed suit and evacuations in both areas are based on models of flooding predicted by the storm surge.'
“This is probably the largest number of people that have been threatened by a single hurricane in the United States,” said Jay Baker, a geography professor at Florida State University.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Hurricane Irene Approaching
'Hurricane Irene took an ominous turn westward Thursday, putting cities along the East Coast in its cross-hairs as it grew to Category 3 force. The shift puts Atlantic City, New York and Long Island in the powerful storm’s path as it barrels toward the U.S.
First landfall is expected Saturday in North Carolina and projections show the storm cutting through New England on Sunday. As many as 150,000 tourists were evacuated Thursday from North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Evacuation orders later spread to parts of New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and New York, as governors of each state joined North Carolina in declaring states of emergency to marshal federal resources ahead of the storm’s landfall. Officials postponed Sunday’s planed dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in D.C indefinitely. In South Florida, eight people on a jetty were injured by a wave churned up by Irene.'
NOTE: Blessings to everyone that there is a safe place to "go"
First landfall is expected Saturday in North Carolina and projections show the storm cutting through New England on Sunday. As many as 150,000 tourists were evacuated Thursday from North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Evacuation orders later spread to parts of New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and New York, as governors of each state joined North Carolina in declaring states of emergency to marshal federal resources ahead of the storm’s landfall. Officials postponed Sunday’s planed dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in D.C indefinitely. In South Florida, eight people on a jetty were injured by a wave churned up by Irene.'
NOTE: Blessings to everyone that there is a safe place to "go"
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