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Mayor Bloomberg Tells Newyorkers To Prepare For Evacuation
Anyone living in New York may want to read this Bloomberg article as it is important stuff, unlike anything coming out of Jim Cramer, who told everyone an hour ago that "this is a turning point, Buffett's bailout marks the beginning of a massive multiday short-covering rally in the financials" - naturally the XLF is about to turn red.
Hurricane Irene May Require NYC Evacuations, Bloomberg Says
New York officials preparing for Hurricane Irene will decide tomorrow whether to call for the evacuation of low-lying areas in downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
The decision would be based on the strength, path and speed of the storm, Bloomberg told reporters today at a news conference in a flood-prone section of Queens. The city would offer “an enormous shelter system” for those without a place to stay on higher ground, he said.
“We don’t have enough information yet to make that call,”
Bloomberg said. “The timing is a bit up in the air, as it is with all these things. Sometime on Friday, late in the day. How many depends on how severe we think the storm is going to be.”
The mayor has the power to issue an executive order to force people to move, which he said he would do only in the “worst circumstances.”
Irene, the strongest Atlantic storm to threaten the U.S.
since 2005, battered the Bahamas today with 113 mph winds on a course that’s expected to take it near North Carolina this weekend and New England next week. Only five hurricanes on record dating to 1851 have tracked within 75 miles of New York City, the most recent being Gloria in 1985, according to the National Weather Service.
City officials are planning for a storm with winds of at least 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour) accompanied by heavy rain, the mayor said. They expect the brunt of the storm to cross mid-Long Island, on the border of Nassau and Suffolk counties, to the east of the city, he said.
‘Go-Bags’
He advised residents to prepare “go-bags” containing water, non-perishable food, medications, important papers and extra house and car keys in the event officials declare the storm dangerous enough to evacuate. The areas affected include lower Manhattan, southeast Queens, Brooklyn’s beach communities including Coney Island and coastal areas of Staten Island, Bloomberg said.
The Police Department has 50 small boats to use in the event of floods. Sanitation crews are cleaning leaves and refuse from storm sewers and moving equipment to higher ground.
Hospitals have checked their emergency power generators, stocks of medicine and other supplies.
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I was wondering if/when they were going to start plans for evacuation. I thought maybe they would pull a "New Orleans" and leave everyone in the city with a hurricane looming.
What this Paranoia about? Common, till that Irene
gets to NY it's going to be just a regular tropical
storm if not just rain. It will lose 2-3 times of it's
current power or even turn into the ocean like most
of the times. Same paranoia like with Earthquake BS..
Is Cramer still alive? What a queer bird
Hey, Bloomberg, since time is critical, you might consider IMPORTING workers from Right-To-Work States. One of these workers will do the work of one hundred of your union shit.
The risk is a fast moving low Cat 2 Hurricane... If a high pressure ridge is sitting off of Cape Cod, the storm will steer towards NYC. Depending on the landing point, the surge could be maximal near Manhattan. We are also near a local maximum in the tide cycle. Bad timing.
Serious risks include JFK getting swamped and the subway getting flooded. You are aware that there is a huge pump complex working 24/7 to keep the tunnels in the south dry...
If I was living in Mahanttan, this would be a good weekend to head upstate....
For a serious discussion, I strongly recommend
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html
This blog is the go-to site for any hurricane related news..
If JFK looks to be critical, DO NOT evacuate TSA.
I disagree, they should be sent to the "safety" of the south side tunnels as illustrated above. Sounds like the perfect place for low-functioning pedophiles to hunker down for the storm.
Oh and the city can save money on those pumps by shutting them off for the weekend.
Man your stations! The assault must continue.
Subways flooded? Homeless population declines by 50%?
Nope, it merely ascends to higher ground.
Might be relevant
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mole-People-Life-Tunnels-Beneath/dp/155652241X
It is worthwhile googling and reading about the unnamed "hurricane of 1938" ...
...at least this time, the residents will be warned,
and you can thank Federal Govenrment workers for that!
Yes, well put.
The 1938 Hurricane has all but slipped out of living memory.
Great, that's all I need today, a friggin typhoon. Goddamn train took forever this morning, that annoying bum is still in front of my building, and the coffee cart guy put too much milk in my java. If I gotta swim outta here...
Grab ahold of the nearest bankster, **it floats - ya know.
And, somewhere, Paul Krugman is rubbing his hands together in childish glee, shouting "Destruction of property and interruption of people's work! Just the thing to move this economy forward!"
Probably spanking the monkey in front of internet hurricane forecasts.
WHEN WILL OBAMA ANNOUNCE THE FLOODING OF MONEY THAT WILL FOLLOW THE FLOODING OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD....ANY MINUTE NOW.......5......4......3......2......1........
MUST....GET......MONEY.....PUMPED.......OUT......INTO....THE.....SYSTEM.....BEFORE....ELECTIONS......
Post Hurricane Flash: SEC reports in all the confusion the agency has misplaced all documents going back to it's inception. Mary Shapiro head of the SEC has appointed a blue ribbon committee to look into the disappearance. She expects to have a preliminary report sometime in the latter part of 2015.
Gotta love Jimbo. Been shearing sheep for a decade or more. And the best part, just like AA, they "keep comin'back!"
"The Police Department has 50 small boats to use in the event of floods" ---ROTFL
talk about pissing on a forest fire LOL
Do they need more to evacuate themselves?
Boating through the streets of Manhattan would be quite the surreal experience. Kind of like Venice, but much taller and with an attitude.
Be careful my East-Coast friends
unless you live in the hamptons, then go swimming
its ok. weve known about the impending destruction of the global monetary system for quite some time. keep in mind it affects you as well, not just the east coast.
And stay thirsty....VERY thirsty.
All joking aside, if you're not part of the problem please be safe.
I'm wondering if there are any odds of the Washington monument toppling due to cracks caused by the earthquake and now the hurricane?
I'm wondering if there are any odds of the Washington monument toppling due to cracks caused by the earthquake and now the hurricane?
Cracks are supposedly on the pinnacle at the very top, doubt there will be any impact unless there are cracks below the foundation that are unseen
There's a new message by WB group ...
snip:
The Leader wishes to inform his readers that a sovereign central bank will soon announce that it is accumulating silver as a reserve asset.
new yauk needs a good washing and blowout. Let hurricane clean that dump up. Maybe it'll take away those disgusting electronic billboards too.
we could also hope that Guiliani, Bloomberg and a few pig bankers get taken out to sea as well.
somebody actually spilling beans...
British special forces on ground in Libya
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_34.html
They can't tell the difference between UK & US we all look alike to them
They have been granted dual citizenship by the mercenary rebels which makes them rebels too.
very very OT .... but, does anyone know what time the Bernank speaks tomorrow ?
It will be about 5 minutes before the market tanks
Plenty of backup generators for the robot traders. Bullish.
"Run to the hills - run for your lives"
White man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes, he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguuHDW42OQ
are these guys kidding? hurricane irene can go suck my earthquake
I love it...the quakes hit Colorado and Virginia...BUT ALL THEY CAN TALK ABOUT IS FUCKING NYC....NYC IS NOT EVEN AMERICAN...AND WHO CARE?? IT'S LIKE IT IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE? IT WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE BLOWN UP WHEN THE TIME COMES...unfortunately.
Calderas in New Mexico, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado come first.
The news says to me, do not hold any positions going into tomorrow.
The Mayor has the 'POWER' to force people to move?!? Really?
Tazers, yo.
Are there any ladies with their own boobs for avatar's here?
ahhhh what a fantastic ploy to shut down markets!
Anyone need a Banzai7 Go Bag?
Yes!!
That has nothing but gold in it right?
http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkJqKOb0ZhY
I know I can't get off this alien thing but is Cramer that alien Krug is talking about to save the economy? I mean, I can clearly see an alien popping out of Cramer's skin and running into Becky's mouth someday. Or, perhaps Cramer will just spontaneously combust. He's got to be a drummer in a former life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBCSMjHJAvg
The weather channel is the equivalent of CNBC. Did you notice that they didn't have A SINGLE REPORTER on the Bahamas???? Instead an endless parade of interviews from the still quiet and sunny NC beaches. This is "reporting" at its worst.
According to Krugman this is just what we needed to boost GPD and job growth.
Krugman is a F***ing idiot that deserved his nobel prize about as much as Obama. Where is the nobel prize committee saying that under O. the US now has 3 undeclared wars going on.....? Is this the idea of a peace prize winner>>>>?
Someone better go tell all the folks on Wall Street about this hurricne to their face. Otherwise, they will "never see it comin".
Krugman = Winning! just like Charlie Sheen
Beware. The high winds could cause a few important buildings to collapse into their footprints.
Especially one's that have intel offices and SEC investigation paper work. Those seem especially vulnerable to "sudden magic collapse" syndrome.
...interesting, Bloomberg offers escape bags, as ''Vibrant Responce 12'' http://www.examiner.com/homeland-security-in-chicago/vibrant-response-12-mass-catastrophe-excercise-takes-place-the-heartland the largest ever drill to prepare for a WMD response by the military is now going on, right after the world largest phalic gets cracked by a quake and now a massive storm is coming to the area.
interesting, Detroit just completed a 2 day interagency (65 agencies including Canadian agencies) excercise on the Detroit river. It was supposed to be an explosion on a river boat, but strangely there were a bunch of guys onshore wearing hazmat suits and using some type of detectors ....
If there truly is a god, then he can certainly renew my faith by wiping out the filth on wall st.
Then again, I've often heard he helps those who help themselves.
Terribly confused on the guy in the sky's perspective.
really? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHVxE5noTk4
Prediction...
Irene wrecks a big chunk of the East coast.
Smooth Talker in Chief declares national emergency (after a vacation).
Jobs bill created to clean up destruction (DC, Harlem, Chicago).
SEIU members given preference on positions.
Employment numbers increase.
Markest bounce.
Am I missing something?
Bullish body bags and riot gear.
bug out bags hahaha!
Nu Yawk Frankie evacuate? Fuggedaboutit!
I'm climbing right up to the top of that freekin mast on top o' the Empire Stae Building and I'm gonna howl & shake my fist at Irene!
You're a g'dam pu$$y Bloomberger!