Hurricane Sandy: Message From Ramapo Town Supervisor
Hurricane Sandy is expected to have an unprecedented impact on the Town of Ramapo starting Sunday, October 28, and continuing for possibly 3 to 4 days thereafter.
The brunt of the storm is expected to be from 6am Monday to 6pm Tuesday. Our area could experience sustained winds of 40-60mph for 24-36 hours; with wind gusts of up to 80mph.
Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services will only respond to emergencies during this event. Please refrain from calling for non-emergencies during ...
Hurricane Sandy: Mayor Bloomberg Updates New Yorkers On Storm
The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered this morning at the Office of Emergency Management in Downtown Brooklyn:
“Well thank you all for coming. We are here at the City’s Office of Emergency Management, and once again I wanted to thank Pamela Mitchell for signing for us today.
“Our purpose this morning is to update you on the City’s preparation for Hurricane Sandy. I have talked to Governor Cuomo this morning, and our staffs have spent a lot of time ...
Gov. Christie Announces Suspension Of NJ Transit Service
Governor Chris Christie's administration announced that NJ TRANSIT will begin a system-wide shutdown of all bus, rail, light rail and Access Link service, starting at 4:00 p.m. this Sunday afternoon and continuing through 2:00 a.m. on Monday morning.
The Atlantic City Rail Line will suspend operations effective at 4:00 p.m. due to the rapidly declining weather conditions within the region and the continued evacuation of Atlantic City.
Train 4678 will be the last train leaving Atlantic ...
Hurricane Sandy: Schumer Calls For Preemptive Federal Emergency Decleration
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today provided a briefing on local federal efforts to prepare for Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy, set to hit the region by Monday. Schumer detailed plans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA); the U.S. Coast Guard; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) to respond to the storm and clean up in its aftermath.
Schumer also called on the federal government ...
Hurricane Sandy: Storm Prompts Flight Cancellations
United Airlines said it would begin canceling flights in and out of Newark Liberty International and other mid-Atlantic airports starting Sunday night, due to the weather.
The airline advised travelers to check united.com for specific cancellation information.
More than two thirds of all flights in and out of Newark Liberty are operated by United, which also flies out of John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs Newark, ...
Hurricane Sandy: Message From Lakewood Chaveirim: We’re Here For Emergencies Only
Lakewood Chaveirim is mobilizing and gearing up for the impending storm, but are already getting swamped with unnecessary calls. Chaveirim says calls such as requesting weather updates etc. are unnecessary and just tie up the members as well as the lines.
Chaveirim also says that generators are for emergency situations only, and should not be requested for regular blackouts during the storm
“We should not be your plan A”, a Chaveirim coordinator tells TLS.
“During the storm, ...
Hurricane Sandy: Evacuations Ordered in NYC, School Closed
Hurricane Sandy is roaring toward the Northeast, expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the southern New Jersey coast, prompting officials to order a mass transit shutdown and widespread mandatory evacuation orders ahead of punishing winds, days of rain and the promise of possibly historic flooding.
Mayor Bloomberg said he was closing city schools and ordering evacuations for the city's most vulnerable zone, which includes Battery Park City, Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, Far Rockaway ...
Hurricane Sandy: Toll Suspension On Garden State Parkway
Tolls are suspended on the northbound Garden State Parkway and westbound Atlantic City Expressway today in order to facilitate the travel of residents and visitors leaving coastal areas of New Jersey in advance of Hurricane Sandy.
Tolls will be suspended until further notice on the northbound Parkway from Cape May to the Driscoll Bridge and on the full length of the westbound Atlantic City Expressway.
For real-time updates about travel conditions in New Jersey during the storm, motorists ...
Hurricane Sandy: MTA Service Shutdown At 7:00PM Sunday Evening
Transit officials in New York are preparing for a total shutdown of subway, bus and train service as Hurricane Sandy continues to bear down on the metropolitan region.
All service will be suspended at 7 p.m. on Sunday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to start planning for an orderly suspension of service.
New York City subways and buses will start phasing out service at 7 p.m. Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road will suspend ...
Big Storm Scrambles Presidential Race Schedules
The big storm taking aim at the East Coast a little more than a week before the election has scrambled campaign plans, with Mitt Romney ditching Virginia to campaign Sunday with running mate Paul Ryan in Ohio and President Barack Obama moving up his departure for Florida.
In an extraordinarily tight race, Hurricane Sandy has forces the campaigns to toss out carefully mapped-out itineraries as the candidates work to maximize voter turnout while avoiding any suggestion they were putting ...
Obama Cancels Campaign Events to Monitor Storm
The White House says President Barack Obama is canceling campaign appearances in Northern Virginia on Monday and Colorado on Tuesday so he can monitor Hurricane Sandy. The storm is currently forecast to make landfall along the Eastern seaboard at that time.
Obama is still scheduled to make campaign visits to Orlando, Fla., and Youngstown, Ohio Monday before returning to the White House. Other changes to the campaign schedule will be announced as warranted.
The White House says Obama is ...
Hurricane Sandy: Airlines Ask Fliers To Reschedule
U.S. airlines are giving travelers a way out if they want to scrap their plans due to Hurricane Sandy.
All the major airlines are offering waivers to customers who wish to reschedule their flights without incurring the typical fee of up to $150. The offers cover passengers flying in or out of just about any airport from Latin America to New Hampshire. Most waivers for travel in the Northeast are only valid Monday through Wednesday.
The airlines have only canceled a handful of flights so far, ...
Hurricane Sandy: Mayor Bloomberg Updates New Yorkers
The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered this evening at the Office of Emergency Management in Downtown Brooklyn:
“Let me first thank Pamela Mitchell for signing today. We try to do this when we have an emergency situation and want to make sure that everybody gets all of the information.
“We did want to bring everyone up to date on the City’s preparation and planning for Hurricane Sandy. We are here in the Briefing Room of the City’s Office of ...
Hurricane Sandy: Subways, Bridges May be Shut At 7PM Sunday; Evacuations Underway
Sandy barreled north from the Caribbean on Saturday, expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the southern New Jersey coast before it hits two winter weather systems as it moves inland, creating a hybrid superstorm that has the potential to cause widespread flooding and lasting power outages.
MTA officials warned that subways, bridges and commuter rails could be shut down starting 7 p.m. Sunday, but said a decision would not be made until hours before that.
Governors in New York, New ...
US Superstorm Threat Launches Mass Evacuations
Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain, high winds and heavy snow, say officials who warned millions in coastal areas to get out of the way.
"We're looking at impact of greater than 50 to 60 million people," said Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and ...
Romney Woos Florida Early Vote; Obama Eyes NH
Juggling politics and storm preparations, Mitt Romney dangled a plea for bipartisanship before early voters in Florida on Saturday as Barack Obama worked to nail down tiny New Hampshire's four electoral votes. Both campaigns scrambled to steer clear of a most unlikely October surprise, a superstorm barreling up the East Coast.
With just 10 days left in an extraordinarily tight race, Hurricane Sandy had both campaigns ripping up carefully mapped-out itineraries as they worked to maximize ...
Hurricane Sandy: New York Declares State of Emergency
Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas early Friday, churning relentlessly on a course that could see it blend with a winter storm and reach the tri-state area early next week as a super-storm that meteorologists predict could be the most widespread, damaging system of the last two decades.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency throughout New York.
"We want to make sure we take every precaution possible," he said.
Sandy, which weakened to a category 1 hurricane ...
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