Hurricane Irene will make NYC residents particularly vulnerable this weekend. Look here to see if you might need to evacuate. Click + symbol at the bottom to enlarge.
Via Gothamist:
No call on a NYC evacuation has been made yet, or will be until Friday afternoon at the earliest (the storm is expected to hit us in full on Sunday), but already the mayor is urging New Yorkers to find out if they live in an evacuation zone (you can see the map below, call 311 or check online here) and be prepared to go someplace else (like a friend or relatives) later this weekend if things get bad. Also, he asks New Yorkers to finally get around to making those Go Bags. Hizzoner this morning also pointed out that unnecessarily calling for an evacuation might be a hassle but is better than not. Because the “worst case if we evacuate people and they don’t go? They die.”
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