Friday, August 26, 2011

East Coast on Alert as Hurricane Irene Closes In

Seelye & Severson, NYT
Hurricane Irene was starting to spray the North Carolina coast early Friday afternoon as it headed for a destructive march up the Eastern Seaboard in an unusually broad path that could affect 55 million people. Brandon Roe, right, and Jesus Vennetti covered windows with plywood at their customers house on Lighthouse Dr. in Collora, NC. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced that New York City’s sprawling mass transit system would begin to shut down as of noon on Saturday. The governor’s announcement seemed to pre-empt a plan by city...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/26/east_coast_on_alert_as_hurricane_irene_closes_in_262361.html

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