Beginning at 1pm today, Norwalk has issued a MANDATORY evacuations for low-lying coastal areas and OTHER waterways.
They are also doing mandatory evacuations in New York City, shutting mass transit at noon and may have to cut power off in some areas..
I know one Greenwich resident who is a Fox News employee who took the train in this morning but has to take a car service home from work.
So, now you’ve got about 8 hours.
Greenwich emergency management officials said from the beginning, your risk potential depends on the track of the storm and its intensity.
That’s why you need to follow the forecasts and town news releases closely.
Some of us will be lucky, and some of us will be unlucky.
But everyone will be affected in one way or another.
As the storm approaches, Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei and his emergency management officials say it is important for anyone in vulnerable coastal areas to make plans to get out.
If you are in the path of the storm, and in an area of town with lots of trees, you are in potential danger, too. You will likely lose power and will be unable to leave your home for hours—or even days, in some places—due to downed trees.
This storm is being compared to Hurricane Ike (a Category Two storm at landfall), which hit Galveston, Texas in 2008.
The storm surge there nearly wiped-out the barrier island community of Boliver.
Some others mention Hurricane Wilma. She came ashore as a Category Two storm, as well, and ravaged South Florida in 2005.
People lined up for gasoline, propane and ice. Power was out for weeks, in some areas after the storm.
Other areas had lesser impacts, of course.
Today say a little prayer that no one loses his or her life in this dangerous storm that is headed for Greenwich. And reach out to your neighbors who maybe elderly, disabled or alone for any reason.
You are your brother's keeper.
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