Hurricane Irene made landfall today in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm. Usually these storms usually weaken significantly over land but this one is so large (480+ miles wide) that it is holding its shape and its strength. The outer bands are pelting us now with heavy rain. The winds are beginning to pick up now but the eye of the storm is not expected to arrive over NYC till tomorrow morning around 8 or 9am.
They have evacuated the entire Jersey Shore as well as areas along long Island as well as much of NY city. Earlier this evening they added parts of Jersey City, Newark and all of Hoboken which are all along the Hudson river between NY and NJ.
We are looking to be in for quite a ride.
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