Via Mother Jones: “We are not evacuating Rikers Island,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a news conference Friday. Bloomberg annouced a host of extreme measures being taken by New York City in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, including a shutdown of the public transit system and the unprecedented mandatory evacuation of some 250,000 …
Daily Archive: August 27, 2011
Aug 27 2011
Hurricane Irene as seen from space
It may be a lumbering behemoth that’ll peter mostly out before it hits us here in Canuckistan, but it looks like there’s pretty much no avoiding this one. If you’re anywhere on the East Coast, you’re in this juggernaut’s way. It’s very sunny and bright and cheery-looking here at the moment. Meanwhile, everyone on Twitter …
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