Hurricanes are often unpredictable. Is Billy Hurricane’s open? Closed? Open for now! And rockin’!
         
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The scene outside the Smith Houses, where police were urging residents to abide by a mandatory evacuation…
At Seward Park High School, police help an elderly man into the storm shelter…
Packing up, on Catherine Street…
At the Nom Wah Tea Parlor, customers enjoy some dim sum and gaze up at CNN…
Nearly bare bread shelves at Fine Fare…  
 Two cars involved, ambulance on the scene. Police just arrived to sort things out, as drivers quarrel. There do not appear to be serious injuries. Police do not suspect Irene was involved.
 Another scene from the Smith Houses. Lots of buses, mostly empty, are lined up, prepared to evacuate residents. A few families are boarding, but not many.
 Police are now at the Smith Houses on Catherine Street, urging residents to evacuate. Smith is in Zone A, the mandatory evacuation area. Earlier, City Councilmember Margaret Chin came to Smith in another appeal to residents.
 School buses pressed into service to transport evacuees line Grand and Essex streets, where they deposited residents sheltering at Seward Park High School. Public officials are reiterating the evacuation order for residents in Zone A, the low-lying areas closest to Manhattan’s waterways. Staffers from Assemblymember Brian Kavanaugh’s office just sent us this flyer: Campos, Riis, Wald, Baruch, Smith, Haven Plaza, Village East YOU ARE IN A MANDATORY EVACUATION ZONE New York City says you MUST leave the area for your safety by 5:00PM Saturday before the hurricane hits!
For more information, call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov
After announcing this morning that it was considering proactive shutdowns of power in lower Manhattan, Con Edison is now saying it will not take action prior to Hurricane Irene’s arrival unless absolutely necessary. If downtown substations need to be deactivated to protect them from flooding, about 6,000 customers south of the Brooklyn Bridge and east of Broadway to the East River would be affected, a spokesperson told The New York Times City Room blog this afternoon. Also, Con Ed has posted a map of power outages, which is constantly updating.
In a news conference this morning, Mayor Mike Bloomberg reported that Con Edison is considering proactively shutting off electrical service to low-lying areas of the city, including downtown Manhattan, to avoid more serious damage from flooding. Also, elevators at public housing complexes in the mandatory evacuation zone will be deactivated this afternoon. From the NYT’s City Room blog:
Here’s the note from Leland Dyer of the Community Affairs office:
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