. . DISASTERS: HURRICANES : DISASTERS: FLOODS : UNITED STATES: CITIES: NEW YORK CITY: New York Wakes to Hurricane Irene . . New York Wakes to Hurricane Irene By JAMES BARRON Published: August 27, 2011 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/nyregion/ new-yorkers-warned-of-possible-electrical- shutdown.html?hp=&pagewanted=all . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/4yl76hb . .Hurricane Irene made its second landfall, this one early Sunday in southern New Jersey, as the storm continued its relentless push toward New York City.
.Though the storm weakened as it moved up the Eastern Seaboard, it continued to funnel storm surge and floodwater to the Jersey Shore overnight, where the National Hurricane Center said the center of the storm crossed over land near Little Egg Inlet, north of Atlantic City, around 5:35 a.m. The storms maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 75 miles per hour, making it a weak category one hurricane.
.The hurricane first came ashore Saturday morning near Cape Lookout, N.C., then slipped back over water farther north near Virginia and Maryland before hitting land again in New Jersey.
.New York was the next major city in the hurricanes path, and for much of the night, the metropolitian area was pounded with heavy rain and wind, causing power failures and flooding.
.While New York had all but closed down in anticipation of what forecasters warned could be violent winds with the force to drive a wall of water over the beaches in the Rockaways and between the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan, as of early Sunday morning, all bridges and tunnels remained open, with the exception of the lower level of the George Washington Bridge because of high winds, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
.Forecasters said the relentless rain from the slow-moving storm made it very dangerous.
.Even though they are saying that the storm is quote-unquote weakening, hurricane winds are hurricane winds, John Searing, the deputy commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services, said before daybreak Sunday as he prepared to deal with the damage. Whether they say its 80 miles or 75 miles an hour, whats the physical difference in that?
.City officials warned that a big problem could be flooding at high tide, at about 8 a.m. Sunday before the storm has moved on and the wind has slacked off. The storm is expected to pass through by Sunday afternoon, moving into southern New England.
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