Friday, August 26, 2011

Apparently Irene has already passed through Key Food on Avenue A


Just a few minutes ago ...

The calm before the Irene


Photo by Bobby Williams...

Noted



Via YouTube: "Great East River surge to slam Anderson Cooper while drinking @ Bedlam"

The line that you were waiting to see at Trader Joe's


Well, we heard about the lines at Trader Joe's all day... now EV Grieve reader DC sends along the shot that shows just how stupid long that the line got this evening...

And from EV Grieve reader Joe... a shot of the line waiting for the wine store....


And another angle later from Lauren...




All hands on deck at dawn



Echo & the Bunnymen from 1983. Blindingly obvious in these circumstances. But a lovely track nonetheless.

Everyone is getting on the Hurricane Irene marketing wagon



"possibly hurricane-proof"?

EV Grieve reader faces spotted this on Avenue C at 14th Street.

In the Associated water aisle


A few minutes ago at the Associated on 14th Street near First Avenue. By Shawn Chittle.

And at the Food Emporium Union Square...


Via @mattlehrer — There's a fair amount of water left @ Food Emporium Union Square but fewer carts and baskets than shoppers.

Water! Water! GET HIM!


Unloading in front of the 99-cent store on First Avenue near Fifth Street. Good, now I won't have to boil my urine for drinking water.

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Go right here. We'll be here all weekend. Now off to find some shotgun shells...

Zone A residents told to evacuate by tomorrow at 5 p.m.

Mayor Bloomberg said the city would start a mandatory evacuation of residents in Zone A areas. (Gothamist)

Borrowed this map from BoweryBoogie... Zone A is the area in orange.


That's a fairly wide area... starting at Houston... East of Avenue D to the East River ... north along Avenue D to East Ninth Street, then west on Ninth Street to Avenue B then north on B to East 14th Street...

Seward Park High School and Baruch College are the nearest evacuation centers.

Per Mayor Bloomberg via Gothamist:

Technically, not heeding the mandatory evacuation order would be a violation of the law that could get you fined and sent to jail. But Bloomberg assured New Yorkers today that "nobody is going to get fined and nobody is going to go to jail, but if they don't evacuate they could die."

He also said: "From 9 p.m. tomorrow to 9 p.m. Sunday please, stay indoors. It is dangerous when the winds are this high and the rains are so heavy."

Yes, but we need photos.

O, had I but followed the arts! Shakespeare in Tompkins Square Park


FringeAL FRESCO production of "Much Ado About Nothing" right now in Tompkins Square Park. Photo via EV Grieve reader Rita.

MTA shutting down the whole damn system starting tomorrow at noon

The MTA — including bus and subway service — will begin to shut down starting tomorrow at noon, Gov. Cuomo says.(Daily News)

Tupelo is missing


Via EV Grieve friend Bayou.

Sinkhole sinking on Second Avenue


At Second Street. Maybe the storm water will all drain down here? Via RyanAvenueA.

Noted


At one of the Duane Reades in Lower Manhattan... via Shawn Chittle. Anyone see signs like this yet in the East Village?