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NYC To Begin Zone Rates For Taxis

With all of mass transit out of service, today New York City’s Taxi & Limousine Commission ordered livery cabs and taxis to switch to a zoned fare system. Zoned fares begin tomorrow morning and metered rides will continue until then. Twitter users have already begun reporting major cab fare ripoffs since the subways closed down at noon. As in “$50 …

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Come On, Irene

Listen if you dare, but remember that if the power goes out you’ll be stuck with an earworm and nothing to drive it out.

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And The Altar Boys Sighed In Relief

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has granted the city’s Catholics permission to miss Mass tomorrow. “With all of our friends and neighbors here in the community we love, we in the Catholic family are united in prayer for protection from the impending storm, and eager to offer refuge and help to those who may be endangered or harmed. Catholics take …

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Hurricane Irene Bingo

(Via – Gothamist)

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NEW YORK: Cuomo Orders Complete MTA Shutdown At Noon Tomorrow, Bloomberg Calls For Mandatory Zone A Evacuation

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the complete shutdown of mass transit beginning at noon tomorrow. He also activated the state National Guard. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, which provides transit services to New York City and its suburbs, will institute a system-wide shutdown starting after the final runs around noon on Saturday. The shutdown includes subways, buses, Long Island …

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Irene From The Int’l Space Station

Just in from the ISS: From 230 miles above the Earth, cameras on the International Space Station captured new views of powerful Hurricane Irene as it churned over the Bahamas on August 26, 2011. Irene is moving to the northwest as a Category 3 hurricane, packing winds of 120 miles an hour. Irene is expected to strengthen to a Category …

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Nate Silver On Hurricane History

Statistics geek Nate Silver charts the rare history of hurricanes and tropical storms in the northeast. According to Silver, a direct hit from a Category 1 storm could cost New York City as much as $22 billion in economic damages.

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Storm Surge

“According to New York City’s Office of Emergency Management, the last hurricane to pass directly over the city was in 1821. The storm surge was so high that the city was flooded up to Canal Street.” – Buzzfeed. Irene is now predicted to make landfall somewhere east of Queens. At high tide. Last night Mayor Bloomberg announced that any plan …

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NYC Releases Evacuation Plan

No order to evacuate any part of NYC has been issued, but just in case, today Mayor Bloomberg’s office released the above map of areas to skedaddle from, should the edict come. (Huge version here.) City beaches will likely be closed this weekend due to riptides, regardless of the storm’s track. Airlines are reportedly making plans to reposition their aircraft …

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NYC Tabs Love Irene

Hurricane Irene is a juicy gift to NYC’s tabloids (and local TV) who are running wall-to-wall breathless updates on the approaching end of the world.

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To The Extreme

Hurricane forecasters have raised the threat level for the NYC area to “extreme,” although the most reliable model shows the storm making landfall somewhere around mid-Long Island. Fire Island residents are standing by for word of evacuation orders. In related news, my mom is emailing me hurricane preparedness tips. From Florida.

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Hurricane Irene Intensifies

Forecasters have upgraded the threat level to the northeast and now say that Irene could be the most powerful hurricane to hit the New York City area in many years. On the upside, it now appears Florida will be entirely spared. And incidentally, it was my 25 years in Florida that turned me into this hurricane junkie. Expect at least …

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Irene Update

According to the latest forecast for Hurricane Irene, the storm is predicted to arrive in the general NYC/northeast area some time late on Saturday, early on Sunday. Air travel is expected to be heavily affected unless the storm veers out past Long Island as sometimes happens. Plan accordingly, I guess.

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Irene Threatens East Coast

Some forecast models show Hurricane Irene clipping the east coast of Florida at a potential strength of Category Four.

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Record Rainfall For Gotham

Yesterday’s torrential rainfall in New York City broke all existing records. New York broke an all-time record for a one-day rainfall Sunday as up to 8 inches of water soaked the city, snarling trains and flooding roadways. By 9 p.m., 7.7 inches of rain had fallen at Kennedy Airport. It was the most recorded there in a single day since …

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Photo Of The Day – Shuttle Debris

A years-long drought in Texas has lowered the water in one lake to the point that the above piece of the space shuttle Columbia has been revealed. In 2003, the Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its reentry to the atmosphere.

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Photo Of The Day – Queens Hail

Baseball-sized hail pelted parts of Queens yesterday, smashing cars and home windows.

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NYC Pride Weather

The first sunny day in a week.

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Summertime In NYC

It’s mid-June and I’m blogging in a sweater.

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