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Jersey City mayor orders mandatory evacuation for a lot of residents in coastal areas
Pending the punishment Hurricane Sandy is anticipated inflict, Jersey City Mayor
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dwellers in basement and first-floor units in several coastal areas in the city.
The affected developments and neighborhoods are Country Village, Port Liberte,
Society Hill, and Downtown Jersey City east of Greene Street from Essex Street
to Christopher Columbus Drive, and east of Washington Boulevard between
Christopher Columbus Drive and 18th Street. Healy made his announcement this
afternoon with a news conference in the Fire Department headquarters on Summit
Avenue. The evacuations have to be completed by 7 a .2012 NFL Jerseys.m. Monday.
"We are closely monitoring this storm and so are using the services of
representatives from all critical agencies, including area hospitals, to spread
out lines of communication and are also applying place all the necessary
emergency preparedness plans," Healy said earlier in the statement for the
city's website. Current forecasts from your National Weather Service indicate
Hurricane Sandy, will likely hit like a tropical storm using more than five
inches of rain gusts of wind as much as 80 mph .Cheap
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buildings will be closed on Monday. Shelters inside city are being opened
tonight at high school 4, 107 Bright St.; School 7 at 222 Laidlaw Ave.; School
17 at 600 Bergen Ave.; the Martin Center for that Arts at 59 Wilkinson Ave
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2 Palisade Avenue. Some 14,000 sandbags on the Army Corps of Engineers were
distributed today. The Jersey City Incinerator Authority has suspended all
garbage and recycling pick-ups until further notice. Also, only emergency
vehicles will be allowed to be driven on city streets beginning at 2 p.m.
Monday, city officials said. Updates are posted on the Jersey City homepage and
broadcast about the city's official cable channel, JC1TV. Residents could also
call metropolis information line at 311. The Jersey City Police is urging
residents to (201) 547 5477 for non-emergency leaving 911 clear for emergencies
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