a large guy. meteorology is an intricate and fascinating science but it is in the a precise science. we ll see what happens in the morning. mike, the taibbi. jeff stoecker has more. jeff, are you there. yeah, thomas, can you hear me. yes. the best way i can show you is by what s going on in the trees there. this is what we expected. fortunately we re about seven or so hours from this storm so it is going to get a lot uglier. right now we re seeing a lot of people honkered down.
we ve been talking about this for weeks, seems like. by monday this thing is going to be pushing into canada. we re warning people that are inland, really make sure that if you ve got big trees in your area, maybe stay at a friend s. obviously it is too late for that at this time. enland flooding from heavy rain, the coast is too dangerous right now with water racing on in. they made mandatory evacuations several blocks inland from the coast. police officers blocking off parking lots where surfers were parking their cars to go into the water. they are doing everything to warn people, this place is packed. most people are getting the warnings, getting away from the coastline and we re just going to wait it out. adam berg in eatontown new jersey. adam, thank you so much. jeff, as we re listening to
there is a tornado warning that has popped up just outside of new york city. it looks like the extreme western end of long island. i ll get you more information on that. i definitely want to get back to you guys on that because i need to see if that is something that has touched down on the ground, thomas. all right, jeff. thanks so much. new york s la guardia airport is one of the business jest. yesterday it was so exception right up until it had to shut down completely. nbc s ann thompson was there. take a look at la guardia airport. it is a virtual ghost town. this place which is normally hustling and bustling with passengers on a late august weekend, but not now. monitors are covered with plastic. even the ticket counters are covered in plastic. the shut down began about noon on saturday, and the port
tornado warning has just been issued here in the new york city area including queens county, southern nassau county an also kings county. that does include brook land as well. there has not . outer band from hurricane irene that we could see a tornado drop down at any moment. so, again, southern nassau and also kings county under this tornado warning until 4:15. again, this is something that could produce a tornado. we have not heard of any confir nation of that. but the likelihood is pretty great at this point so definitely heed warning if you are in brooklyn or queens right new. seek shelter, wait this out. jeff, thanks so much. joining us now on the phone is
authority closed the three major airports here in the new york area. that is newark, jfk and la guardia. those three airports will remain closed on sunday. no word yet about what s going to happen on monday. over the weekend irene has caused cancellation on many flights. if you re planning to travel to the east coast or along the east coast any time in the next 48 hours, call your airline before you get do the airport. this storm is really going to wreak havoc with air travel for the next couple of days. i m ann thompson. la guardia airport. back to you. thanks, ann. jeff, you have the potentials about this activity? yes. if we pull that up. we want to let you know the