Relationships were respected and pets came and very different from division street. Instead of utilizing new resources like on king street pea 80 which was meant to be a rain shelter for the 700 people waiting for shelter in San Francisco and the general population and taken away and given to the folks at division street. No communication, no relocation plan. Half of the beds we had 300 people at division street and 150 beds at pier 80 so moving forward were looking at Navigation Centers which are highly anticipated. We must also remember we have 6800 people passing through the traditional shelter system last year and they are stuck without exits of the system and in between stays on the streets. On division street we spent a lot time dialoguing with folks and didnt meet anyone that wouldnt jump at the chance to go to the Navigation Center and around the services and the housing that needs to be replicated not just the new Navigation Centers but for the entire shelter system and move p
There are mandatory evacuations taking place in the lower lying parts of the state, tolls have been suspended in parts of the Garden State Park way to help out evacuees. And then on maryland where it too has been declared a state of emergency, there are voluntary evacuations in the lower lying areas and then in downtown ocean city, there are mandatory evacuations already under way and we understand that some of the other states are helping, including that of louisiana, which are helping out the state of maryland and then in d. C. , Public Schools have been closed. Sandbags are being distributed. So an awful lot is taking place and as it pertains to the race of the the white house, governor romney had some expected rallies that are planned for virginia in ohio there may be a whole lot of snow to content with while folks on the east coast are dealing with wind and rain. Lets get a better view of this big storm now kind of threatening a good portion of the east coast. Our chad myers with