amtrak trains traveling the eastern seaboard, cancelled. governors warning citizens, governor christie warning people to get the hell off the beach. adding you are done working on your tan in new york city, the country s largest mass transit system getting shutdown for the first time ever because of a natural disaster. mayor bloomberg says some refuse to evacuate and he doesn t have the manpower to drag people out. let us a repeat this is serious. if you don t follow evacuation order you could be in irene s path of rain and you could be in big trouble. we are expecting new advisory, as soon as we get it we ll bring it to you. joining us fox news meteorologist maria molina. everyone needs take this seriously. it is so large many areas are going to be looking at
[ grandma ] my family is my joy, my hope. they are my heart. it s the reason we get out of bed in the morning. [ grandpa ] the reason we fall into bed at night sometimes. [ grandma ] yes. that s right. [ male announcer ] humana. never done a mandatory evacuation before. we wouldn t be doing it now if we didn t think this storm had the potential to be very serious. the best outcome would be if the storm veers east and doesn t hit us, doesn t hit us hard. we can t expend on mother nature being so kind. we have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. greta: right now she is not veering off. hurricane irene veering squarely for new york city forcing the shutdown of its transit system. first time mandatory evacuations in new york city. something new york has never seen before.
mostly along the water. greta: as we look at the model you see it is headed for new york city, if you are in the midwest you think this doesn t affect me. there s news that all five airports are going to shutdown as of noon tomorrow which going to be disruptive of travel across can the across the nation. so there s more to the storm hitting your trains, planes, buses, to have the subway shutdown in a city like new york city where most of the citizen don t have cars, no one is going to be able to go anywhere. the city has to come to a halt. greta: if the subways are shutting down, for safety. if they get flooded let s look at the worst-case scenario with the water. what is that going to do with the transit beyond sunday? once the storm is over they will start bringing the trains and buses back online. it takes eight hours to get them back in service.
and i m sure restaurants are going to close. new york, if you are a tourist, you are in manhattan, lots of great things to do. i m sure they will find plenty of things to entertain themselves with. greta: we are looking at a view of times square. it goes on all the time, nonstop. in terms of the economic cost, the fact is, there is a huge risk to life in new york city. it is very scary in some ways it? yeah, everything that is happening the evacuations, shutdown of the public transit, all of this is unprecedented. new yorkers have never seen this. they are not sure what to think. a lot of people don t believe it yet. they think it is over blown. that officials are overreacting. i think people always say that before the big storm and then after they wished they paid more attention going in.
and i m sure restaurants are going to close. new york, if you are a tourist, you are in manhattan, lots of great things to do. i m sure they will find plenty of things to entertain themselves with. greta: we are looking at a view of times square. it goes on all the time, nonstop. in terms of the economic cost, the fact is, there is a huge risk to life in new york city. it is very scary in some ways it? yeah, everything that is happening the evacuations, shutdown of the public transit, all of this is unprecedented. new yorkers have never seen this. they are not sure what to think. a lot of people don t believe it yet. they think it is over blown. that officials are overreacting. i think people always say that before the big storm and then after they wished they paid more attention going in. greta: maybe the mayor will