island. just a short time ago, mayor mike bloomberg announced mandatory evacuations for the most vulnerable citizens, a move he said was pushed in part by his health commissioner, who is a veteran of hurricane katrina. we are also notifying the other hospitals in the zone a low-lying areas as well as nursing homes and senior homes in the low-lying zone a areas that they must, i repeat the word must, evacuate beginning tomorrow and complete the process by 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. unless they get permission to stay in place, based on the ability of the particular facility to keep operating during hurricane conditions. mayor bloomberg said a decision will be made by 8:00 a.m. saturday about ordering a large-scale evacuation. but he urged residents in low-lying areas to leave tomorrow before the weather turns, because new york s transit authority, which oversees subways, buses, and
one side, the hudson river river up the other side, all of brooklyn, there s a lot of low lying areas in new york city. if this becomes a mandatory evacuation talking about hundreds of thousands of people who need to get moved away from these coast lines. the mayor says it could be as many as 280,000 people who would have to get out of the area. we re talking also he says about the possibility of shutting down the entire new york city transit that s buses, trains and sub waist. it would be unprecedented. that could happen. if it does, and there are people who are trying to get out, it will be very difficult for them to get out and to get out quickly. that s why they re sounding the all alorm to move now if you can. i live in one of those zone a neighborhoods and spent time last night putting all my electronic equipment, speakers, computer all that in much higher ground because i m worried about the threat of flooding there. thanks. let s take a live look at ocean city, maryland, wh
are so worried about. irene has 55 million in its path, including the 20 million right near in the greater new york area. by far the most densely populated area in the united states. 8 million people live in new york city proper. 2 million of those people on the island of manhattan or staten island. just a short time ago, mayor mike bloomberg announced mandatory evacuations for the most vulnerable citizens, a move he said was pushed in part by his health commissioner, who is a veteran of hurricane katrina. we are also notifying the other hospitals in the zone a low-lying areas as well as nursing homes and senior homes in the low-lying zone a areas that they must, i repeat the word must, evacuate beginning tomorrow and complete the process by 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. unless they get permission to stay in place, based on the ability of the particular facility to keep operating during hurricane conditions.
the last time they did it? well, they haven t. they haven t had to use a evacuation order for new york city, and certainly for a weather event. we have shut down the mass transit, but here is the deal, martin. first the evacuation map and show you the areas at risk. there are three zones in new york, a-b-c, and this is the low lying areas, a, rockaways and battery here where i m standing right now, wall street, an parts of lower manhattan and coney island and you can see the areas are at risk. the key to this evacuation, unlike any other places where the people can leave on their own is that we have a deadline, because tomorrow when mass transit shuts down at noon, that means that people who are going to be using the mass transit to get out, won t have a chance to do that, so a lot of of the the order has to be pushed through now and completed by tomorrow at 11:00 in the morning, because once noon rolls around, that s it. people in the zones, zone a, they will have to find another way
populated area in the united states. 8 million people live in new york city proper. 2 million of those people on the island of manhattan or staten island. just a short time ago, mayor mike bloomberg announced mandatory evacuations for the most vulnerable citizens, a move he said was pushed in part by his health commissioner, who is a veteran of hurricane katrina. we are also notifying the other hospitals in the zone a low-lying areas as well as nursing homes and senior homes in the low-lying zone a areas that they must, i repeat the word must, evacuate beginning tomorrow and complete the process by 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. unless they get permission to stay in place, based on the ability of the particular facility to keep operating during hurricane conditions. mayor bloomberg said a decision will be made by 8:00 a.m. saturday about ordering a large-scale evacuation. but he urged residents in low-lying areas to leave tomorrow before the weather