And no relief until wednesday . danger worse out in long island that could see a life threatening surge. anais out there? good morning to you guys. you mentioned transportation hut down in new york city. that is it the situation here in long beach. in fact, the bridge is only open for first responders and media coming in and of course, they are encouraging everybody to get out. awe county under mandatory evacuation and storm surge and low lying areas as well we spoke with emergency management this morning. and sun popping up a little bit and you are able to get an idea of what the identification is doing. angry, angry waves and watchinglet tide to come in. 8:19 is high tide . they are concerned about the boardwalk getting pounded.
The ocean is geth angrier by the minuted. the concern by emergency management not that the burn behind us is eroding from the wind. but 8:19 high tide they are concerned that the water will come along the boardwalk and once it is low tide it may not recede much. they are trying to find higher ground for the first reponder type ridiculous and they were the only one to come over the bridge and it was closed. awe county is under mandatory evacuation. and many people have been heeding the warnings and remembering what irein did last year. in fact, one point, the bay was touching the atlantic ocean in the narrow part of the island and this will be a lot nastier than irein.