Hurricane Sandy Doesn't Halt NYC's Dining Scene, Many Restaurants Still Open & Delivering
In the city that never sleeps -- or stops -- it would take more than a hurricane to keep the restaurant's lively dining and delivery scene from shutting down.
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In the city that never sleeps -- or stops -- it would take more than a hurricane to keep the restaurant's lively dining and delivery scene from shutting down.
Wind gusts up to 89 mph were reported in Surf City on Long Beach Island, after Sandy made landfall.
The storm is forecast to linger for 36 hours, according to experts. The prolonged event means high tides will complicate the effects of the storm.
"We're looking at impact of greater than 50 to 60 million people,'' said Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for low-lying areas in Jersey City.
All 5,900 residents of the town of Belmar, N.J. have been ordered to evacuate immediately.
While the exact track of the Category One storm is still unclear, "it's going to make landfall in New Jersey, that's clear," Christie told reporters Sunday afternoon.
Hurricane Sandy was barreling toward the Northeast Sunday afternoon, with "unheard of" wind speeds sustained at 75 mph.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency "in every county in the state" and activated the emergency crews to monitor Sandy as it worked its way north.
With much of the Eastern Seaboard in the path of a rare behemoth storm, residents of the nation's most densely populated corridor contemplated whether to heed dire warnings of torrential rain, high winds and up to 2 feet of snow.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has declared a state of emergency in advance of the Hurricane Sandy "Frankenstorm," and has ordered evacuations for many areas.
With Hurricane Sandy taking aim at New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie ordered Atlantic City's 12 casinos to shut down by Sunday afternoon as part of his statewide emergency declaration.
From the lowest lying areas of the Jersey Shore, where residents were already being encouraged to leave, to the state's northern highlands, where sandbags were being filled and cars moved into parking lots on high ground, New Jersey began preparing in earnest Friday for Hurricane Sandy.
Having heard scary reports about Hurricane Sandy possibly making a direct hit on New Jersey next week, residents were taking it seriously Friday.
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