Should I bug out of NYC this week and avoid the hurricane.

Thank you

Anyone who is planning to stay should really go out NOW and stock up on supplies before the masses hit the stores.

Good luck OP. Some good advice in this thread. You are smart to be thinking ahead about whether the trains will be full or running.

I doubt that evacuation would be so tough, it should be possible to get out by train. There are tons of commuter Metro North trains as well as Amtrak, so there's a lot of train capacity, and the people who run the banks have a big interest in having enough trains running so their people can get in to work.

So I think you have until after we see if it avoids Hatteras, before you have to move out or not.

So, if you want to get out of the city, there will probably be seats after the morning rush into the city. The trains don't all sit in Grand Central all day waiting for the evening rush, or even in the storage yard.

It is impossible that the storm surge would hit you 40 feet above the East River. This is just a hurricane, not a tsunami, and I don't even think the Fukushima tsunami was that high except *maybe* a few places where the water got concentrated rushing up a canyon. You don't live in a canyon.

Thank you, "cg" and "me"

I read once if your on the ground floor or a lower floor, have a sandbag to put in the commode, that way if the sewers back up yours doesn't over flow inside your place.

CG, have you decided what to do?

I would leave just to leave nyc. bad place to be if tshtf

You know, I might go ahead and take an extended weekend that way. Don't wait too long or you could run into the backup of forced evacuations of the 18th largest city in the world. That is not a headache you'll want to deal with.

Take a BOB, throw it in the car, and make your way away from the coast line until it's all clear. Just think, if nothing happens, it was a good mini trip. If something does happen, you aren't in the middle of it.

He said earlier he has no car and was going to see about taking the train.

CG, please remember Katrina and don't wait too long.

If you were going to take the trip anyway, take it now. It will be easier than after a storm, if people even survive the storm.

I would take all of my ID and valuables with me also. Just in case there is nothing left of your home.

It there is a disaster in NYC, your not being there will just make it easier all around. You will be one less person they have to worry about.

The sooner you leave the better, because the roads might get clogged up with people trying to leave the city. This could happen before, during or after the storm. If there is a lack of support after the storm, it could be like another Katrina situation.