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Noreaster27, by the sounds of it. Bloomberg has said multiple times already that this storm won't be as bad as Irene and they aren't expecting Tropical Storm or Hurricane conditions.

Y-i-k-e-s.

This is an idiotic decision by Bloomberg. What a foolhearty decision on his part.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD

WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 3 PM EDT

TUESDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH

SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM EDT TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...COASTLINES OF LONG ISLAND SOUND...THE SOUTHERN AND

EASTERN SHORES OF LONG ISLAND...PORTIONS OF NEW YORK

HARBOR...AND TIDAL PORTIONS OF THE HUDSON AND CONNECTICUT

RIVERS.

* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES SUNDAY

NIGHT...2 TO 4 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES MONDAY MORNING...AND

POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 FT SURGE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

* HIGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION...BREAKING WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO

BUILD TO 15 TO 20 FT ALONG OCEAN FACING SHORELINES BY LATE

MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...5 TO 8 FT WAVES ARE

POSSIBLE ALONG EXPOSED EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN FACING PORTIONS

OF LONG ISLAND SOUND...PECONIC BAY...AND NEW YORK HARBOR. THIS

IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BEACH EROSION AND LOCALIZED

WASHOVERS.

* TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE EVENING HIGH

TIDES ON SUNDAY...WITH LIKELIHOOD FOR WIDESPREAD MODERATE

FLOODING BY THE MONDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLE. MAJOR COASTAL

FLOODING...POSSIBLY TO RECORD LEVELS...IS LIKELY DURING THE

MONDAY NIGHT HIGH TIDE CYCLES. MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL

FLOODING IN POSSIBLE INTO THE TUESDAY MORNING AND EARLY

AFTERNOON HIGH TIDES CYCLE.

* IMPACTS...A LONG DURATION AND MAJOR COASTAL FLOOD EVENT IS

EXPECTED TO START SUNDAY NIGHT AND PEAK MONDAY NIGHT INTO

TUESDAY MORNING. THE EXACT TRACK/TIMING OF THE COASTAL STORM

WILL DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE OF COASTAL FLOODING MONDAY NIGHT

THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING`S HIGH TIDE CYCLES...BUT THE POTENTIAL

IS INCREASING FOR A MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING EVENT WITH

SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES IN HISTORICALLY

FLOOD PRONE SPOTS.

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