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MOBILE NEWS ROOM.
I'M KATHERINE SOTNIK EYEWITNESS
NEWS
THANK YOU.
STATE OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON THE STORM.
WE FIND EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER NICOLE ESTEFAN.
DON'T LET THE BACKGROUND FOOL
YOU, A LOT OF INFORMATION
FLOWING THROUGH HERE.
WE'RE JOINED RIGHT NOW
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE EMA.
TELL US WHAT THE CONCERN IS
WHERE YOU STAND AT THIS POINT?
RIGHT NOW THE BIGGEST TIME
FRAME WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS
DURING HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING
AROUND 8:30.
WE EXPECT STORM SURGES AT THAT
POINT COMBINED WITH THOSE HEAVY
WINDS.
WE ARE EXPECTING AND WE HAVE
PLANNED FOR THAT STORM SURGE,
HIGH WINDS, EXTENDED POWER
OUTAGES.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT, TOO,
CLOSING DOWN 2:00 P.M. SOME
SERVICES OF THE CITY
WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE
MBTA WAS GOING TO SUSPEND
SERVICE AT 2:00 P.M. THIS
AFTERNOON WANTING TO MAKE SURE
BOTH THEIR STAFF AND ALL
PASSENGERS ARE HOME SAFELY AND
NOT OUT IN THE BAD WEATHER.
WE ALSO HAVE NOTIFICATION THAT
AMTRAK SUSPENDED SERVICE TODAY
AND LAST NIGHT WE WERE NOTIFIED
THAT TF GREEN THE AIRPORT
BUILDING ITSELF IS OPEN BUT ALL
THE AIRLINE CARRIERS HAVE
SUSPENDED SERVICE UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE
A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS
HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
A LOT OF CHANGES.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
PREPARATION UP UNTIL TODAY.
FOR FOLKS AT HOME WHAT SHOULD
THEY BE DOING?
AT THIS POINT IF FOLKS HAVE
NOT BEEN OUTSIDE SECURING THINGS
OR HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CHECK THEIR EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS KIT WE HAVE
SHELTERS OPEN AT THIS POINT.
IF PEOPLE THEY CAN'T BE SAFELY
IN THEIR HOME THEY SHOULD
CONSIDER GOING TO A FRIEND OR
FAMILY'S HOUSE OR GOING TO ONE
OF THE SHELTERS THAT IS OPEN.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO A
SHELTER HEAD OUT SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER BECAUSE THE STORM
WILL INTENSIFY THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
THE NEXT NEWS CONFERENCE PLANNED
IS 6:00 P.M..
IF ANYTHING DEVELOPS WE'LL HAVE