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LIVE WITH YOUR JAMCAM TRAFFIC,
JAY ROGERS, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
THE EXPECTED STORM SURGE THAS
COASTAL COMMUNITIES BRACING FOR
SANDY.
JENNIFER MOBILIA CONTINUES
OUR LIVE PINPOINT WEATHER TEAM
COVERAGE NOW FROM NEWPORT.
YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE WINDS
PICKING UP THERE.
Reporter: YEAH, WRINDZ
DEFINITELY PICKING UP HERE, I'M
ON THE CLIFF WALK IN NEWPORT.
IT'S GETTING REALLY, REALLY
NASTY OUT HERE.
THE RAIN, IT GETS HARDER AT
CERTAIN TIMES, SO IT'S RAINING
ON AND OFF.
THE WIND OBVIOUSLY REALLY,
REALLY PICKING UP.
YOU CAN SEE THE TIDE BEHIND ME
PICKING UP, HUGE WAVES CRASHING
INTO THE BREAK WALL OVER HERE.
SO REALLY, FOLKS, IF YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO GO OUT, THERE'S REALLY
NO REASON TO.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY NASTY OUT.
THERE IS ONE RED CROSS SHELTER
SET UP HERE ON AQUIDNECK ISLAND.
LATE LAST NIGHT I SPOKE TO ONE
OF THE VOLUNTEERS THERE.
LET'S HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY
FOR FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE TO
EVACUATE.
OH!
Reporter: WITH MANDATORY
EVACUATIONS LOOMING, OFFICIALS
AT THE RED CROSS SAY THEY'RE
READY.
IT WILL STAY OPEN THROUGH THE
DURATION OF THE STORM, AND IT'S
OPEN TO ANYONE THAT GETS
EVACUATED.
IF SOMEONE LOSES POWER, WE'RE
NOT GOING TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY.
Reporter: THE GAUDET MIDDLE
SCHOOL IN MIDDLETOWN HAS BEEN
TRANSFORMED INTO A FULL-FLEDGED
EMERGENCY SHELTER.
WE'RE CAPABLE OF HOLDING OVER
500 PEOPLE HERE, SO WE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO HANDLE THE CROWD THAT'S
EXPECTED.
IT IS THE ONLY ONE ON AQUIDNECK
ISLAND.
Reporter: WITH A 10 A.M.
MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR
MIDDLETOWN'S LOWER QUIT NECK AND
WAVE AVENUE NEIGHBORHOODS, THIS
SHELTER MAY BE THE ONLY WARM
PLACE FOR SOME RESIDENTS TO TURN
TO.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET MEALS.
THERE WILL BE SNACKS.
THEY GET BEDDING, OF COURSE.
Reporter: NOW, YESTERDAY, AS
WE WERE DRIVING AROUND, WE
NOTICED A LOT OF THE GAS
STATIONS HERE RUNNING OUT OF
GAS.
SO AGAIN, FOLKS, IF YOU DON'T
HAVE TO GO OUT, REALLY THERE'S
NO REASON TO.
IT'S GETTING VERY, VERY NASTY
HERE ON THE ISLAND.
AND ALSO, WE SHOULD WARN YOU IF
YOU DO HAVE TO GO OUT, YOU
REALLY SHOULD AVOID OCEAN DRIVE.
OFFICIALS SAY IT COULD GET VERY
TREACHEROUS ON THE ROAD CERTAIN
TIMES DURING THIS STORM.
REPORTING LIVE WITH THE EAST BAY