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  Obama issues apocalyptic warning over Irene
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Last EditedScott³  Aug 26, 2011 03:35pm
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News DateFriday, August 26, 2011 09:35:00 PM UTC0:0
Description"President Obama went to the airwaves early Friday urging people to prepare for an apocalyptic nightmare that could strike the East Coast this weekend as Hurricane Irene encroaches across America.

Issuing a warning on Friday morning, the president urged Americans to take heed of what he says will go down as a
“historic hurricane”

that will prove to be both extremely dangerous and costly.

"I cannot stress this highly enough. If you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. Don't wait. Don't delay," said Obama.

Up and down the Mid Atlantic and into New England, shops and homes are being vacated and boarded up as Americans prepare for what could prove to be cataclysmic. The projected path of Irene stretches across an area inhabited by around 65 million people and winds in excess of 100 mph are expected as the hurricane blows in. While residents of lower states are particularly at risk, analysts at Popular Mechanics magazine predict that winds could cause 1billion pounds of seawater to land into New York City and expect waves of up to 15 feet high. They add that nearly 3,000 miles of roads in Brooklyn and Queens could be flooded, and it would take less than an hour for the NYC subway system to be flooded as well. Workers in New York are already preparing to shut-down the largest mass transit system in America, which is expected to go offline starting at noon on Saturday."
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