Port Washington Schools will be closed Monday and several low-lying streets in the Village of Port Washington North are under an evacuation order as the massive Hurricane Sandy takes aim at the Eastern Seaboard.
On Sunday afternoon, Port Washington Schools announced that all classes will be cancelled on Monday.
The Village of Port Washington North announced that residents on Shore Road, Mill Pond Road, Harbor Road and Smull Place are included in the current Nassau County mandatory evacuation order.
The Village of Manorhaven reports that is now a mandatory evacuation for the entire village, and states that first responders recommend that before evaucuating, shut off all electric and gas to your home.
The Nassau County order is effective immediately. All residents are urged to secure all items outside their homes.
The Port Washington branch of the Long Island Rail Road will cease operations this evening as part of a larger shutdown of the entire MTA system.
Authorities are warning residents to prepare for possible loss of electric for a few days. LIPA asks you to report power outages to 1-800-490-0075.
Anne: here isa list of shelters: Nassau Community College – P Building – located at 1 Education Dr. in Garden City East. Levittown Memorial – located at 150 Abbey Lane in Levittown Locust Valley High School – located at 99 Horse Hollow Road in Locust Valley.
This evacuation seems bigger than Irene and the storm has far worse potential. Why in the world is Schreiber HS not a shelter? Last year it was crowded, seems to me that many local Port Washington residents need it this year.
Opening up a school as a shelter is an expensive procedure which considering the economic times needs to be scrutinized very carefully.
Manhasset High School will open a shelter at 8 am on Monday. Other shelters include SUNY Old Westbury, Nassau Community College – P Building – located at 1 Education Dr. in Garden City East. Levittown Memorial – located at 150 Abbey Lane in Levittown Locust Valley High School – located at 99 Horse Hollow Road in Locust Valley.
THE SCHREIBER HIGH SCHOOL ROOF HAS BEEN LEAKING ACROSS THE SCHOOL. IT IS STILL LEAKING, AND HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE IN CERTAIN AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES WING. BECAUSE OF THE WATER WHICH GETS BUILT UP ON THE ROOF, CERTAIN CLASSES NEED TO CHANGE CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY. THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW. WHO IS RUNNING THE SCHOOLS? WHERE IS THE MONEY? WHAT IS BEING DONE TO SOLVE THIS? WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN RESOLVED YET? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WHICH THE PORT WASHINGTON PATCH SHOULD BE PRESENTING. GIVE US AN UPDATE. CONTACT THE SCHOOL.... IF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD WAS AWARE, THIS SCHOOL WOULD BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE...
Why did ou wait to introduce that fact? Considering the fact that the school has been used as a place for refuge in stormy weather the fact that the roof is falling apart needed to be told to the entire community maybe it is a more important issue then the rezoning fiasco!
Where is the New Village Mayor Giunta, and Commissioner of Emergency assisting the residents of Manorhaven? I heard her and PWOEM Commissioner piggyback NC Mangano on Weather. The Shreiber HS Shelter established during Hurricane irene, had close to 500 residents, of PW. I was told then, over 300 of those residents came from Manorhaven, Is the present administration trying to save money or Do they not care about residence of Manorhaven..
The comment was for the person who knew about the leaking roof and just today decided to speak up. I also made reference to the fact that our Town leaders seem to find the rezoning a more important issue then repairs to a falling apart school which is sometimes used for emergency shelter.
You couldn't have said any better maybe the fact that the roof is in need of immediate repairs took the school off the shelter lists?