Hurricane Irene Getting Closer To New York City/Roosevelt Island - RIOC Engineering Department Say They Are Prepared, Are You? Hang Out Before Hurricane With Friends At Riverwalk Bar & Grill

Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Santo Verta reports:

The Engineering and Facilities Department  along with Grounds Department and myself will be on the Island starting tomorrow Late Morning until the storm has past, will be able to assist in multiple emergencies. We will be stationed at 680 Main Street which is the Bus Garage / Warehouse. We have prepared and Maintenanced for this storm with the following:

 Generators, power tools, plywood (for windows that are damaged on the storefront or any other RIOC owned facilities.  Flashlights  and among of other different types of  equipment such as Backhoes, tractors, chainsaws, wood chippers,  tower lights for Main Street and any other location that are crucial if we get a electricity outage , and amongst of other different types of  equipment such as Backhoes, tractors, chainsaws, etc.

Please feel free to contact me if you see an emergency.

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I went to Gristedes and Duane Reade earlier today to buy some extra batteries, food, water, bic lighter and flashlight. Hope you have too. If you haven't, make sure to go as early as you can tomorrow. A reader of the Daily Dish suggests:

If nobody has told you this, you need to fill your bathtub with water.  It is not for drinking; it is for flushing the toilets if you lose water after the storm.   You don’t want to be without a flush toilet.

and:

Having gone through a few hurricanes myself, a couple things I've been telling people here at work to have on hand, beyond the usual batteries/food/water: A lighter or two. The standard Bic never fails. Get it in the bright orange color and it'll be easier to find wherever you set it down. Bandaids and bacitracin. The actual Band-Aid brand "Tough Strips" - the fabric kind, not the plastic - are miles more durable than any other kind I've used. I keep a box or two at all times because I slash myself in the kitchen on a weekly basis, but where there's broken glass, there's cuts, no matter how careful you are. Tough garbage bags (contractor-grade, if you have a local hardware store) and duct tape. Clean laundry, especially socks, underwear, and t-shirts.

If you want to hang out with some Roosevelt Island friends and neighbors before the Hurricane starts tomorrow night, the Riverwalk Bar & Grill will be open on a limited basis with Hurricane's on the drink menu.

OK WE ARE OPENING THE BAR TOMORROW AT NOON. THE KITCHEN WILL BE CLOSED BUT YOU CAN DRINK AND GET DELI SANDWICHES. $5 HURRICANE COCKTAILS ALL DAY!

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