Cuomo: State preparing for Hurricane Joaquin worst case scenario
Brooklyn's Montague Street Tunnel rebuilt and hardened
It’s still too early to predict where or even if Hurricane Joaquin will hit New York, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday that the state and agencies like the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the MTA are making preparations just in case.
“It might veer off and be nothing, or it might have a significant impact on the state,” Cuomo said during a press conference call Thursday morning. “I’ve learned the hard way that it is better to prepare for the worst. In the past we didn’t take the worst-case scenario into full consideration, and we paid the price.”
State agencies are following emergency preparation guidelines, and the National Guard is in the pre-deployment stage, he said. “The MTA is taking all precautions, pre-positioning equipment, clearing construction sites of possible hazards and pre-positioning generators and pumping equipment,” Cuomo said.