VIDEO: Governor Christie Likely to Close Jersey Shore’s Barrier Islands

Please don’t be a hero this weekend if you’re a Save Jerseyan in Cape May, Atlantic, Ocean and Monmouth counties.

Heed the official warnings and head out ASAP if state and/or county officials recommend it. Every Garden State resident, regardless of where you reside, should follow the hurricane preparation advice outlined by the Christie Administration at www.ready.nj.gov/. This could be the most serious storm to hit New Jersey since Hazel in 1954. Cape May County is already preparing to enforce a mandatory evacuation for its 800,000 summer residents/visitors beginning Friday morning.

Emergency measures are being put into place as we speak. The Governor and his team provided the broad strokes of his “state of emergency” declaration program earlier this afternoon. He expects to use the National Guard to completely close the Garden State’s barrier islands on Saturday as Hurricane Irene draws near the coast…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NMroGyhH7s

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