President Obama Urges East Coast To Prepare!!

Barack Obama speaks about hurricane Irene while holidaying in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard. Obama said Irene has all the makings of a historic storm. Photograph: Getty Images

Barack Obama has warned Americans to take hurricane Irene seriously and urged them to obey orders to evacuate from the path of what is likely to be an "extremely dangerous and costly" storm."All indications point to this being a historic hurricane," Obama said in a statement to reporters from Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts.Fifty-five million people are potentially in Irene's path, from the Carolinas to Cape Cod on the US east coast, and tens of thousands are evacuating as cities including New York brace for the powerful storm to hit."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," Obama said.The White House said Obama would depart from his vacation in Martha's Vineyard on Friday evening, one day earlier than planned, and return to Washington.Obama's wife and daughters will travel back as planned on Saturday. Obama has held regular conference calls with aides on the storm, in a determined effort to learn from the mistakes of his predecessor George W Bush, who was heavily criticised for an ineffectual response after hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans in 2005."All of us have to take this storm seriously … If you are given an evacuation order, please follow it," Obama said.

WE WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE YOU PREPARING FOR IRENE OR IF YOU ARE PREPARED?

DO YOU THINK FEMA IS READY OR WILL WE HAVE ANOTHER KATRINA?

WE WANT YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON THIS SITUATION.

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ms sweet on Friday, August 26, 2011 7:04 PM

Hey guys I'm checking in from Mathews on the middle peninsula of va. Most of my town is below sea level which means flooding is eminent. Our sherriff has put mandatory evacuation on most parts of county and voluntary for my area. All emergency services here will terminate once wind reaches 50 MPH. Buy most of the area will probably be flooded by that time anyway. Luckily my yard is slightly raiseed so if there's any flooding it will be minor. We are expected to get a over a foot of rain and we do expect to lose trees as last big storm took out 20. We've spent last 3 days picking up yard boarding upand stocking up. I think we will be OK. We have a generator and plenty of bbeer!.. ill keep u updated as long as I have service...

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