- Title: USA: HURRICANE FLOYD SENDS SHEETS OF RAIN OVER NEW YORK
- Date: 17th September 1999
- Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK STATE, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 16, 1999) (RTN) 1. LV TIMES SQUARE 0.06 2. SCU SIGN AT ENTRANCE TO FEDERAL MEMEORIAL HALL 0.11 3. CLOSE UP 'CLOSED' SIGN 0.14 4. SLV WALL STREET 0.21 5. SLV PEOPLE WALKING IN THE RAIN 0.26 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN SAYING "It's ugly man, but this is great, man, this is New York man." 0.41 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN SAYING "I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I really do" 0.46 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN SAYING "Its very wet and its very annoying, whate else can I say (REPORTER ASKS IF HE IS GETTING OFF WORK EARLY) MAN SAYING "Not Wall Street, they'd never do that" 0.57 9. LAS TILT DOWN EXTERIOR SEVEN WORLD TOWER 1.09 10. SLV EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE 1.13 11. SLV VARIOUS PEOPLE WORKING IN CENTRE / SCU COMPUTER MONITOR ZOOM OUT /MORE WORKERS OPERATING PHONE LINES (6 SHOTS) 1.43 (NBC - NO ACCESS USA/CNN) 12. WIDE SHOT MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI 1.46 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GIULIANI SAYING "Do not go out, the winds are going to be very very high, the rain is going to intermittantly be very strong" 1.52 (RTN) 14. SLV BRYANT PARK, FASHION WEEK SITE 1.58 15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LLOYD JENKINS, SECURITY GUARD AT BRYANT PARK SAYING "Everything is just messed up, everything is flooded that's why they cancelled the shows." 2.06 16. SLV FASHION AREA/ SCU JENKINS TURNING PEOPLE AWAY (2 SHOTS) 2.17 17. SLV PAN BROOKLYN BRIDGE IN THE RAIN 2.27 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK STATE, UNITED STATES
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- Story Text:Hurricane Floyd, which caused four deaths in North
Carolina and left thousands homeless, sent sheets of rain and
heavy wind over New York City, closing down fashion week and
sending many New Yorkers home early on Thursday.
New York, New Jersey, maryland, Delaware and parts of
easter Pennsylvania all operated under states of emerbency as
the eye of a downgraded Floyd swirled off the New Jersey coast
on Thursday (September 16).
New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani sent non-emergency city
workers home at noon and recommended private companies do the
same.Many Federal buildings, such as the Federal Memorial
Hall on Wall Street closed at noon.But the storm was not
enough to deter the New York Stock Exchange which kept to its
usual operating hours.
Some New Yorkers seemed to get a charge out of the rain,
like one young man who clung to his umbrella and said, "it's
ugly man, but this is great.man, this is New York man."
As many people were allowed to go home early in order to
avoid the evening traffic crunch, traders on wall Street were
forced to brave the storm.After a short break, one trader
said,"Its very wet and its very annoying.What else can I say."
At the Mayor's Emergency Operations center, city officials
carefully monitored Floyd's progress and the city's reaction.
City workers were brought in specially to handle the flood of
phone calls from concerned citizens.
Subways, commuter trains to the suburbs and ferries began
operation on rush-hour schedules around midday, and rush hour
subway ridership was only at about 50 percent and schools were
closed.
Mayor Giuliani urged people to stay at home, "Do not go
out, the winds are going to be very very high, the rain is
going to intermittantly be very strong."
Many shows at New York's Fashion Week were closed down due
to flooding.Lloyd Jenkins, a security guard said, "Everything
is just messed up, everything is flooded.That's why they
cancelled the shows."
By late afternoon 4 to 6 inches of rain had pelted the
metroplitan area, but no wind gusts over 40 mph were recorded,
forcasters said.
Most highways and bridges remained open, although the FDR
Drive, a major artery that runs along Manhattan's easter
flank, was partly closed because of flooding.
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