OT (Hurricane Irene blogging):
The NYC MTA is officially shutting down its transit system at noon on Saturday to prep for the storm. This includes buses, subways, LIRR, and Metro North. It will be sending its equipment to shelter at higher points along their respective systems, in bus yards, etc.

The transit system will take several hours to completely shut down - buses/trains will begin their final run at noon, which means that events like the Mets-Braves (possibly moved up to 1pm) should be canceled in light of lack of transit options. Other events are already canceled or rescheduled.

We now return to our regularly scheduled broadcast (which I’ve already retweeted b/c of its importance - great work!).