Zone A evacuated for Hurricane Sandy

Mayor Bloomberg urged New Yorkers to in Evacuation Zone A to heed the warnings and get out. At his news conference qt Seward Park High School on the lower East side.  "If you live in Zone A you must evacuate".  That Zone covers low-lying areas that are PRONE to flooding across the Five Boroughs. Zone A includes the following Area of New York City. 1. Coney Island, Manhattan Beach and Redhook and other areas along the East River in Brooklyn. 2. All of the Rockaways, including Hamilton Beach  and Broad Channel in Queens.3. Coastline of Staten Island 4. City Island, Throgg's Neck and South Bronx in the Bronx. 5. Battery Park and stretches of the West Side Water Front and of the Lower East Side and East Villiage in Manhattan. A total of 37.000 people live in Zone A alone.