![]() Sunday, but outbound roads won't close until 10 p.m., or sooner if sustained winds reach 40 mph or more, Foley said. Roads leading into Atlantic City will be closed at 4 p.m. It also is opening its public schools as shelters, capable of housing a total of 3,000 people. So despite the mandatory evacuation order, the city is offering to bus residents to mainland shelters of the island. Yet, based on past experience, Atlantic City officials realize not everyone will heed the call to leave. ``This is predicted to get that bad,'' he said. Tom Foley, Atlantic City's emergency management director, recalled the March 1962 storm when the ocean and the bay met in the center of the city. At a news conference at City Hall, Mayor Lorenzo Langford urged people to take the warnings seriously and get out while there was still time. That is precisely the kind of thinking that worries Atlantic City officials. ![]()
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