Is your emergency plan ready? Are you prepared to evacuate AND shelter in place? Please pay attention to this storm and it's track - ESPECIALLY those that live along the coastlines. Have your emergency plan and emergency contact information (phone numbers, email addresses etc) ready if needed. Join our Facebook page for the latest updates: <http://www.facebook.com/FerretEmergencyResponseRescueEvacuationTeam?ref=h=l> "Government scientists said Wednesday the storm has a 70 percent chance of smacking the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic". WASHINGTON (AP) - Much of the U.S. East Coast has a good chance of getting blasted by gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and maybe even snow early next week by an unusual hybrid of hurricane and winter storm, federal and private forecasters say. Though still projecting several days ahead of Halloween week, the computer models are spooking meteorologists. Government scientists said Wednesday the storm has a 70 percent chance of smacking the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. full story at: <http://news.yahoo.com/hybrid-sandy-winter-storm-threatens-east-coast-064040714.html> [Posted in FML 7590]