One goes onto the beach, due to the high surf and rip tides. Residents are being extra cautious. Parts of the rockaway boardwalk remain unfinished after being wiped out by Superstorm Sandy. I went back to my house and seen it picked up and cross shore front parkway. Im afraid. Reporter many homes are still being rebuilt in bell harbor. We took it on the chin. We are a resilient bunch. Another blast like this, it is going to be devastating. Reporter barriers have been brought in in the rockaways for flood protection. Flood logs, aluminum panels will be used to cut off the beach. In addition to dunes that have been cut to prepare for the worst. We are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. With a situation like this i even with a noreaster we are going to have problems here. Reporter thirty agencies are coordinating together, even the Police Department who tweeted these photos. We want equipment in all of the areas. Even if we put it in Staten Island. If we need something we can get it faster. We went through a lot in this city three years ago, as a result of Superstorm Sandy this city learned tremendously valuable lessons. Reporter people are hoping joaquin is nothing like what happened three years ago when the storm wiped out businesses. The potential of another storm is the last thing you want. Reporter residents like those are keeping a close eye on the path of this hurricane and preparing for the worst. Now emergency officials do warn you to just be prepared for the worst, and stock up on supplies. We are live in the rockaways. Meg baker, cbs2 news. Time now for traffic and the weather on the 2s. John take it away. Reporter the Important Message for you is the worst will probably not be the hurricane. The worst is going to be the area of low pressure that is unrelated to the hurricane that hits today. We have been advertising this punch. That thing is going to back into our area today and that is going to also heighten the risk of flooding, beach erosion and some rain as well. So lets show you what is going on light rain at 53 in the city right now. Winds out of the north, that is the problem. You have had this persistent and strong eastnortheast flow so that piles the water up so flooding. Now expand the radar view and you get a sense of the area of low pressure. Torrential rain in the carolinas. That is going to work its way into our area. We were advertising heavy rain rain for friday night. That is the concern and then you have joaquin. We are saved the brunt of that storm but today you need to be mindful of the area of low pressure that is going to ride up the coast. It is cool out there, wind did i, it is cool. I bet it is a little slow alex . Fort lee road is closed in both directions. Glenwood avenue, due to an ongoing accident investigation, police are still on scene, trying to see exactly what happened there. Well let you know when that clears out. Also due to windy conditions out as john mentioned we have at least an hour delay on arrivals at all three area airports. So check with your carrier before you head out the door. Subway issues due to signal problems. There are no s, trains running between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park beach. 116th street. New Jersey Transit and i l i. R. R, are on. The mta, is getting ready, been putting wood over street grates, hoping to protect the subway system from potential flooding. 540 Lower Manhattan subway openings will be covered. Governor christie has declared a state of emergency with hundreds of state workers placed on standby. Gas stations are prepared better than Superstorm Sandy. About 70 stations have benefited from a state program to buy backup generators in case power goes out and we will be watching it all. Yonkers is providing sandbags for residents to protect properties from the storm. Workers filled and started handing out the bags. Mayor mike span know directed all departments to prepare for a potential emergency response. Flooding has already started at the jersey shore in patients like ocean city. There is worry in sea isle city. A beach replenishment is underway, but homes remain vulnerable up and down the shoreline. Homeowners have brought in cans that line the beach. Stay with us for continuing coverage of Hurricane Joaquin. A developing story out on long island. Police searching for answers after a woman was found dead at a home from lake grove. Investigators not releasing her identity but suggested she was married to a man with ties to the nypd. Members of the homicide squad would like to talk to him but cannot find him. Another man was in the home, there is no information on the womans cause of death. Police responded to a 911 call. New this morning, Surveillance Video released about a rape suspect in brooklyn. He attacked a woman earlier on august 30th. He reportedly told the victim he had a gun Police Sources tell cbs2 the suspect threatened another woman 90 she ran away. Earlier he tried to rape a third woman, she escaped and bicycle. Yet another mass shooting at a Community College in oregon. Nine students were killed and seven others were wounded before the gunman was shot by police. Reporter hundreds of mourners filled roseburgs stewart park well past midnight, holding candles and saying prayers for the victims of thursdays mass shooting at umpqua Community College. We need love and compassion. There is an active shooter at ucc. Reporter the gunman, identified by authorities as 26 yearold Chris Harper Mercer opened fire in a classroom. The incident sent the small campus into lockdown. We werent notify. My dad called me. Reporter sources tell cbs news the suspect, who died in a gun battle with police, had four guns, including a rifle and body armor. He allegedly also blogged about violence, including the recent on air murders of two journalists in virginia. Mercers father was visibly distraught when questioned by obviously a devastating day for me and my family. Reporter president obama prayed for the victims families. May god bless the memories of those killed today. May he bring comfort to their families. Reporter authorities have searched mercers apartment complex as well as the College Campus and parking lot as they try to determine a motive. They are calling on the motive not to use the suspects name, but focus on those who lost their lives instead. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, roseburg, oregon. Now to the later legionnaires scare. In the bronx. A town hall meeting was held last night. A new cluster in moores park has killed two and sickened 15 moore. The city says all the towers were recently cleaned in line with new regulations but some residents dont buy it. We need to know, when was the last inspection . How could they have passed inspection and a month later we have the infection back if they cleaned the tanks . Reporter Health Officials say this cluster is not related to the outbreak that killed 12 people and sickened more than 120 in the south bronx over the summer. Another drone is spotted near la guardia airport. Air Traffic Control sent out this warning. Caution for a drone reported about five minutes ago. Reporter the pilot did not have to change course to avoid the drone and continued to fly to miami. The faa has investigated more than 600 drone sightings near u. S. Airport this year alone. Still to come, out of this world images from nasa. See pluto. Something to warn you about from trump hotel to it mobile. Find out which accounts were compromised. Im still alive. Surprise. The martian lands in theaters this weekend. Well have a preview. You may want to land in a Movie Theater this weekend too. It is going to be kind of messy outside. Challenging weather today. We have rain and wind, a lot of concerns along the coast and of course a joaquin update coming up as well. Traffic and weather on the 2s, right around the corner. Plan theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . you realize i have gold status . Do i still get the miles . New Mucinex Sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Art the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets get the latest on the track of joaquin and the rain at 4 42. Today an area of low pressure is going to cause really more problems than joaquin will. Joaquin is, for the most part, out of here. But this area of low pressure is going to be a real menace and mess today. Pressures 49, 52, 53. He says saturday looks like a shopping day, i have been saving up for a rainy day. Saturday may actually shape up and we are hoping for Better Weather for sunday too. This is lynn, she has a question. She wants to know will the sun appear for our walk in verona park . No it is going to be a challenging, messy day to be out in the park. We are hoping for windy weather for the walk in verona park for sunday for the 15th annual miracle walk. Sunday should be better. In the city light rain, heavier rain to the south. Our focus will be to the south, particularly the jersey shore. Wind Strong Enough out of the north northeast at 22 Miles Per Hour. A few numbers filling in from 46 to say 54. That is your spread. A nifty 50 for guy there in sparta. Pair of fives. Winds stay strong, likely intensifying. We are looking for the later today as the storm intensifying. Soaking rain nassau, suffolk. Driving in from the west this morning, light rain, gave way to steadier rain. The problem is this mess to the south. This is not joaquin. This is not walk keen. This is just a real menace and a problem for the carolinas and it rides along that front into our area. Joaquin, a powerful lurk, just a real, real mess for the bahamas, but in our area, we are concerned about this. Rain fills in, into the afternoon. Afternoon and evening commute is going to be tough. Potential for blooding rain. And in concert with the gusty winds. Saturday morning a period of transition still blustery and wet. Scattered showers, sunday you have a passing shower and you are going to see joaquin approach the first part of next week. Well get wave action monday into tuesday but again, it is a strong storm. No denying, 130 making that now it is making its move to the northwest and then a more model agreement that it heads well out to sea, weakens over slightly cooler water. Hangs onto the category 3 off the coast of the carolinas. The time period now is monday into tuesday, likely well be dealing with surf advisories and we are going to be watching concerns in parts of new england, but the concern for you today is this nasty area of low pressure. Wind and rain and raw and cool, 57. Left over showers saturday and then you have a passing shower sunday, but it is still going to be breezy. And here you go, joaquin ushering in slightly warmer temperatures. But watch out. It is rough going right now, right alex . We have several alert. An accident blocks two lanes on the northbound side of fdr drive at 106th street. Delays back to 96th and they are growing. Stick with the west side highway. A smoother ride for you there. Edosomwon son, new jersey the offramp is closed from 287 southbound to the new jersey turnpike due to a truck accident. And also some subway issues. A, trains are suspended and there are no s, trains running between Broad Channel and Rockaway Beach. Remember to be safe dont text and drive. Chris back to you. Alex thank you. Heres a quick look at stories making headlines. A c130 plane military transport crashed in afghanistan last night, killing 11 people including six service members. The taliban is claiming responsibility. Pentagon officials are urging the russian air strikes to focus on syria. Russia carried out a second day of air strikes claiming it targets the same terror groups as the u. S. Led coalition. Netanyahu in a speech to the un assembly yesterday he said irans threat to destroy israel have been met by quote utter silence. Stocks are higher this morning following a mixed close thursday. Investors are waiting for the governments monthly jobs report coming up at 8 30 this morning. The dow lost 12 points nasdaq added 7, s p rose by lee. Some of Donald Trumps hotels have been hacked. The Luxury Hotel Chain says hackers put a computer virus into Payment Systems affecting customers who used credit cards at seven branded hotels. Including the trump so hoe and Trump International new york. If you applied for phone service through it mobile your data may have been hacked. The data from 15 million phone customers included Social Security numbers and other identifying information. Residents in west chester are outraged. Their privacy was invaded after their personal information got out but the culprit was the town of yorktown. Today officials will hold a town meeting to discuss the situation. My sons are in the school here, i get all the town alerts. Reporter Jasmine Holman got all the alerts and then this, a pitch for a candidate running for office. Good i got the information, not so happy they gave out my name. Reporter how did the email list wind up being given to a Political Campaign . It is easy the town gave it to them. Parents gave their Emergency Contact information to the School District to be contacted as far as their children are concerned. They dont give that number to the School District to pass it out to people to communicate to them to solicit anything. Reporter republicans say democrats got the list from an improper use from a freedom of information request from the town. But democrats say everything was legitimate. The email addresses were obtained legally. They were not nefariously obtained or surreptitiously obtained, which i believe the republicans used that term in their press release. Telewerent hacked into okay . Everything was done legally as confirmed by the town clerk. Reporter democrats tell us this is nothing new and in fact has been going on for years. In fact the town of north castle told us they grant the freedom of information request to the list because it is simply a matter of law. Yorktowns supervisor wants a resolution banning the practice of handing over the name. Dick brennan, cbs2 news. Coming up the amazing images from the edges of our solar system. 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And we see joaquin the first part of next week. Here is the bulk of the moisture to the south with the wind and the rain, we have now coastal flood advisories and warnings all along the shore and we could see winds gusting to 50 Miles Per Hour. We have some problems on the roads already this morning . Reporter yeah if you are traveling to manhattan this may affect your ride. It is a crash on the fdr drive at 106th street. Already delays back to 96th street. Stick with the west side highway if you are traveling through the area. Also in edison, new jersey the ramp is closed from 287 southbound to the new jersey turnpike due to a truck in the roadway. Alternate side is in effect safe. Dont text and drive. The time is 4 54. Coming up in our next half hour the hospital visit that will bring tears. You wont want to miss it. Plus this. Destination mars. That is matt damon, playing in the movie the martian. His character stranded on mars. 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