Hurricane Irene is currently a category 3 hurricane (winds 111 to 130 miles per hour).
The brochure "Ready New York: Hurricanes and New York City" is available online in several languages. It explains to those who live in a hurricane evacuation zone what they need to do in advance.
To find out if you live in a hurricane evacuation zone and where the evacuation centers are located, type your address into the Office of Emergency Management's Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder and/or check their map. If you don't live in a hurricane evacuation zone, you don't face a risk of storm surge flooding from a hurricane.
If you live in a high-rise building, take shelter below the 10th floor to avoid dangerous winds.
Watch out for falling trees and branches and flying objects that don't normally fly.
The NYC Office of Emergency Management is on Facebook.