NYC, Extensive Island less than condition of crisis

  • This is the most major hurricane threat in New England in 30 many years.
  • Hurricane and storm surge warnings had been in outcome for parts of Lengthy Island and southern New England.
  • Forecasters claimed Henri would make landfall at or around hurricane power on Sunday.

The northeastern U.S. is bracing for its initial direct hit from a hurricane in yrs as Hurricane Henri continued to barrel north Saturday.

The program, which was upgraded to a hurricane with winds of 75 mph as of 8 p.m. Saturday, is forecast to slam into Extensive Island or southern New England on Sunday at or in the vicinity of hurricane strength, with winds that could method 80 mph, the Nationwide Hurricane Centre explained. 

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for elements of New York, which include Extensive Island, New York Metropolis and Hudson Valley. He asked people to get warnings very seriously at a Saturday news convention.

Threatening to provide detrimental winds, 3 to 6 inches of rain with isolated totals of up to 10 inches and up to 5 ft of storm surge, Henri could be the initially important hurricane to have an affect on the area in several years.

“This is the most critical hurricane danger in New England in 30 many years, because Hurricane Bob in 1991,” AccuWeather main meteorologist Jon Porter claimed. Bob was a Class 2 storm that killed at minimum 17 men and women.

Hurricane and storm surge warnings were in outcome for portions

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The Isis crisis: A theater in peril

Filmfest judges Robert Murray, Lorenzo Semple, Jr. and Bill Shorr with Isis owner/manager Dominic Linza, photographed for the Aspen Times in July 1983. Courtesy Aspen Historical Society

“Everybody wants the same thing: to keep the Isis open.” –Susan Wrubel, Aspen Film

City of Aspen officials are working on ensuring that the show will go on for Aspen’s 106-year-old Isis Theatre, which is in peril due to the movie house’s struggle to cover rent and wider film industry challenges.

The city took ownership of the five-screen theater on Hopkins Avenue last year when it refinanced $2.1 million in debt on the building, which the nonprofit, Aspen Film, is responsible for as the municipal government’s sublessee.

It’s based on a deal, designed to save from the Isis as a theater, brokered in 2007 between Aspen Film, the city and an out-of-state retail group.



That deal offers a path to ownership of the theater for Aspen Film, which subleases the space to Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Theatres as its operator, which it has been for the past 14 years.

But with the fallout of the pandemic – which had the theater mostly shuttered for nearly a year – as well as changes and challenges in the industry, all parties agree that the lease terms for Metropolitan are untenable. Thus, the future is uncertain.



Behind the curtain

As it stands currently, Aspen Film is on the hook for $331,000 in back rent and HOA payments that it owes to the city, according to Pete Strecker,

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