In preparation for Hurricane Irene, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered a mandatory evacuation of low-lying areas (Zone A) in the five boroughs of New York City Friday afternoon. The official evacuation deadline has been set for 5 p.m. ET Saturday, but residents are being asked to move before New York City transit shuts down at noon Saturday.
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Lauren Indvik is a former associate business editor at Mashable. She reported on the retail, media and technology industries from Mashable's New York headquarters.In addition to Mashable, Lauren's work has appeared on CNN.com, USAToday.com, Forbes.com, and in the pages of InStyle, The Economist's Intelligent Life, Project Magazine, and Fashion Theory, a peer-reviewed academic journal. She has been quoted in the New York Times, the AP, USA Today, MTV.com and WWD, and has been a guest on the TODAY show and CNN.com.Before joining Mashable, Lauren led social media strategy and operations at financial news site TheStreet. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where she received a B.A. in English with Honors.
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