Storm warnings are altering campaigns

One side effect, maybe one that is not unwelcome, of the supposed Storm of the Century creeping up the East Coast toward New York, is that electeds are starting to hold off on some of their last-week-before-election campaign events and speechifying in order to hunker down with constituents.

So far, my in-box has notices from Sen. Tony Avella and Assembly member Aravella Simotas who have cancelled appearances next week while several others including Fred Theile and the ubiquitous Greg Ball have put out Cuomo-esque advisories urging people to prepare for the worst.

As for the governor, he is also saying he may have to put off a planned trip to Florida where is set to stump for Obama.
Here is one, from Avella who says he’ll forgo outright campaigning and instead will have volunteers hand out emergency preparation brochures, displayed below:Ready