NY, that sign was photoshopped. It was all over Facebook today. The state put little dumb reminders to "use yah blinkahs" on those electronic signs a few months ago. It was a take off on that.
Helene, everything is shut down. No one can go to work. There's a state of emergency, declared around noon, and everyone has to be off of the roads by midnight. Public transportation is shutting down then, too. All businesses except hospitals are closed, and the National Guard or police may end up taking the doctors and nurses to work, if they don't have a place to stay near or in the hospital. The state learned their lesson in the Blizzard of 78, when thousands were stranded on the highway. I was in AZ then, I remember well, the stories my aunt and uncle told of the National Guard bringing them groceries that were considered essential:milk, bread, cookies, and cigarettes.
There's only about an inch of snow, but it was sleeting when I came home at 4:30.