As the correspondent of the presidential pool with reference to the deputy White House spokesman Josh Ernest, the president will leave the island of Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) on Friday evening, a day earlier than planned. The president's decision to return to Washington ahead of schedule due to his desire to personally supervise the preparations for the hurricane. "I think the president just come to the conclusion that for him to be wiser in Washington, the White House, by the end of the day" – quoting the words of Ernest journalists. Wife and daughter of the president to return to the capital on Saturday. According to meteorologists, a hurricane, the second category of risk on the Saffir-Simpson scale, "Irene," which has already passed through Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas threatens to affect all U.S. East Coast. The governors of several states have already announced on Thursday afternoon to introduce the regime of alert for emergency services. The governor of North Carolina limited ad "willingness number one" for police and rescue workers only in the districts located closer to the coast. Local authorities in a county declared a mandatory evacuation of settlements from the coastal zone. Between Washington and the southern cities for a few days interrupted rail, mayor called on residents to study evacuation routes and stock up on sandbags in case you have to hold back flood waters. "Irene" will approach the U.S. coast on Saturday morning. The first will be on its way North Carolina. Capitals storm, is expected to reach on Sunday.
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