UPDATED: State Dems say "take your yard signs in on Sunday"

Put safety first, ahead of campaigning

By Will Collette

Tropical Storm force wind forecast as of Sat. PM

UPDATED: If you're not signed up for Charlestown's Emergency notification program, you should be. Click here. If you are, you've probably already received a couple of test warnings.

The RI Democratic Party put out an alert this afternoon recommending that in the interest of public safety, people should take their political yard signs down in anticipation of high winds from Hurricane Sandy.

Though the storm track continues to show landfall on the Delaware-New Jersey state line, this is a humongous storm and we will feel its effects. 

Latest storm track prediction from the National Hurricane Center: