Orient Ferry Cutting Service, While Shelter Island Hoping for Open Access

If you're looking to take a ferry off of the North Fork anytime in the next few days, you better act fast.

The Cross Sound Ferry has cancelled all ferries leaving Orient Point on Sunday, and all ferries carrying automobiles after 4 p.m. on Saturday.

The passenger ferry, better known as the Sea Jet, is cancelled both days.

In Greenport, the North Ferry heading to Shelter Island is operating at full capacity on Saturday and, according to the company's website, "service is likely to be limited or interrupted during periods of high tides and/or extreme wind."

Normally, the first ferry leaves Greenport at 6 a.m. and the last departs at midnight.

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Shelter Island Police assured on Friday afternoon that should the town decide to set up an emergency shelter (that decision will be made Saturday afternoon), an emergency medical center will be located on the Island at the senior center at 44 South Ferry Rd.

However Sgt. Jim Cronin said South Ferry owner Cliff Clark told the department would be confident he'll be up and running throughout the storm should an emergency arise, saying he's run ferry boats in 93 mph winds before.

Cronin said that residents on Ram Island, on the east side of Shelter Island, have been encouraged to stay at a friend's home on Saturday night.

"It's more than likely that the causeway connecting Ram Island will flood and emergency services will be cut off in a storm," he said.