BREAKING MASSHOLES ARE IN LOCK-DOWN OR FACE YEAR IN JAIL AND $500 FINE

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Roads are emptying out now as drivers heed an order issued by Governor Deval Patrick that all vehicles be parked by 4 p.m. Sideways-blowing snow is adding to the falling darkness.

More than 5,000 power outages have already been reported as winds down tree limbs and wires.

In Marshfield, officials said they expected to ask shorefront residents to evacuate themselves because of concerns about storm-driven tides tonight and Saturday morning.

Patrick, at a news conference this afternoon at the state’s emergency bunker, announced that he was declaring a state of emergency to allow the state to take special steps and mobilize assets to ensure residents’ safety.
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Kurt Schwartz, director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, said at the news conference that the travel ban announced by Patrick, a rare measure, applied to all roads in the state, but there were various exceptions, such as for public safety, media, and vehicles supplying esssential businesses like convenience stores and hardware stores. Violating the travel ban, he said, could incur a penalty of a year in jail and a $500 fine.
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