Thursday, September 16, 1999 Older Editions

It's no Pretty Boy Floyd

While weather forecasters were still uncertain Wednesday morning about the exact track of Hurricane Floyd, there were predictions that the remnants of the storm, which came ashore in the Carolinas late Wednesday, would dump as much as six to eight inches of rain in the Boston area, with winds from 40 to 50 miles per hour.

Police officer Robert Cronin said local residents should take the normal precautions for such a storm: lay in a supply of batteries, clean the storm drains and bring in outside furniture "so they don't turn into projectiles."

Other than that, "just monitor the weather stations," he says.