Escape Route #1: Bike out

What to do: Pedal uptown on the Western side of the island toward the George Washington Bridge and head across one of the pedestrian walkways. The entrance to the South sidewalk is at 177th Street and Cabrini Boulevard. If you take the North sidewalk, closed to pedestrians in 2008, at near the corner of West 179th Street and Cabrini Boulevard, you'll have to carry the bike up flights of stairs, but you'll deal with fewer panicky citizens.

If the GWB is inaccessible, bike up to the northernmost end of Manhattan, and cross the Broadway Bridge into Marble Hill and on toward upstate New York. It's a longer ride, but also likely safer not to have to deal with the potential high winds on the bridge.

Likelihood of success: Strong if you leave early tomorrow. Not-so-strong if you don't have an end destination you're biking to. Given you won't have any safety from the storm in your Speedo bike gear, this is really only suggested if, say, your car breaks down in the city, Bloomberg has shut down mass transit and you need to get to your home in Ryebrook. Douche-y financial district I-bankers, I'm looking at you.