All eyes are on Henri, which has the potential to impact New Jersey this weekend. It is now projected to come closer to the coast than originally forecast.

The storm has the potential to cause coastal flooding in New Jersey – a grim possibility for some towns along the coast like Hoboken.

“What am I expecting from the storm? To stay as far off as possible. To not come near our coastline,” says Hoboken Office of Emergency Management director Sgt. William Montanez.

It is one thing to be hopeful, but it is another to be prepared for a worst-case scenario. And this is exactly what Montanez and his team are doing.

“We go back to our original game-plan as we learned from [Superstorm] Sandy. We start moving our vehicles to higher ground and we start bringing additional resources of people coming in,” he says.

Hoboken has a history of flooding issues. The flood pumps are being prepped and are said to be in good condition. No parking signs are also up in flood zone to remind drivers how quickly they could lose their vehicles. This will also keep potentially flooded roadways clear of vehicles.

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“We will also do additional barricades at our southwest locations. We will fortify them in case we have heavy flooding and double stack them so people don’t drive around them, which people tend to do,” Montanez says.

Hoboken residents are being asked to do their part as well. In addition to keeping vehicles out of flood zones, they are also asked to bring in any unsecured items and to stay out of the way of first responders during the height of the storm.

The city has also reached out to construction crews to secure materials on large construction sites.

Neighboring Jersey City reports crews are also prepping, with barricades at flood-prone areas, cleaning of catch basins, and forestry crews on standby for downed trees.