[NautiNurse]

Please be considerate of many FReepers with concerns for life and property. As well, avoid large graphics due to heavy internet traffic and for the benefit of those who have lost electricity. fyi--NWS current weather sites are bogged down at this hour.

[PaulZe]

Here in Lancaster, Pa. local weather predicting 6 - 8 inches of rain.

[matt04]

North Central CT report. By noon the breeze started to pick up. As of 4:45 it is a steady wind, small branches down. Seems to be scatted outages. I would say winds steady at 15-20, with gusts to 30-40. Approx .5 in of rain so far.

[TexasTransplant]

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[firebrand]

Just took my last walk till the storm is over and nearly got blown into Broadway traffic by a gust. Huge tree down at the Firemen’s Monument. I couldn’t believe the diner was open, but the staff all look worried, since the bridge to Queens is either closed or going to be closed.

Trash cans have all been turned upside down so they don’t start blowing around the streets but the cute New Yorkers are placing their trash on top of the upside-down cans.

More later if there is anything to report. I’m on the Hudson but at the top of a big hill.

[matt04]

CT Power Outage Maps

CL&P http://outage.cl-p.com/outage/outagemap.aspx
UI http://outages.uinet.com/outageinfo/outagemap.html

Mass Outage Maps

Nat’l Grid https://www1.nationalgridus.com/StateLandingMA (Click on Safety/outages tab>Power Outage Map)
WMECO http://outage.wmeco.com/outage/outagemap.aspx

[daniel1212]

Actually kinda a mild day here around Boston MA , as regards warm humid air, and very little rain despite the gusts, and much preferred to 10 degrees and 30mph freezing damp wind you can get in winter, even if it does not snow. Yet the MBTA even cancelled all its service. However, i know the weather is far worse for others, may God have mercy.

I like this radar: http://www.wral.com/weather/hurricanes/page/5878513/ Click on things like Layers to the right and Model tracks above and hit > to animate or below it for Tues, etc.

Other neat maps:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/northeast-region/weather-radar?play=1

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMap.aspx?location=USMA0081&weather=hdRadarSmoothPaletteA

http://www.intellicast.com/National/Surface/Mixed.aspx?animate=true

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/

http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/2xpxFronts.html

[Betis70]

Wind is seriously picking up in SE Connecticut. Power has gone on and off a few times, and based on TV reports, coastal flooding is fairly minimal, but 2nd high tide is still a few hours away.

[Straight Vermonter]

Hampton Beach NH:

[Palio di Siena]

6:45 pm. Port Tobacco, MD. Hard by the Potomac River.
Hard rain, gusty wind. No damage, still have power.
Local newscasters trying hard to find any damage to report.

[Palio di Siena]

6:45 pm. Port Tobacco, MD. Hard by the Potomac River.
Hard rain, gusty wind. No damage, still have power.
Local newscasters trying hard to find any damage to report.

[APatientMan]

Southern VT has about 13,000 without power. Light wind and rain in the Northeast Kingdom. My Mom is in Southern N.H. - still has power, but she (and we are) is worried because she’s right on the Merrimack.

[Leep]

Is the eye of this hurricane headed for DC?

[usafa92]

Checking in from Morris County NJ (Mt Olive)..winds are getting bad, rains are intermittent but heavy at times, power on and off...going to be a long night but thankfully we are in decent shape...the shore seems to be a mess, some friends are fearing for their homes in Cape May County, parts of the Seaside boardwalk are under water...They are worried about the surge in lower Manhattan and it seems to be a given that parts of the subway will flood...glued to the tv here...prayers to all...

[NautiNurse]

Sandy makes landfall on the coast of southern New Jersey...
Sandy is now designated Post-Tropical.
Max sustained winds 80mph, 946mb

PLEASE NOTE:

NHC will issue its last advisory on Sandy at 1100 PM EDT. The
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center...HPC...will begin issuing
public advisories at 500 am EDT Tuesday. HPC public advisories will
be issued under the same WMO and AWIPS headers as the NHC public
advisories...and will also be available via the NHC website.

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[EternalHope]

We don’t know the extent of the damage yet, but it is already clear that this may be worse than most of us expected.

There’s trouble all over, and I don’t want to downplay the damage in other areas. But it looks to me that the damage to New York City might turn out to be much worse than most of us expected.

Here are a few astounding facts:
* The storm surge is already higher than the peak predicted a few hours ago, and far higher than the previous record.
* The Brooklyn Battery tunnel is flooding.
* Supposedly, ALL main line subway tunnels are flooding.
* Fires are burning in some subway tunnels.
* The water is still rising, and the high water may last through tomorrow’s high tide as well.

It seems almost certain that this much water will flood ALL of the underground utilities in the areas with visible standing surface water, and this will spread via the underground tunnels to other areas without visible water on the surface.

Supposedly, if the tunnels all fill with water, pumping them out will take FOUR days. I have no idea how long it will take to repair the infrastructure inside them once they’ve been pumped out, but you can bet it will take a long time.

In other words, New York City’s utilities in the flooded areas will be utterly trashed. Fixing them will be very slow. It’s easy to see how it could take much longer than anyone anticipated before the storm.

So, given this extraordinary situation, what will happen to the water supply? The sewage system? How will people in high rises get water to drink, and what will they do for waste disposal?

Right now, anyway, the city is nearly cut off. How will it be resupplied with food? How will people who wish to leave get out?

And the million dollar question: How will people behave if they have no water? No food? No power? No police?

I doubt this will hit New York City as hard as Katrina hit New Orleans, but right now it looks like recovery from this will NOT be like anything New York has had to recover from before.

[firebrand]

Someone may have reported this already, but the Hudson has flooded Tenth Avenue in Chelsea. Manhattan is basically underwater from 23rd Street south and the water is reported to be moving fast. Transformers exploding all over Manhattan. People losing power in the thirties. The lobbies of Peter Cooper Village are flooded (a large housing complex in the East Twenties). I am getting this by cellphone from friends around the city.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Good link to NYPD:

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=cwp&ctid=1855

[rmlew]

Oh crap. The river has now breached the FDR. Good chance I’m going to lose power soon. Building across street (78th between York and FDR in NYC) lost power.

[Squawk 8888]

Hit Toronto a few hours ago, one fatality:

Woman killed by flying sign as Sandy’s winds batter Toronto

I live downtown, wind is howling right now and it hasn't peaked yet. This is the first hurricane to hit us since Hazel in 1954.

[NautiNurse]

The last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on Sandy...

...Sandy still packing hurricane-force winds...
Max sustained winds 75mph, 952mb
Hurricane force winds extend 90 miles to the east of the center,
Tropical storm force winds extend 485 miles from the storm center.

...Next public advisory to be issued by the Hydrometeorological
Prediction Center...at 5:00AM ET.

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