Sandy, aka here we go again...

[ny biker]

Update, the stock exchange did not flood. Though there is plenty of street flooding in lower Manhattan and along the edges, e.g., the FDR Drive. Con Ed turned off power to some neighborhoods. NYU Hospital lost power and their generators failed so it's being evacuated. All county roads in Nassau County are closed, and the parkways on Long Island are also closed.

I read early this afternoon that Atlantic City was pretty much completely flooded. I think there's lots of damage along the shore in Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey.

And there is 14 inches of snow in Davis, WV.

I think the worst is pretty much done in the DC area now, though winds will be slow to decrease.

There are relatively few without power in the DC area, but something like 1.5 million lost power in NY state. My parents and my sister lost power around lunch time today.

On the other hand, I was able to work from home all day long and was able to be very productive. I was remotely connected to my pc at work, which rebooted several times but I was able to reconnect each time. And I had real-time weather information from NYC and Long Island on Twitter. Technology can be pretty great.

[Crankin]

New York looks terrible. We have pretty bad damage along the shoreline here, the usual tree damage, and power outages. It's too early for me to contact my friends and my son who live in different towns/cities, but I suspect I may be one of the few with power. I was supposed to see a new client at her school today, and school there is cancelled, so I am waiting to see if my professional development seminar in our office in the same city as that school is open. I suspect not. I really don't want to be out and driving today. I just heard there's a severe thunderstorm alert out for New England today; we just finished a really torrential downpour about 20 minutes ago.

[Catrin]

Be safe Crankin, and everyone out there. Please continue to keep us posted as you are able to. This is the first time in a long time that I've regretted not having some form of cable tv...

[Crankin]

Spoke to my son. They did not lose power, which is amazing. He had a huge tree come down in the empty lot next to his house (the lot is part of his property). He was happy, as he wanted to get rid of it. My DH is now raring to go over there and wield his chain saw, to cut it up. I haven't been outside, but the only thing i see amiss is that the cover flew off of the grill on my deck. I am glad I took my canoe off of the stand we have it bungeed to. It would have flown off and been damaged. Ugh, it's raining again.
Going to get on the treadmill.

[SheFly]

Crankin - glad you are ok and have power. We ALWAYS lose power in these storms, and went out last year after Irene and bought a generator, had the house wired and were all set. Of course, it figures - we didn't lose power in this storm, though the outage tracker showed that about 42% of town was out at one point last night. We lost one big limb from a shared tree (it's on the line between us and the neighbor) that took out the neighbor's fence. Otherwise, all is good here.

Hope others faired ok also!

SheFly

[Shellyrides]

I am so glad those who have checked in are ok.

[Eden]

Be safe Crankin, and everyone out there. Please continue to keep us posted as you are able to. This is the first time in a long time that I've regretted not having some form of cable tv...

You can probably get most of the news clips on the web these days. They tend to get them up pretty quick and even at times have live streaming. NBC specifically mentioned the live streaming, that they said they were doing for their viewers who were without power (I guess cell service must have been relatively unaffected?)

[OakLeaf]

Most news and iconic photos go up on Twitter these days before the broadcast media ever get them.

This next week or two is going to be rough for a whole lot of people. Prayers that all stay safe and warm.

[Koronin]

Glad to hear all of you are doing alright. I have a friend who lives on the New Jersey coast (one of the small islands). She posted this morning that they made it through alright and the part of the home they built is structurally sound. The old part may or may not be and the houses on both sides of her are destroyed. She didn't evacuate due to the number of cats she has. She had no where to go with them, so she stayed, but they are all ok.

[emily_in_nc]

Amazing storm. Have been watching TWC and getting lots of updates on Facebook as well. Ironic that I am down here in Belize and the mid-Atlantic and northeast US is being hit by this one. Hope everyone in the HUGE area affected by the storm here on TE is safe and sound. Been through multi-day power outages from tropical and winter systems in NC, and it's not fun, but much less bad than flooding and some of the other horrible impacts of this monster storm. Stay safe, everyone.

[Trek420]

There are relatively few without power in the DC area, but something like 1.5 million lost power in NY state. My parents and my sister lost power around lunch time today.

2.4 million without power in New Jersey alone.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/20...w-meaning?lite

As our TE gals and guys check in ok my thoughts go to those who can't. Stay safe, East Coast.