<p>The wind is getting crazy here in NYC and I can see people walking around in the park where there are fallen branches everywhere. Like they’re on a Sunday stroll or something.</p>
<p>That’s why I’m glad my son moved away from Brooklyn this year. He’d probably be wandering around enjoying the experience. Or worse, up on his roof!</p>
<p>Anyone with reports from Boston or DC? I have boys in both places…and being boys, I am hearing nothing from them.</p>
<p>S-1 and wife hunkered down in their second floor apt in Brookyn, with her chili, his board games and good attitude. Maybe I’ll get that first grandchild yet. Glad they situated themselves with a non-electric can opener, as they have a cat.</p>
<p>Seriously, I am hoping for safety for all East Coast residents and our loved ones from CC.</p>
<p>Buffalo area, plus all the places in line after the storm turns left (Pittsburgh, Cleveland…) , is a day behind everyone else on the East Coast.</p>
<p>And so we are watching with all our hearts. Mixed metaphor, but you know what I mean. </p>
<p>Also feeling sorry for two cousins of mine named “Sandy.”</p>
<p>A tree just fell right in front of my house!</p>
<p>boxysx3,</p>
<p>I have a friend from Maryland that posted about an hour ago. I just sent him a message - I’ll let you know if and how he responds.</p>
<p>Son is in Boston. He just cooked a Tofurkey Loaf and is enjoying it. We’re on IM chatting on and off. Wind speeds are about 35 MPH and should go up to about 50 MPH for two hours and then start coming back down. Forecast has thundershowers there too.</p>
<p>Wind speed is really picking up where I am. Things are howling outside but speeds here are about 35 and probably won’t get above 40. I just asked him what he sees outside: “lots of wind, a bit of rain, a few people walking around”.</p>
<p>Northern VA here, just outside DC. So far so good. Raining furiously, but gusts of wind aren’t too bad so far. Still have power, cable, internet. Everyone I’ve been in touch with also is in good shape so far. Some individual streets and areas such as Old Town Alexandria are flooding, but it’s not widespread. They’re saying the worst is still to come, though.</p>
<p>boysx3, I have a friend in Boston and she still has power - at least as of 1/2 hour ago. Here’s a map of power outages in the Boston area. (I can’t vouch for its accuracy.) [Power</a> outages in Mass. caused by Hurricane Sandy - Boston.com](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/weather/specials/sandy_power_outage_map/]Power”>http://www.boston.com/news/weather/specials/sandy_power_outage_map/)</p>
<p>A neighbor two doors up had a tree fall and hit their car, and take out the power to their house. The rest of the neighborhood still has power at this time.</p>
<p>That’s peculiar. CNN says its still 40 mi off shore</p>
<p>D1 did go to work today. Luckily, someone she works with had his car at work and drove her home this afternoon. So she didn’t have to walk 40+ blocks! So she is home safe at this point. Luckily she just moved out of her all glass apartment on the 37th floor located next to the Hudson River to a first floor apartment next to Central Park. Unless the reservoir floods (highly unlikely), she should be safe from flooding.</p>
<p>Keep safe everyone.</p>
<p>Wind gusts as far south as Atl. My neighbors tree just fell- no damage. </p>
<p>Stay safe everyone!</p>
<p>I’m in Cambridge and still have power. Fingers crossed!</p>
<p>My mom just texted me that she and my father were outside watching the wind and they saw a tree in our yard fall – fortunately not on anything except possibly other trees.</p>
<p>Here in Central Ohio we have 35 mph winds with gusts up to 60 tonight…then snow tonight, then rain tomorrow. Then it all dies down to 20 mph winds tomorrow, which is weird. I think our weather isn’t Sandy as much as it is that other storm heading east pushing into Sandy?</p>
<p>A friend’s D is in Bethesda and they have just lost power, but are otherwise fine.</p>
<p>jym626, the eye may be, but the bands would have already come onshore, I would think. The satellite pictures appear as though the bulk of the storm is already onshore.</p>
<p>The problem with outage maps is granularity. National Grid goes down to the address. nStar is at the city level which is basically useless if you want to know how a relative is doing.</p>
<p>Getting hit with some heavy rain right now. I used to have a leak in my office during hurricanes and tropical storms. It’s been fixed five or six times over the last 7 years but it’s not leaking now so I think that the last fix was good.</p>
<p>We had straighline winds over the summer that toppled 5 trees in our yard, knocked down some sections of our wooden fence, blew the roof off a house near us, knocked down trees all over the place, etc—the winds were around 78 mph but only lasted 15-20 minutes. I couldn’t imagine those winds for HOURS. Houses here are not built to withstand those sustained winds though. Are the houses near Sandy build to hurricane standards like they are in Florida?</p>
<p>Thanks for the Boston and DC updates! You guys are the best.</p>
<p>Eireann, my son and DIL are in Cambridge, too, should you need any help.</p>