Hurricane Sandy
I just lost my side porch roof, walls, and DirecTV dish. I had to call the fire department to knock the walls down because they were just hanging there.
My neighbor's tree across the street blew down, and our lights are flickering.
It's going to be a long night. Stay safe.
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hang in there. stay online while you can, so we can stay with you. I'm 400 miles N/NE of NYC and the wind has been howling up here starting since about 3pm. All day I kept hearing a strange popping sound, like somebody hitting a baseball. It was a poplar tree that is splitting in half *vertically* from the top down. Each pop breaks it further. It'll be gone by morning I'm sure. And the big maple behind my house that Irene took a huge branch off...it's smaller branches started breaking off this evening. And the top half of big poplar broken almost off during Irene has been hanging since then...until this evening.
My point being, I cannot even begin to imagine what it must be like down where you are near ground zero...
Stay safe.
What part of the state are you in?
I'm so sorry Sandy has hit you so hard. It's a mess in so many places.
Stay safe...and please check in and let us know how you and yours are doing, as best you can.
I love that area.
Thanks for more specifics so I can be more specific with my vibes. 
We were without power in 100 degree weather for ten days once--just before the wedding of a daughter. Just saying, I completely empathize......................
I'm very happy that everyone is safe and sound on your end, (albeit extremely inconvenienced and exposed).
Hang in there! Sending love & light to all effected by Sandy!