The rain seems to be over, though it's still windy. We're high and dry here and have been all along; fretting, but no actual harm. The National Weather Service is reporting a near-record storm surge at the Battery, but I don't know whether/how much flooding that means. They're also saying a storm total rainfall at Central Park of 5.43 inches, but my quick calculations from the hourly numbers put it at 6.7: either I'm counting rain from early yesterday that they don't consider part of the storm, or they need to include rain after 6:40 this morning. Either way, this makes August 2011 the wettest month on record in New York City.
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kate_nepveu's post about the storm confirms we did well to stay home, because her power is out, and she lives near the people we had been planning to visit this weekend.
ETA: We have been out for a walk, and saw no significant damage (small branches down). The water level in the bit of the Harlem River across the street looked like a very high tide; this was at about 1:00, which I think was well after the astronomical high tide (though it's a complicated harbor; high tide at 8 at the Battery can be 11 elsewhere in the city). The wrack/high tide line was far enough from the river that we missed it at first, from not looking that far (we have an idea of where to expect it after very high tides, even storm-driven ones, but I'm guessing the storm surge made the difference). The "line" is a straggling mess, clumps of mud and leaves and such.
We also saw a rather large turtle, sitting on a bit of board that we guessed she washed ashore on. I took some photos, and we worried a little that she didn't seem to be trying to escape human attention, but when we passed by 20 minutes later she was a bit closer to the water, and facing toward it, so I'm guessing she'll be all right. Some people also pointed out jellyfish that had washed up on the path, presumably either dead or dying.
kate_nepveu's post about the storm confirms we did well to stay home, because her power is out, and she lives near the people we had been planning to visit this weekend.ETA: We have been out for a walk, and saw no significant damage (small branches down). The water level in the bit of the Harlem River across the street looked like a very high tide; this was at about 1:00, which I think was well after the astronomical high tide (though it's a complicated harbor; high tide at 8 at the Battery can be 11 elsewhere in the city). The wrack/high tide line was far enough from the river that we missed it at first, from not looking that far (we have an idea of where to expect it after very high tides, even storm-driven ones, but I'm guessing the storm surge made the difference). The "line" is a straggling mess, clumps of mud and leaves and such.
We also saw a rather large turtle, sitting on a bit of board that we guessed she washed ashore on. I took some photos, and we worried a little that she didn't seem to be trying to escape human attention, but when we passed by 20 minutes later she was a bit closer to the water, and facing toward it, so I'm guessing she'll be all right. Some people also pointed out jellyfish that had washed up on the path, presumably either dead or dying.
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