Note: this post will continue to be revised – seriously indicative photos added from 28storm.com
Econintersect: The latest data shows 100% certainty that winds in excess of 
39 mph are buffeting the U.S. Atlantic coast all the way from Wilmington, NC to Boston. The 5 pm report from the NOAA (Monday 29 October) indicates hurricane force winds extend across more than half of this distance of this distance (about 450 miles of coastline) from Chicoteague, VA to Chatham, MA south of Cape Cod. The entire expanse of tropical storm winds will cover more than 800 miles as Sandy “pancakes” into the mainland.
Click through (Read more) to see NOAA storm map and pictures of the storm.
Click on the NOAA map below to view updated map.
The following image from a Huffington Post video earlier Monday shows a satellite image of the storm.
A photo taken over the weekend was forwarded via Facebook by Roberta Kruse-Fordham (originally from Jason Otts) shows an awe inspiring view as the storm approached New York.
And Roberta also forwarded two photos released by the Photoshop News Network showing that there was at least one ocassion of rather light hearted interaction with the approaching storm.
And shortly thereafter the scene was changed.
The final two photos are attributed to Unateresa Gormley.
Added photos to post from 28storm.com:
- Water rushing into Hoboken, NJ subways:
- Flooding at 14th Street and Avenue C in Manhattan
- Lower Manhattan is submerged
- Flooding is worse than predicted – Historical water levels at Battery Park Gauge in New York City – Record High Water Level of 13.88 feet at Battery Park breaks the old record of 10.02 set by Hurricane Donna in 1960 – High Tide has passed and tides are now lowering in Lower Manhattan via NWS.:
- Massive transformer explosions in New York City
- Photo of Manhattan around Midnight (no electricity)
- New York Financial District Tunnel Flooded – Many areas around NYC are inaccessible due to flooding. Listen in on the FDNY: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio – May take 4 days to pump water out of the NYC subways: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/10/29/mta-salt-water-in-subways-could-mean-long-major-repairs/
- Snowing in West Virginia
Sources:
- Hurricane Sandy Eyes DC, Baltimore, Phildelphia and New York (PHOTOS, LIVE UPDATES) (AP/Huffington Post, 29 October 2012)
- Hurricane Sandy (NOAA, 2 pm, 29 October 2012)
