4 feet surge in NYC and tri-state area at this point.

[hrmjustin]

Many homes are already flooding. Local TV is showing that we have reached to where Irene flooded to last year. Several blocks away from me the water has gone over the seawall, and onto the Belt Parkway. I am 75 feet above sea level sop I am fine. The rain and wind have calmed down at this point. The surge is really going to be bad tonight. We are expecting 10-12 feet tonight. Good luck to us all.

[KittyWampus]

1. I grew up in Freeport. That area is very prone to flooding. Out east we're still doing okay.

[HockeyMom]

3. Levittown

at my daughter's. No basements here and far away from the water. My biggest worry are all the big trees right on the wires.

[cali]

2. stay safe. When is high tide?

[dipsydoodle]

5. Note here

Low tide today in New York harbor is 2:59pm. The next high tide is then at 8:53pm. That high tide this evening, coinciding as it does with the storm's arrival, could cause significant flooding in extremely densely populated areas. If flood waters enter the subway the toll could be city-wide paralysis and billions of dollars in damage.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2012/oct/29/hurricane-sandy-hits-us-east-coast-live

[hrmjustin]

6. High tide in NYC has just passed and will come back at 8-9 tonight.

Water is starting to go down in some spots.

[hrmjustin]

4. Bay Shore LI is flooding really bad at the moment. they are making rescues at the moment.

The wind and rain have died down at the moment.

[polichick]

7. Have they evacuated zone 2?

[hrmjustin]

9. No they have not.

[polichick]

11. Thanks!

[Bonhomme Richard]

8. Be careful. n/t

[Little Star]

10. Thanks for this. Keep us updated & stay safe! n/t

[Bake]

12. The Gulf Coast got 12-16 foot surge from Katrina.

We had entire towns wiped off the map (Waveland, MS, e.g.). Of course, NYC wasn't paying attention for that.

Bake

[magical thyme]

13. Everybody was paying attention to that, Bake

except Heckufajob Brownie, W and that crowd, who were toasting McCane's b-day.

The rest of us were watching helplessly and in horror. I say helplessly because the national guard was preventing rescuers from going in.

Yes, Katrina's storm surge was higher, but the Gulf Coast has higher sea walls and protection. NYC has only a 5' sea wall.

[NYC Liberal]

14. Sorry, but what are you talking about?

"NYC wasn't paying attention for that"?

EVERYONE was paying attention (aside from Shrub and Michael Brown).