Janet, the crane thing is whacked out. It's a 90 story luxury residential bldg. under construction. It's only 78 stories right now. It will be the tallest residential bldg. in Manhattan (15 stories higher than Trump), and I believe the penthouse will go for $70 million when completed! The crane boom is dangling over the Parker Meridien hotel and Carnegie Hall, as well as some other smaller bldgs. Fire Dept. evacuated and cordoned off all bldgs. in the perimeter. Don't think they can secure this crane in the middle of the storm. If the boom of this crane falls straight down, even with the safety perimeter, it'll do an enormous amt. of damage.
Also, there's a crazy jet skier guy riding around in NY Harbor in the storm, and he rode right up to the news reporter who was doing a feed along the Hudson in Manhattan, and she yelled at him, that, "hey, there's a hurricane coming, haven't you heard?" He just kept doing flips and turns and the reporter told him he should take cover, and not force NY Harbor Patrol to come out and save his
! Of course, he ignored her.