Frankenstorm

This is around First Ave and Fifth Street.  The block has a nice group of old trees and I think there might be, unfortunately, some loss.  I took these at 8AM.  It is now 9:45 and they say winds are 53MPH.
In 1960 Hurricane Donna was similar in size but it's power was a category 3.  This storm, Sandy, is a category 1.  Donna's storm surge was 11 feet in New York which put Ave. B under a foot of water.  364 deaths were caused by Donna and the damage was $900 million.  The name Donna has been removed from the list of possible storm names.