Escape From New York

Sandy is forcing many to make some tough decisions.

Mayor Bloomberg is urging an evacuation of parts of New York.

Here is a good article and a video.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/28/new-york-sandy-transit/1663663/

The Aftermath of Debby

Lots of rain, flooding and tornadic activity.

This is what Debby brought to various places on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

The surge was very strong, sunk a number of boats, destroyed many docks, flooded entire bays along some parts of the Gulf.

Tropical Storm Lee's Storm Surge and Louisiana

Tropical Storm Lee's storm surge begins to inundate Southeast Louisiana around 5PM Saturday, September 3, 2011. Carr Drive beach and a nearby fire department in Slidell, Louisiana are swamped by Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Lee hovers in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Within 30 minutes, this area went from virtually no presence of standing water to being entirely flooded under more than a foot of water from Lake Pontchartrain.

The president of Plaquemines parish in New Orleans, Billy Nungesser, told Fox News his biggest concern was whether the levees would hold.

"Twenty inches of rain, which is expected - we're hoping that's spread out over three days, as nowhere (here) can take that heavy rain in a concentrated timeframe," Nungesser said.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported several Louisiana parishes were distributing sandbags and issuing evacuation orders for the lowest-lying areas.

"It's not like the entire place is underwater, but certain places are," Jefferson Parish president John Young told the Los Angeles Times. "Right now, we're acting out of an abundance of caution. We don't want to have people trapped in there."

Lee was battering the Gulf Coast six years after the region was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

The levee system around New Orleans failed after Katrina, submerging much of the city. More than 1500 people died.

Irene Moves Up the East Coast to NYC

Hurricane Irene will deliver a storm surge of up to 8 feet, rainfall of up to 15 inches and isolated tornadoes as it churns toward New York City over the next several hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday.

Irene remains a Category 1, the lowest level of hurricane classification, with maximum sustained winds near 75 miles per hour, the hurricane center said.

Many are without power.

About 3.3 million customers lost power in the East Coast on Sunday as Hurricane Irene lashed the U.S. East Coast.

Close to 600,000 customers lost power within a half hour early on Sunday morning as the Category One hurricane pummeled the region and loomed close to New York City.

Con Edison, which supplies power to 3 million customers in New York City, had not reached a decision to shut off power to lower Manhattan early on Sunday.

This short clip gives you an idea of how strong Irene was as it hit the Carolinas.  Always dramatic to see a boat get blown away.