brought the right supplies for it at all. but as far as the conditions go, it certainly feels like a category 1 hurricane gusts of wind. when you see small objects fly around and when you see a stop sign snap in half, that's a prettyood indicator, even without holding an mom ter in the air that you are in a hurricane. >> shepard: explaining to new yorkers what's about to happen. let's go over to nic gregory if we could. >> even though the center has come on shore the flood. the fox 5 guardian close in view is showing light showers. the wind is pounding the coast at gusts of over 60, 70 miles per hour in a lot of places. now, notice again a little wind shift out of the southeast. everybody east to northeast. 35 to 40 miles per hour. those are the sustained winds. here to are the latest gusts. gusting' 2 at kennedy. 72 at farming dale.