several areas recorded over a foot of snow. we saw strong winds across portions of long island. wind gusts over 90 miles per hour. we are seeing these trees down power lines down such widespread impact. not just across long island but across new jersey, further inland. land fall did occur at 8:00 p.m. eastern time near the atlantic city area 5 miles to the south, southwest of that city with maximum sustained winds at that time 80 miles per hour. at that time sandy was not officially a hurricane any more it made the transition to the post tropical cyclone. you can see extensive damage. i am glad many people have taken the storm seriously and hopefully many people heeded the evacuations will be serving the damage as the sunrises later on today. we are seeing strong wind gusts 48 miles per hour across the new york city area. that wind is coming out of the southeast. we will continue to see high water levels across coastal areas. we set a record yesterday