this rain is the storm surge. i need to emphasize this because the storm surge, the flooding is what could essentially knock out power. a lot of times in hurricanes you deal with winds that knock down trees that knock down power lines, that knock down power. well, in new york city it works a little different. because our power and our cable supplies are locked up in a vault under ground. that vault ask in the southern tip of manhattan in battery park city. so, what does that mean? well, the flood that could come into battery park is about con edson s biggest and worst nightmare. once that storm surgeon comes in right now it s 3 feet. it could reach up to 8 feet. once that water comes in con edison will come in and basically supersede the situation by shutting off power and closing it all off in order for those ceabletion not to get damaged. that would essentially cut off 17 thowrnls people in new york city. right now 35,000 people without power around the five buros in new york city.