the statue of liberty and over there is ellis island. high tide was here at 8:35 and this water breached the southern tip of the promenade here way down here where you see that man on the bicycle. right now the waters are much calmer here. we have seen big swells. we saw whitecaps earlier. there are very few boats here today. a couple of tugs and police boats, but that's all the activity we've seen in the water. we have seen some debris get swept up as the water level has risen. as far as people go, because we've had a little break in the weather, weenl only got a light mist and the winds have died down somewhere. we see a lot of the curious come out, the few that have not evacuated this part of manhattan. battery park is in zone a, an area where mayor bloomberg has ordered people to evacuate. most people have heeded that warning. i can tell you by looking at the