Just back from a walk. It is raining quite hard now and the winds are picking up, especially up high. Flags are whipping in the wind and gusts are building. Report are that gusts up to 70 miles per hour among the towers have been reported.

Uptown, at 6th Street and 57th Ave, the crane on a 90 storey condo building under construction has collapsed and is dangling over downtown. Reports are that it is moving in the wind and is in danger of collapsing.  Engineers are currently planning to go to the top of the building to examine its stability. Neighbouring buildings have been evacuated in case the boom falls from some 1,000 feet up.

Here are some shots taken this afternoon on 7th and 8th Avenues in our neighbourhood. Remember this is 3pm on Monday afternoon on one of the major north/south arterials. Normally this street is busy with traffic and the sidewalks full of people. Despite the weather, some New Yorkers are a pretty hardy bunch!