Air pressure is at the lowest I ever felt in my life. I feel it in my bones and head.

[hrmjustin]

My part of Brooklyn seems to be holding up ok. We are just waiting for high tide now. Heavy winds are gusting up to 80 MPH here. Doing ok friends.

[DarthDem]

1. Good!!

Stay safe!

[janlyn]

2. Keep it safe!!

That is no joke...there is a reason our bodies are so intuned to pressure change!!! It's natures way of telling you to get the hell away!!!

I have been in 2 tornados and both times I felt a change before it was reported on the ground!!!

Please,Please take it serious !!!

[ReasonableToo]

3. Been popping sudafed and Advil ...

...last two days to take the edge of headache. Ice pack helps too.

[emsimon33]

4. I am keeping you in my prayers

[Buddaman]

5. Keep the threads coming.........were thinking about you folks up there.

Hang in there New York....were counting you to be safe!!

[GitRDun]

6. Keep your head down

We're all praying for you all.

[HopeHoops]

7. Weird. I thought I was the only one who could feel air pressure changes. We're really low now.

Sandy's pounding the crap out of us (I hope we have enough toilet paper). We're in the direct path. I'm expecting the 80mph thing, but right now I'd rate it at 35. It will get worse. And yes, I can detect air pressure changes. From an old Far Side cartoon - "There goes my head"

[smirkymonkey]

8. Stay safe! Can you evacuate?

Things are supposed to get worse. Hopefully you are in a safe place with plenty of provisions if you aren't evacuating.

Keep us posted on your progress. Things here in Boston are starting to get really bad, but it's not nearly as bad as what New York and New Jersey are going through.

[hrmjustin]

13. I am 75 feet above sea level so i am fine.

[AnnieBW]

9. Headache started about 20 minutes ago.

Hubby's started early, but my headache started about 20 minutes ago. Ow...

[FirstLight]

10. ooooh...

good point, I didn't think about how hellacious it would FEEL to be stuck in that vortex... Seriously, take care and feel better

I know the electricity is spotty, but we really do want to keep hearing from you and others in the storm...let us know how you are doing so we can be there in spirit ... it is a monster storm and I am NOT jealous of you in the least. Can't even begin to imagine..

what's your situation as far as shelter? have you battened down the hatches? are you hiding under the kitchen table yet?

[hrmjustin]

14. i am fine here at home. 75 feet above sea level.

[onecent]

11. My prayers and thoughts are with you hrmjustin. Stay safe!!!!!! n/t

[ffr]

12. That has little meaning. Do you have a barometer?

A Barometer that's been calibrated at an airport or university would tell better what you're experiencing. Usually on analog dials you can set an arrow, showing the lowest pressure reading. 966 millibars is the lowest I've recorded here. That's pretty low, but you may see lower than that.

Or you may go online and check some local airport or university Meteorology department sites for their Inch/Millibar readouts.

[Sanity Claws]

15. it's 28.58 in NY now

That is the lowest I remember seeing it in NYC.
I have been feel lightheaded and disoriented since yesterday but so far have not had a migraine. I used to get migraines when the air pressure dropped.

[ffr]

20. Your body should handle it without side effects

Seriously. Diver's experience more rapid atmospheric pressure changes than you would from a storm, no matter how quickly it's approaching. You're probably spatially disoriented due to all the things on your mind, considering it is a traumatic event in your life.

Be safe.

[DollarBillHines]

16. I once watched a one-ton truck sink up to the frame...

in a pasture due to an extreme drop of pressure.

The same 'cane pushed a fishing trawler 150 yards out of the bayou and dropped it in front of our house.

Two Vietnamese families, terrified.

We had to rent some big cranes to get that boat back in the water. Took the better part of a week. I think the boat was maybe 70'.

That was twenty-something years ago and we still get coolers of fish dropped at the door every weekend.

[theinquisitivechad]

17. It's actually helping decompress my sinuses tremendously.

I guess I'm the odd one out!

[kestrel91316]

18. I have a cousin in an apartment somewhere in Brooklyn. Her husband is a Marine stationed at

Ft. Hamilton, right by the Verrazano Narrows bridge. I don't know if they live on base or nearby off base. I think ON. It sits at less than 20 ft elevation.

[msanthrope]

19. Holy crap---I thought it was me....I feel it in my sinuses. nt