The UK Daily Mail has a terrific shot of the dangling crane in NYC.

[snagglepuss]

The shot I refer to is the long shot on the 3rd row of shots. I has no idea how far up it is.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224956/Crane-collapses-luxury-high-rise-near-Central-Park-dangling-wind-Hurricane-Sandy-hits-Manhattan.html

[customerserviceguy]

1. City engineers are going up to the 74th floor

of the building it has been used on to examine it. The lower fifty floors have walls, but beyond that, you could get blown right through the naked frame of the building.

Further, if this crane segment and the counterweight now on the same side of the crane tower snap loose, they could plunge into the street below, causing a gas line explosion. It would look like a disaster film.

Yes, I still have power, but I have no idea for how long. The intense part of the winds (without letup or pause) started about a half hour ago.

[snagglepuss]

2. omg a gas explosion. Given that there has been so much advance warning about this

storm, I wonder if the builders will be liable for not securing the crane or better yet dismantling it before the storm since it is so high up?

[beac]

3. I can't believe they didn't do more to secure that crane before the storm.

Stay safe, customerserviceguy.

[customerserviceguy]

4. Made it through

No problems for me, or friends/family that we've been able to contact (other than a few with power out) I think we got pretty lucky here. I wish all the very best for the folks out there who can't say that.