[jwasbury]

Storm Surge...I was looking at the NOAA Ports website during the height of the storm until I lost power after the flood came in (they have real time stats updated every 5-6 minutes for windspeed, wind direction, water levels, barometric pressure, etc, for many points around NY Harbor) . Water level at the Battery peaked at over 8ft above mean low water level during the 8am high tide Monday. At that level, water was already coming over the bulkhead in a few spots around Jersey City...not enough to flood any areas though. At the next high tide Monday Night, as the hurricane was slamming NJ, the high water at the Battery was over 15ft above mean low water level.