The sad/happy thing about Hurricane Irene is that the worst of it hit while almost everyone was sleeping. So we all woke up and thought “Did we miss it?”
But luckily, one Upper West Sider with a great view of the city pointed a camera out the window to record a minute by minute video of the hurricane from 5 p.m. Saturday until 1 a.m. Sunday, including that one crazy shot of lightning late Saturday night. Check it out:
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Truly the city that never sleeps. <3