Yesterday the temperature in Central Park hit a record for the date: 97F. Today wasn't much better. But, this isn't a story about the heat, it's to give you an idea of how big is Manhattan Island.
Around 3:30 today a news flash announced that a severe storm with 60 mph winds and hail was moving across Manhattan, the Bronx and into Queens. Later I spoke with the security guard for our building. He lives in Harlem (top part of Manhattan) and was traveling to work when the storm hit. He described his bus rocking back and forth from the winds and admitted to being scared that the hail would break windows on the bus. He described deep pools of water from the rain due to sewers that couldn't handle the high volume from the deluge.
While this storm was hitting one part of the island, I was sitting on the 9th floor of a building on E. 15th St. (Manhattan's Gramercy section located in the lower 1/3rd). The sky overhead was bright sun. You could not even hear the thunder from the severe storm hitting another part of the island. The air was dead still. The air is still dead still. It is still in the 90's. I suspect it's a little cooler in Harlem.
Around 3:30 today a news flash announced that a severe storm with 60 mph winds and hail was moving across Manhattan, the Bronx and into Queens. Later I spoke with the security guard for our building. He lives in Harlem (top part of Manhattan) and was traveling to work when the storm hit. He described his bus rocking back and forth from the winds and admitted to being scared that the hail would break windows on the bus. He described deep pools of water from the rain due to sewers that couldn't handle the high volume from the deluge.
While this storm was hitting one part of the island, I was sitting on the 9th floor of a building on E. 15th St. (Manhattan's Gramercy section located in the lower 1/3rd). The sky overhead was bright sun. You could not even hear the thunder from the severe storm hitting another part of the island. The air was dead still. The air is still dead still. It is still in the 90's. I suspect it's a little cooler in Harlem.
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