That's still 50ish mph winds, but surely not the end of what passes for life in the Rotten Apple.
1) The wind speeds will be much higher at the top of the skyscrapers.
2) The real danger is the surge, which will be enormous because the storm is so wide, even if it is only a Cat 1 hitting New York. New York City suffered devastating damage and a huge storm surge from a Category 1 hurricane in 1893.
I did read something re the failure risk to all the subway controls if the tunnels get flooded w/salt water.
But I guess if the subway system shuts itself down from corrosion in the control devices, there won't be anyone in the windowless skyscrapers to get hurt ?
Not minimizing it by any means, just hoping people aren't spending all their ammo money on 'epic storm' supplies.
Oh wait, NYers don't need ammo money, right ?
(relatively sure someone will fail to see the alleged humor in the above and flame the hell outta me ;-)