Hurricane Sandy | Timelapse of the Storm from The New York Times Building | The New York Times

Watching the hurricane from the 51st floor of the New York Times building.


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Hurricane Sandy | Timelapse of the Storm from The New York Times Building | The New York Times

[bengoldstein]

the best part about hurrican sandy was that we got a whole week off from school thanks  to mayor bloomburg

[Furnstar]

I was in that storm. It was my first visit to New York from England. I think me and my two friends I went with where the only ones happy about the storm. We were supposed to be flying back home and back to work but our flight was cancelled due to the weather. So we had to email our bosses and say that we had to stay in New York for another couple of days. It was great :D. We just bought loads of booze and got drunk in our friends apartment. Ah the memories :)

[BradThePitts]

An interesting thing about this time lapse is that the camera is facing east. Due to the jet stream, the weather almost always passes over New York City from west to east, which means that the clouds are normally moving away from the camera view. Atlantic hurricanes spin counter-clockwise and that's why in the beginning of the video the clouds are moving from left to right - an unusual site for anyone native to the Tri-state area.

[marshalrando]

imagine the clouds were actually moving that fast? :●

[VGDCMario]

6:09

Is it just me or does NYC look beautiful, even if it's in the hurricane?

[MariaGarcia]

Amazing footage
even more amazing how people were still driving around during its peak!

[vincentmayes]

I had a smoke in the winds crazy feeling

[Sweetmarilyn]

Wow. My beautiful New York had to go through sucha horrific event. Everyone stat safe and you are in my prayers.

[catherinecraft]

I cant 'like' this video, but in terms of being able to actually see the ocean rise, and the 'blades' of the hurricane, this video is Priceless. Historic. Perfect storm come to life...

[AndeePandCompany]

Wow! That was amazing footage of a very angry sky! God Bless NYC and NJ! The aftermath is almost always worse than the storm itself! :-(

[sabbagels]

It was amazing how you could see sections of the city experiencing power outages, like at around 1:53. I can't tell if the lights were flickering across the river or if that was just clouds blocking the view.

[jduran]

so you are saying that you would had wanted something to happen to the city and the people in it??... thank you man, love you too.

[unicornx]

I was in hurricane sandy in New Jersey my family lost power it was scary

[clarissabaez]

i was there in new york city when hurricane sandy came in 2012 on october i think i really forgot , Everythin was fine only trees came down and one almost fell on my aunts car and it was just breezy and we lost power for atleast 1 week.!! And that is it we did not have floods! Everyone stayed in side our house!:) Thank u god that no body died!:)

[jennhart]

Thank you so much for sharing. This was really cool to watch the differences in the direction of the clouds and rain. Very good thinking. :)

[younglildee]

Hurricane vs New York can't stand a Chance. New York City Wins yay

[vanessa]

Even though the storm caused so much destruction this video was well taken. My prays are for every one in the country that got hit by Sandy.

[justastormtracker]

This makes sandy look like a tropical storm than a hurricane

[alex_tumalip]

Weird that the sun was shining on the Wednesday! True meaning of calm after the storm!

[Foebane]

I visited NYC for the first time a day after this video ends, and the power was still out in parts of Manhattan - was eerie to see at night!