Sandy Hits Coast

All eyes are on the east coast as hurricane "Sandy" comes ashore.  I am trying to keep in contact with my oldest son and his family who are in the middle of this.  They opted to stay in their home and ride it out.  I'm sure they wish that they had gone further inland by now.  The winds are supposed to be gusting to 70 mph during it's onslaught.  The rains will be so heavy that flooding is already happening.  This leaves large trees a danger to being blown over and fall on anything in it's path.  It is predicted that this is a slow moving storm which will unleash large lashing torrents of waves along the beach areas.  New York is all but shut down because of heavy flooding.  Air ports are no long having flights and the other one's around the world are diverting flights to other areas, for safety. 
Prayers are being said for the one's who opted to stay and ride this thing out.  As we speak, we are keeping a close eye on the news and hoping contact doesn't go out with the cell phones.