Glad to hear that many have fared pretty well with the storm. I hope the same is true for our other friends along the East Coast. Even with Cleveland only in the outter bands of the storm, we took a pretty nasty blow last night, especially along the Lake Erie shore line. We had 50+ mph sustained winds from about 8:00 pm last night until late morning, gusts approaching 65 mph. To make matters worse, we've had about 5 days of hard rain, which caused the local rivers to crest. The wind and saturated ground took it's toll on a number of trees. In my one square mile development along the lake, I counted about 20 large trees down. Three of my four neighbors lost massive trees, taking out power lines and damaging houses (one pretty badly). Luckily, everyone is safe and sound. My house escaped without harm. Unfortunately, much of the area is without power (125,000 in greater Cleveland last I heard), myself included. The power company is telling me power should be restored sometime over the weekend. The stores that have power have sold out of every flashlight, generator and battery - you'd think it was the end of times. I've spent most of the day cleaning up debris, saving boats, helping a neighbor trying to restore electrical service to his house (a tree fell on wires and ripped the meter box right off the side of his house), and helping another neighbor pump ~4 feet of water from his basement. I now managed to find a Panera that has power, which is where I am checking in from now and grabbing a bite for dinner. Will tackle a little bit of work, but heading home for bed soon, as I didn't really sleep last night.
Here's a picture from the local news showing the inbound shoreway (I90) just east of Cleveland. I witnessed similiar scenes near my local breakwall, and have some really good pics and video which I will try to post once I get power back and can upload pics.
If you didn't know any better, you'd think you were looking at the center of the storm making landfall. They actually had to close I90 due to the massive waves crashing over both sides of the road, flinging rocks and logs onto the highway. I can only imagine what it was like along the Jersey Shore. Prayers out to all those effected by this monster. Stay safe.
back! Once our bartender returns from his Blueman partying induced coma, I'm sure he'll be happy to make you a drink. As for the bar, didn't you know? We have an open bar here. 
