Well its now been upgraded to a Hurricane. I think the out to sea option is becoming very unlikely. The GFS has been trending west and the Euro has remained consistent that an epic storm will strike in the Long Island area. The storm surge alone would be devastating. The GFS now has Sandy going out but develops another storm which rides up the coast. Bottom line for those in NYC and all areas around it should monitor this situation closely...VERY closely as nobody has seen anything close to this (if it verifies) in our lifetimes

Pressure has dropped 8mb in less than an hour as messured by recon