Eerie. (Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Aaron Donovan)

Better charge your electronics: Thousands are already without electricity. [Boston Globe]

The MTA took to its Flickr account to chronicle the slow process of shutting down and locking up every last station in the public transportation system. [Flickr]

Our own colleagues are liveblogging the storm here. [New York Observer]

In an example tailor-made to remind us all how much easier we’ve got it in the age of livestreams and weather apps and early warning systems, the 17-person crew of a replica HMS Bounty was forced to abandon ship last night off the coast of North Carolina. [NBC News]

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