The East River is flooding

Leave it to New York's chattering tech class: in the middle of one of the worst storms New York has seen, techies are taking to their Twitter accounts to live-tweet the ensuing madness. Foursquare cofounder Dennis Crowley has been tweeting and retweeting dispatches about the storm since yesterday, establishing himself as an important source on East Village hurricane news. Meanwhile, Business Insider's Henry Blodget has taken the #slatepitches tact. Below are some of our favorite hurricane tweets.