NYC Battered by Massive Winds

he Nor-Easter is gone, along with the sleet, ice and snow, but now the tri-state is being battered by high winds.

 
Sustained westerly winds gusting to more than 50 miles per hour were all that was left of the nor'easter by the start of the workweek.

 
The National Weather Service posted a Wind Advisory for almost the entire Tri-State area through Monday morning.

 
There were downed trees in Locust Valley, fallen power lines throughout the tri-state area, and flash flooding out on Long Island.

 
In Freeport, at least one driver got stuck in the mud while trying to cross a flooded intersection.

 
The fierce winds in Manhattan blew out windows atop Broadway and 61st St. Fortunately, there were no injuries.

 
A thick coating of slushy sleet covered New York City after a strong Nor'easter pushed through the region on Dec. 16, 2007.

 
Temperatures plummeted, struggling to pass the freezing mark and the roadways that got wet from earlier precipitation froze over - making for some downright slippery conditions.

 
At a frigid Giants stadium, as tailgaters set up their tents before the game, the team's practice bubble fell flat as a pancake - a victim of the massive weight of wet snow and ice on top of it.

 

The VIP reception had to be moved inside, much to the amusement of some tailgaters. 

 
"Our bubble is alive and kicking. They got TV here, no cover charge," joked Terry Reddington.

 
As everyone tried to cope with this fierce, biting cold wind, where crossing the street was a struggle and hailing a cab nearly impossible, 72nd and Broadway was a particularly bad wind tunnel.

 

"It's pretty bad, as you can tell. Yeah, West End's awful, things are blowing over and it's screaming through my window. You got to love it," Manhattan resident Tara Gara said.

 
The winter storm turned New York City's weekend rush into weekend slush as one to three inches of wintry precipitation coated most city streets and sidewalks.

 
"This system didn't bring a tremendous amount of precipitation to the New York City area but it did bring just about every kind of precipitation … snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain," said CBS 2's Meteorologist Elise Finch.

 
Wet, icy roads, dangerous winds and reduced visibilities Sunday created travel nightmares on most roads in the Tri-State area and at the three area airports. At LaGuardia Airport, dozens were forced to make camp inside terminals as frozen precipitation forced several cancellations and delays of anywhere from four to 16 hours.

 
"I'm going to Toronto from Atlanta and this is my connection, at LaGuardia, and my flight got canceled. So I had to stay here from 6:30 [Saturday night] until now," passenger Mahesh Krishnamurthy told CBS 2 around 8 a.m. on Sunday.

 
Passengers at all three local airports - LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, and John F. Kennedy Airport International airports experienced delays of over two hours for most of Sunday. Service was back to normal around 11 p.m.