Storm flushes out Tompkins Square Park rats

Per EV Grieve reader Jamie: "Past Tompkins...teeming with rats...pretty unbelievable. It looks like the whole ground was moving."

And from @gaminette — "There are dozens of not dead rats in Tompkins Square Park - they came thru #Irene just fine."

Second Avenue around 9:45 a.m.

Third Avenue here.

First Avenue here.

Avenue A here.

Otherwise, things are just ducky!

Booo! Sorry, all the Fruity Pebbles have gone to my head. Seventh Street at Second Avenue.

Third Avenue around 9:50 a.m.

Near Ninth Street.

First Avenue around 9:40 a.m.

Near Ninth Street.

Bad for business?

I mean, shouldn't the psychic have known the extent of Irene ... and known that there wasn't a need for the tape?

'It's the EYE'

We're in the eye of the storm, according to a man who looks like this... who said it in a really creepy way...

Avenue A, 9:10 a.m., Aug. 28

Willow tree down in La Plaza Cultural

Ninth Street and Avenue C...

Tree down in Tompkins Square Park

Getting several reports of downed trees in the neighborhood, such as this one in Tompkins Square Park. Via @gaminette

View to the west this morning in the East Village

At 6:45 am via Zone A resident Bobby Williams.

Zaragoza on Ave A is jamming

Per Shawn Chittle.