Hurricane-force winds whip the northeast, causing death and damage. Boston, MA Pedestrians cross a busy intersection and their holding onto their hats and hair. A 300 foot crane boom snaps, crashing down on ten parked cars at the MIT campus. Luckily, no one is hurt. New York, NY. Pedestrians buck the wind and, in most cases, lose. A water main break creates a geyser five stories high and the winds spread the flood in a wide area. New York pedestrians here having pretty much the same problems coping with the wind as they did in Boston. Winds are gusting to 82-mph in some areas. One of the streets in New York littered with newspaper and anything else that takes flight in the wind. In Manhattan a busted water main causes a flooded street and something that resembles Old Faithful. City workers work to shut off the water.