this is the infrared satellite loop as chief meteorologist rick riechmuth informed us.ed to the east. northeasterly direction over the last, i don't know, 30-45 minutes. that is not to say that will continue. every indication is this storm is going somewhere into new york city. could it be a little to west or east? of course, and it will make enormous difference. on the west side of the storm won't get the storm surge those on the east. say it comes along j.f.k. airport in queens, western end of long island, hamptons would get it. if it comes over new jersey the five burrough's would get it. this storm is real. bill hemmer picks up our coverage. i'll see you tonight. also get a free flight. you know that comes with a private island. really? no. it comes with a hat. you see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,00miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for ,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow. [ male annou

. >> shep: wrapping up the coverage over the day and a half and rick riechmuth has been watching it out there. it surprises me any time the models are right and predictions but in this case they did. >> sometimes you have to know which model to look at but we got lucky. very heavy rainfall, a lot of people, 14, 12 inches of rain and big time flooding concerns. rain is not done. a lost the rain is moving into places as we've been talking causing problems. you see that maroon there, that is flash flooding going on right now. more rain is still falling especially in and across parts of new england. more rain, last of the rainbands moving through new jersey. it will cycle through long island and probably be another hour before it moves out. record-breaking month across new york city. most rain in any month, 7 inches from this storm, 20 inches in the month of august for rain in new york city. that is breaking records in philadelphia for your rainiest month of all time. you will hear tropical storm jose. it won't affect anyone. a lot of time to watch this one, though. it is a big powerful wav

rick riechmuth is live. a lot of times when we can't get a straight story out of somebody it gives us concern. >> yes, it does. i'm sure there is a lot of confusion because of the situation that is breaking there. i'm sure they are having a hard time gathering what is going on. this is the river up in the catskills. pratssville but doppler radar estimates show 12 inches of rain. that rain falling so quickly, it called for record of gilboa dam. things were running completely fine and then the rain came. river went up by over 20 feet in just a matter of around four to five hours. right there is their prior record. they are two feet above their prior record and all that happening in four to five hours. they will remain that way for about a day and a half. but you get that kind of level change that quickly and i'm certain they don't know what hit them. they are trying to figure out what is going on with this river right now. >> shep: one of our producers was seek weigh a police department that is not far from th

we'll get back to rick riechmuth >> so if you are watching us now and you are procrastinateder and youen't done anything to and joining us is i had david samson president of property and casualty of america. former deputy secretary of department of commerce. good to have you with us. let's assume for parts of maryland and new jersey and new york, perhaps a little further than that, if they haven't done anything yet, what can they still do? >> we know there will be a lot of property losses. insurance companies are prepared to pay those. what we don't want to see a life insurance claims that have to be paid. those are avoid amp. people need to make sure they have garbage cans, patio furniture, get that stuff inside because when those hurricane-force winds come, those become missiles and they break windows and you get so much potential damage to both people as well as interiors of housing. listen to the evacuation orders from your local officials. get the outside stuff in. stay close to home. >> it doesn't take that long. to gather that stuff outside and put it in your living room. what a