Hurricane Hanna / A Tree Falls In Brooklyn

We had a scarey moment here on Saturday night. Hurricane Hanna dropped a lot of rain and wind on New York (we're living on a coast now!) and we were sitting at our dining room table next to our back windows that evening. I commented to Jer that it looked like a few tree limbs were taking a beating out back. Less than 10 minutes later, I heard a terrible cracking sound and looked up to see a huge tree falling toward the building -- I couldn't even get out of my chair before we heard a ton of broken glass. Our apartment was OK, but the unit next to us and one floor down in the next brownstone had tree limbs break through their back windows. We called 911 right away, and don't think anyone was hurt. The tree was taller than our building, and is still resting today (Monday) against the back of our building and our fire escape in particular (see view from our back window).