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Record. is 11.87 feet. that broke a record set back in 1821. so we're just getting into this storm here with sandy. we have a long way to go to see how much water comes in. the power company has started to shut down some of the power to help once the storm passes to get everybody back up and running again. but battery park, of course, home to the financial district. you have a residential area mixed in, the world trade center site, all of that shut down tonight. more than 300,000 have been asked to e relocate. people could be staying in and hunkering down or moved on with friends. we don't kno...

11.87-foot record. the last time that happened was in 1821. let me show you back here. this is certainly not -- this water has been coming over here in battery park. these are waves that are just coming in. this is grass right here. you have the whole walkway and all the lights have been cut down here to the battery area and other areas are still showing they have power whether that's generator power or whether the utility company is selectively taking downpour, we don't know. but that's part of their plan. they are hoping that they will be able to shut down parts of the grid in order to make ...

Landfall. here at the lower tip of manhattan, battery. the highest water ever recorded was 11.2 feet. that was recorded in 1821; 1821. it's now higher than that. and the flooding of lower manhattan has begun. david lee miller is right there in the battery in lower manhattan. no way to get a live signal out with the heavy wind so david lee is on the phone. what are you seeing? >> i'm seeing water and it rising very rapidly. the situation, shepard, very treacherous. we cannot transmit now because we have to move our satellite truck. the water is rising that quickly. it completely covers now a pr...

Elevation records are breaking levels all over the place. certainly at the jersey shore it's unprecedented. new york city has been measuring the tide levels and it should break that record. there is also a hurricane in 1821 where they didn't have measurements and they have estimates and that was a higher flood level during that hurricane. >> dr. philip orton, thank you for your time tonight. we're watching hurricane sandy as it turns towards the south jersey coast. thousands of people are without power. it's a time when we remember what government is for and we also remember what mitt romney...

Ground. we will have the miraculous ending to this story coming up. >> in 1821 missouri admitted as the 24th u.s. state.