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NYC Hurricane: Times Square Slip N' Slide, Irene Time-Lapse And NYPD Rescue Operations (VIDEOS)

WATCH: Five Great Videos Of NYC During Irene
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An empty Times Square, a closed subway system, streets flooded with water, most businesses and restaurants closed--Hurricane Irene made for a pretty surreal New York City weekend.

Thankfully (and not surprisingly) New Yorkers had their video cameras ready to document it all before, during and after the storm.

Watch below for an urban slip n'slide, a dreamy black and white tour of an empty, wet city, a harrowing rescue operation, a mesmerizing time-lapse, and a walk through a soggy Lower East Side.

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