GOODBYE, SANDY, we hardly knew ya. It's over; light rain, winds calm, and Sandy has gone her way. It's still dark outside, but as best I can tell with a flashlight, we lost one large tree, which in turn took out two smaller ones. There may be another small tree (or large branch) in the front. It's hard to tell without light, but something seems amiss. Leaves are everywhere -- what would have fallen naturally over days and weeks were taken down forcibly. I am somewhat surprised by what appears to be a lack of debris (small branches, etc.) in the yard, but that may just be because it's still dark.

UPDATE & BUMP (with pictures).

Here's the first post-Sandy picture of the house taken from the front yard. You can compare it to the pre-Sandy picture posted here.
The change is dramatic in that the leaves have been pounded into the ground.

Here are the downed trees. The one on the far left started the fall. It's a big one, roughly 18" in diameter at the base and about 70' tall. It took out the one immediately to its right, which is about 12" diameter at its base. I'd guess it was about 50' tall. The third one, also a 12-incher, is only partially uprooted and still partially supporting the other two. The next one in line is still vertical, but was snapped off about 20 feet up (at the very top of the photo). I suspect it's the major reason the trees didn't fall completely to the ground.

Here's the base of the first downed tree. From ground level to the top of the root system is about 6 feet (above my head). The interesting thing about this picture is that the soil is pretty much dry, meaning that the tree was taken down by wind and not soil erosion.

Last picture, taken from the northeast side of the house. The vertical tree is the one that was snapped in two about 20' above ground level. The tree that is caught is the smaller of the two that came down. The big one that started the whole collapse is in the top right corner of the photo.

I'm still suprised that the tarps that cover the two firewood piles never blew off.