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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57541779/sandy-could-wreak-havoc-across-800-miles-of-u.s/
Sandy could wreak havoc across 800 miles of U.S.
October 28, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, the mammoth storm that has already claimed nearly five dozen lives in the Caribbean, could potentially affect some 60 million people in the Eastern United States, where it will meet with two other powerful winter storm systems, to create an even more threatening hybrid.

Sandy is expected to afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain, high winds and heavy snow, say officials who warned millions in coastal areas to get out of the way.

"We're looking at impact of greater than 50 to 60 million people," said Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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It's expected to make landfall early Tuesday morning around the coast of Delaware, with storm surges from 4 to 8 feet in some areas, meaning evacuations are likely.

Sandy is currently a Category 1 hurricane. At 8:00 a.m. Sunday morning Sandy was centered about about 260 southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., moving northeast at 10 mph. Maximum sustained winds were 75 mph.

Tropical storm warnings remains in effect in North Carolina from Cape Fear to Duck North, Palmlico and Albermarle Sounds, and in Bermuda.

Governors from North Carolina, where steady rains were whipped by gusting winds Saturday night, to Connecticut declared states of emergency. Delaware ordered mandatory evacuations for coastal communities by 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Officials are particularly worried about the possibility of subway flooding in New York City, said Uccellini, of NOAA.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to prepare to shut the city's subways, buses and suburban trains. The city closed the subways before Hurricane Irene last year, and a Columbia University study predicted that an Irene surge just 1 foot higher would have paralyzed lower Manhattan.

Up and down the Eastern Seaboard and far inland, officials urged residents and businesses to prepare in ways big and small.
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Video and maps at link.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nyc-subways-shutting-sunday-night-ahead-storm-17582561
NYC Subways Shutting Sunday Night Ahead of Storm
October 28, 2012

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered New York City's transit service to suspend bus, subway, and commuter rail service in advance of the massive storm expected to hit the eastern third of the United States.

Cuomo says the system will be suspended starting at 7 p.m. Sunday.
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                                      Thankgoodness Mayor Bloomberg finally GOT it!

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the immediate, mandatory evacuation for low-lying coastal areas, including Coney Island, the Rockaways, Brighton Beach, Red Hook and some parts of lower Manhattan.

"If you don't evacuate, you're not just putting your own life at risk," Mayor Bloomberg said at a news conference Sunday. "You're endangering first responders who may have to rescue you."

Earlier, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the suspension of all MTA service--including subways, buses, Long Island Railroad and Metro North--beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday. New York City Public Schools will be closed on Monday, the mayor said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/sandy-hurricane-east-coast-nyc-forecast-142549538.html

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20121028_As_millions_brace_for_worst__Hurricane_Sandy_takes_dead_aim_at_Jersey_Shore.html
As millions brace for worst, Hurricane Sandy takes dead aim at Jersey Shore
Posted: Sun, Oct. 28, 2012, 9:31 PM

Hurricane Sandy threatened to make a direct hit on the Jersey Shore near Atlantic City late Monday in what a meteorologist called a "once-in-50-years" storm that would disrupt the lives of millions of East Coast residents between Delaware and Long Island.

Already Sunday, the advancing storm had forced the evacuation of Shore towns, grounded hundreds of flights at Philadelphia International Airport, promoted SEPTA to suspend mass transit, and led school officials across the region to cancel classes. Governors in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware all declared states of emergency.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57541844/the-time-to-prepare-for-hurricane-sandy-is-about-over-fema-warns/
The time to prepare for Hurricane Sandy is "about over," FEMA warns
October 28, 2012  6:22 p.m.

Updated 10:15 p.m. ET

NEW YORK From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns Sunday buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm that could endanger 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning that the New York area could get the worst of it -- an 11-foot wall of water.

"The time for preparing and talking is about over," Federal Emergency Management Administrator Craig Fugate said as Hurricane Sandy made its way up the Atlantic on a collision course with two other weather systems that could turn it into one of the most fearsome storms on record in the U.S. "People need to be acting now."Airlines canceled more than 5,000 flights and Amtrak began suspending train service across the Northeast. New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. began to shut down their subways, buses and trains Sunday night and announced that schools would be closed on Monday. Boston, Washington and Baltimore also called off school. And non-essential government employees in the nation's capital were told not to report for work in the morning.

Sandy, a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph as of Sunday evening, was blamed for 65 deaths in the Caribbean before it began churning up the Eastern Seaboard. As of 8 p.m., it was centered about 485 miles southeast of New York City, moving at 15 mph, with hurricane-force winds extending an incredible 175 miles from its center.

It was expected to hook left toward the mid-Atlantic coast and come ashore late Monday or early Tuesday, most likely in New Jersey, colliding with a wintry storm moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57541786/hurricane-sandy-storm-tracker-and-forecast-maps/
Hurricane Sandy storm tracker and forecast maps
October 28, 2012

I got up this morning to check on the storm's movements.  I hope any monkeys (and everyone else too!) will be safe as Sandy blows through. 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-hurricane-sandy-20121028,0,4640311.story
Sandy strengthens as nears coast; Wall Street shut
October 29, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the East Coast, strengthened on Monday after hundreds of thousands moved to higher ground, public transport shut down and the stock market suffered its first weather-related closure in 27 years.

About 50 million people from the Mid-Atlantic to Canada were in the path of the nearly 1,000-mile-wide (1,600-km-wide) storm, which forecasters said could be the largest to hit the mainland in U.S. history. It was expected to topple trees, damage buildings, cause power outages and trigger heavy flooding.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday the Category 1 storm had strengthened as it turned toward the coast and was moving at 15 mph. It was expected to bring a "life-threatening storm surge", coastal hurricane winds and heavy snow in the Appalachian Mountains, the NHC said.

Nine U.S. states have declared states of emergency and President Barack Obama has warned the nation to brace itself.
 ::snipping2::Sandy killed 66 people in the Caribbean before pounding U.S. coastal areas with rain and triggering snow falls at higher elevations.

Forecasting services indicated early Monday the storm would strike the New Jersey shore near Atlantic City on Monday night. While Sandy does not yet pack the punch of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005, it could become more potent as it approaches the U.S. coast.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/29/storm-sandy-bounty-idUSL1E8LT1Q320121029
UPDATE 1-Seventeen people abandon ship in path of Hurricane Sandy
October 29, 2012

Oct 29 (Reuters) - Seventeen people from the replica HMS Bounty abandoned ship while stranded at sea off North Carolina in the path of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday.

"The 17-person crew donned cold water survival suits and lifejackets before launching in two 25-man lifeboats with canopies," the Coast Guard said in a statement.

The tall ship was built for the 1962 movie "Mutiny on the Bounty" and lost power while at sea on Sunday night.

The Bounty was about 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina, or roughly 160 miles (260 km) from the center of Sandy, a Category 1 hurricane bearing down on the U.S. East Coast, the Coast Guard said.

The three-masted, 180-foot (55-metre) vessel was believed to be taking on water and was without propulsion, stuck in 40 mile-per-hour (65 kph) winds and 18-foot (5.5-metre) seas, the Coast Guard said.

An HC-130 Hercules aircraft had been in contact with the crew while flying overhead, and the Coast Guard was determining which rescue vessel or aircraft was best placed to respond, Petty Officer David Weydert said.

"The crew is safe and accounted for. They have abandoned ship," said a posting on the ship's Facebook page. "They are in their sea survival suits and in a life boat."
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http://www.boston.com/news/weather/weather_wisdom/2012/10/major_storm_shutting_down_much.html
Sandy moves closer, weather deteriorates all day
October 29, 2012 7:50 a.m.

Sandy got a bit stronger overnight and winds are now over 85 miles per hour. The storm looks to have just made the turn towards the west and should hit the coast early Tuesday.
The storm continues to be historic and once it makes land fall later today will transition from a pure tropical system to a non-tropical one. That fact is simply semantics and for meteorologists to ponder as the affects will be the same. The big aspect to this storm for most people continues to be the wind. Those people who live and have businesses on or very close to the water will have storm surge as well. Winds will increase into early afternoon with the strongest gusts from about 2pm to 7pm. It will still be very windy thereafter, but ever so slowly becoming less intense. High tide is around noon and midnight and for those of you on the coast, the water may not retreat very much between tides today. I am updating on this storm and of course future ones on Twitter at @growingwisdom please follow me there and ask any questions. This is becoming a nowcasting storm. Nowcasting is really looking at the information hour by hour and then making any changes to the forecast as needed.
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Some tips
Keep the fridge and freezer closed as much as possible if the power fails. You can put things in a cooler you might need frequently like milk and juice. They will keep for a while in the cooler. If you have a grill, don't forget that once the winds calm down you can cook that way. If you have power you can make a block of ice putting water in a freezer bag. A solid block of ice keeps things cold for a long time. That is why they use to call them "ice chests" after all. Generators must be vented outside, you can kill you and your family in minutes running them inside. Same tip goes for the car in the garage if you are charging your cell phone leave the door open while the car is running.
After the storm
When this is over there will be those who went to work, who had no damage and who didn't lose power. For them, they might say "that wasn't so bad". Others will have their lives turned upside down and still some may lose their lives. The nature of these storms is that they don't hit all of us the same, but are all going to go through it. I hope the blog has helped you prepare for the storm and will help you during it as well.
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http://shrewsbury.patch.com/articles/how-long-will-food-last-in-the-fridge-if-you-lose-power
How Long Will Food Last in the Fridge if You Lose Power?
Here are guidelines from the USDA regarding the safety of food in a refrigerator without power.
October 29, 2012

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service prepared a fact sheet for keeping food safe during an emergency, including losing power.

The USDA says to "keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible to maintain the cold temperature."

But, the refrigerator will only keep food safely cold for about four hours if unopened during a power outage, according to the USDA. A full freezer will hold the temperature for about 48 hours if full (24 hours of half full), the USDA says.

The USDA emphasizes "never to taste food to determine its safety" and says that you should "evaluate each item separately."

Generally, if the temperature in the thermometer in the freezer reads 40 degrees Fahrenheit or below, the food is safe and can be refrozen, according to the USDA. The USDA suggests obtaining dry or block ice to help keep refrigerated or frozen food cold if the power will be out for an extended period of time.
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More information:  http://www.fsis.usda.gov/factsheets/keeping_food_safe_during_an_emergency/index.asp

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/10/28/dr-bessers-3-tips-to-ride-hurricane-sandy-out-safely/
Dr. Besser’s 3 Tips to Ride Hurricane Sandy Out Safely
October 29, 2012

Here is a good storm tracker:

http://tinyurl.com/8lm4vpu (http://tinyurl.com/8lm4vpu)

Everyone on the east coast please be careful and evacuate if you are ordered to do so.  This is nothing to mess around with. 

Hurricane Sandy bears down on northeastern U.S., sending residents fleeing
The Associated Press
Published Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 6:31AM EDT
Last Updated Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 10:19AM EDT
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hurricane-sandy-bears-down-on-northeastern-u-s-sending-residents-fleeing-1.1014597#

Storm Gains Strength as It Churns North
Published: October 29, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/us/hurricane-sandy-churns-up-east-coast.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Hurricane Sandy strengthens, remains on course to hit Canada Monday, bringing 7-metre waves to Great Lakes
Oct 29, 2012 9:41 AM ET
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/29/hurricane-sandy-strengthens-remains-on-course-to-hit-canada-monday-bringing-7-metre-waves-to-great-lakes/

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A man stands on the beach to watch the storm surf, kicked up ahead of Hurricane Sandy, in Southampton, New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the East Coast, strengthened on Monday after hundreds of thousands moved to higher ground, public transport shut down and the stock market suffered its first weather-related closure in 27 years.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/29/hurricane-sandy-strengthens-remains-on-course-to-hit-canada-monday-bringing-7-metre-waves-to-great-lakes/

UPDATE

Hurricane Sandy sinks Nova Scotia-built tall ship, HMS Bounty, fourteen sailors rescued, two missing
Last Updated: Oct 29, 2012 9:55 AM ET

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Two sailors are missing after the crew of the Nova Scotia-built tall ship HMS Bounty was forced to abandon ship off of the North Carolina coast as Hurricane Sandy whipped up dangerously high winds and waves.

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http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/29/hurricane-sandy-forces-crew-of-nova-scotia-built-tall-ship-hms-bounty-to-abandon-ship-amid-5-5-metre-waves/



(http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/hms-bounty.jpg?w=930)
 

Thank you for the update on the "Bounty" crew, Janet.  I hope the two missing crew members can be found safe and found fast.  This doesn't look good at all.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

NBC has just reported that this is currently happening.  Many who initially failed to heed the warning have had second thoughts and roads are impasaible.  First responders are doing their best to assist these late evacuees.

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Janet

impasaible s/b impassable

My daughter and grandson are on Long Island, worried here in Ohio.  Prayers please?   ::MonkeyShocked::

You got 'em Dihannah1.  Prayers going out for your daughter and grandson. 

http://t.news.msn.com/us/what-caused-frankenstorm-to-form (http://t.news.msn.com/us/what-caused-frankenstorm-to-form)  1 Day ago

The storm that is threatening the east coast is worse than sum of its nasty parts. A mix of many conditions that are making this a perfect storm.

WASHINGTON — The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with persistent high winds, drenching rains, extreme tides, flooding and probably snow is much more than just an ordinary weather system. It's a freakish and unprecedented monster.

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Start with Sandy, an ordinary late summer hurricane from the tropics, moving north up the East Coast. Bring in a high pressure ridge of air centered around Greenland that blocks the hurricane's normal out-to-sea path and forces it west toward land.

Add a wintry cold front moving in from the west and colliding with that storm. Mix in a blast of Arctic air from the north. Add a full moon and its usual effect, pulling in high tides. Factor in immense waves commonly thrashed up by a huge hurricane plus massive gale-force winds.

Do all that and you get a stitched-together weather monster expected to unleash its power over 800 miles, with predictions in some areas of 12 inches of rain, 2 feet of snow and sustained 40- to 50 mph winds.

"The total is greater than the sum of the individual parts" said Louis Uccellini, the environmental prediction chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologists. "That is exactly what's going on here."

This storm is so dangerous and so unusual because it is coming at the tail end of hurricane season and beginning of winter storm season, "so it's kind of taking something from both — part hurricane, part nor'easter, all trouble," Jeff Masters, director of the private service Weather Underground, said Saturday.

Thanks Ms. Bee. I know I can always count on the Monkeys!  ::MonkeyAngel::

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57541978/how-to-keep-your-food-safe-if-hurricane-sandy-cuts-electricity/
How to keep your food safe if Hurricane Sandy cuts electricity
October 29, 2012

With Hurricane Sandy threatening to cut power, many people are worried how long their food can last in the refrigerator and freezer without electricity. But, there's other food safety issues that people should be concerned about.
The USDA has compiled a list of tips to help you sort through what is safe to eat in order to avoid food poisoning and other foodborne illnesses in the event of a power outage.

The top three things to remember are:

Meat, poultry, fish and eggs should stay at or below 40 degrees F and frozen food should remain below 0 degrees F.

If you keep your refrigerator, you will be able to keep your food cold for up to four hours. A full freezer will keep its temperature for at least 48 hours if full, 24 hours if half full.
Putting food together in your fridge and freezer can help keep it cold, the FDA points out.
The FDA also said coolers can help keep refrigerated food keep cold once the power cuts out.
Make or buy dry or block ice while you can. Fifty pounds of dry ice should keep an 18-cubic foot full freezer for two days.
You'll have to discard most foods in your fridge, but hard cheeses -- including Cheddar, Colby, Swiss, Parmesan, provolone, Romano - butter or margarine; opened fruit juices; opened can fruits; Fresh fruits, coconut, raisins, dried fruits, candied fruits, dates; most spreads that do not include milk products; breads; pies; and raw vegetables may be safe even if not kept cold. For a full list of foods, check out FoodSafety.gov's list.
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Dihannah ... your daughter and grandson have both been added to our ladies' prayer chain ... a prayer chain that includes 15 churches in western Canada and south to Portland, Oregon.

It is sometimes very difficult to completely "give it over to God" and experience His peace when our immediate loved ones are involved in situations we acknowledge we have no control over.  The upholding of others in prayer on our behalf is where it is at.

With Love

Janet

What a nightmare!!!

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-in-photos/100395/?google_editors_picks=true
Hurricane Sandy in Photos
October 29, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, which has already claimed over 50 lives in the Caribbean, has traveled north. It will soon bring heavy winds and floodwaters to the mid-Atlantic region, combining with other weather systems to possibly become what some are calling a historic "superstorm." Gathered here are images from Sandy's story so far, from the Caribbean to preparations along the East Coast of the United States. In the next hours, as Sandy makes landfall, I will continue to update this post with new images from the newswires and elsewhere. [30 photos so far]

Thanks Muffy

I cannot comprehend that the worst is yet to come.

Thanks be to God for the technology that afforded residents of the affected states prior warnings that Hurricane Sandy was on her way.  When all is said and done the devastation takes a back seat to human lives whose value is beyond worth and cannot be replaced.

Janet
 

God Bless you Janet. Thank you so much!

Coming your way with prayers, Dihannah! Please stay safe and check in whenever you can! This one really is a monster! As far away as I am, it's snowing because of it!

I'm wondering about San and Bearly..... there are many others. Check in when you can, monkeys! Prayers for all who are impacted by Sandy!

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57541877/hurricane-sandy-speeds-towards-landfall/
Hurricane Sandy speeds towards landfall
CBS/AP/ October 29, 2012, 2:17 PM

NEW YORK A superstorm threatening 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation gained strength Monday, packing winds of 90 mph and picking up considerable speed just hours before it is expected to make landfall, forecasters said.

The National Hurricane Center said Monday morning that the Category 1 hurricane is moving northwest at 28 mph - up from 18 mph a few hours earlier. At 2:00 p.m. ET the storm was centered about 175 miles south-southeast of New York City, or about 110 miles southeast of Atlantic City, N.J. Hurricane-force winds extend up to 175 miles from the storm's center, with tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 485 miles.

Maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, with higher gusts, were measured.
Gale/tropical storm-force force winds were reported from North Carolina to southern New England.

Hours before the storm made landfall, high winds had already knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers in several states by mid-day Monday.

Sandy is expected to hook inland Monday, colliding with a wintry storm moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic. Forecasters say the storm's center will make landfall along or just south of the Southern New Jersey coast Monday evening.
CBS News hurricane consultant David Bernard reports that wind gusts of 38 mph and 41 mph have already been reported in New York City and Boston, respectively.

Sandy is likely going to strengthen even more as it approaches the East Coast, Bernard reports, with hurricane-force winds reaching land by Monday afternoon. The storm's pressure is dropping, which means it's growing in strength.

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The full moon will make storm surges worse, as high tides along the Eastern Seaboard will rise about 20 percent higher than normal.

Correspondent Chip Reid reports from Ocean City, Md., that sea levels could rise 8 feet above normal - enough to flood much of the city.

In addition to rains and flooding, about 2 to 3 feet of snow is forecast for mountainous parts of West Virginia.
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Published: Oct 29, 2012, 1:58 PM EDT

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1: Sandy's Life-Threatening Storm Surge


Storm surge flooding is already occurring along a broad swath of the East Coast, from New England to North Carolina.  

The highest storm surge is expected along Long Island Sound and New York Harbor with high tide this evening.  Surge flooding will also reach its peak during high tide tonight along the Jersey Shore and the south coast of southern New England.  

In some of these areas, peak tide levels may top those from both Hurricane Irene by 2 feet!  Tide levels tonight in Sandy Hook, N.J. may top the previous record from the Dec. 1992 Nor'easter and Hurricane Donna in 1960!

Coastal flooding will continue through multiple tide cycles beyond Monday's peak into Tuesday afternoon, in some areas!

Senior Meteorologist Stu Ostro (Twitter | Facebook) said: "History is being written as an extreme weather event continues to unfold, one which will occupy a place in the annals of weather history as one of the most extraordinary to have affected the United States."

"This is an extraordinary situation, and I am not prone to hyperbole."
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http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/sandy-top-five-20121028

CBB

San was on the forum this morning.

Janet

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Bearly also logged into the forum this morning.

Janet

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Published: Oct 29, 2012, 1:58 PM EDT

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http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/sandy-top-five-20121028

Thanks, Janet! Good to know they were here! I'm where the little green star is. We'll be fine, but I guess it does sort of explain the snow in October!  ::MonkeyEek:: ::MonkeyEek::

The following article is a must read in its entirety.  IMO

I felt that the warnings in the past few days regarding the severity on so many levels encompassing this hurricane may have been an over reaction intended to error on the safe side.  I was sooo wrong.

Janet

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Hurricane Sandy barrels toward East Coast, expected to bring 'life-threatening' storm surge
Published October 29, 2012

Hurricane Sandy picked up steam as it approached the Atlantic Coast, packing winds of 90 mph and pushing an 11-foot high wall of water, but its 6 p.m. landfall in New Jersey could be a break for the region as the monster storm will likely be well inland by the time the next high tide hits around midnight.

The 900-mile wide storm's front edge sent tide-enhanced surges over boardwalks from Delaware to New York a full 12 hours before Sandy's eye was to make landfall. Widespread evacuations along the coast were ordered, mass transit was shut down in major metropolitan areas and some 60 million people live in the path of the mega-storm and many likely face power outages in the coming hours and days.

The National Guard was deployed along the densely-populated Atlantic coast, and airports were expected to shut down by Monday afternoon as the massive system churned in from the sea. The hurricane is on a collision course with a winter storm and a cold front, and high tides from a full moon make it a rare hybrid storm that could be felt all the way to the Great Lakes.

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Forecasters warned that the New York City region could face the worst of the hurricane. As of midday Monday, the storm was centered about 110 miles southeast of Atlantic City, N.J., moving northwest at 28 mph with hurricane-force winds extending an incredible 175 miles from its center. The National Hurricane Center said the storm has intensified, with top sustained winds of 90 mph and higher gusts. Sandy has already been blamed for 69 deaths in the Caribbean before it began traveling northward, parallel to the Eastern Seaboard.

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Authorities warned that New York City could be hit with an 11-foot wall of water that has the potential to swamp parts of lower Manhattan, flood subway tunnels and cripple the network of electrical and communications lines that are vital to the nation's financial center.

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http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/10/29/millions-across-east-coast-brace-for-uperstorm-sandy/

Talk about ironic, on Neil Covuto Fox News, he just mentioned today is the anniversery of the stock crash that began our Great Depression.    ::MonkeyShocked::  Stock exchange is closed today, due to Sandy.

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Are you sure?  This storm is like no other!  It is unrelenting.  Hubby and I as well as a neighbour/friend are watching CNN and ... I have to keep reminding myself that this is no movie ... it is reality.

My French Canadian DIL is worried sick about her family back East.  I was talking to her mother in Quebec ... across the Hull River from Ottawa, Ontario ... a few minutes ago.  She assured us that her hubby is tracking the storm and all indications are they may get some strong winds and heavy rains but that is it.  I wish my normally in control DIL was not so anxious.

Janet

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-live-updates/
Hurricane Sandy: Live Updates
October 29, 2012

4:42 PM EDT: Sandy by the numbers — 9 in of rain in Virginia Beach and 86 mph wind gusts in Westerly, R.I.
4:39 PM EDT: Hurricane Sandy now expected to make land fall around 6 pm Eastern in cape May County, N.J., just south of Atlantic City.
4:31 PM EDT: Soldiers Guard the Tomb of Unknowns During Hurricane Sandy
(http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/US/ht_facebook_uknown_tomb_soldier_rain_tomb_thg_121029_wblog.jpg)
(Karin Markert/OldGuard/Facebook)
4:19 PM EDT: Several New York City area bridges will be closed this evening beginning at 7 pm Eastern, said N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Throngs Neck, Whitestone, George Washington, Verrazano, Henry Hudson, , Marine Parkway and Cross Bay Veterans Memorial bridges will all be closed.  The Lincoln and Midtown Tunnels and the RFK, Bayonne, Goethals and Outerbridge Crossing all remain open for now.
4:15 PM EDT:  Sandy is expected to dump between two and three feet of snow on Snowshoe, W.V. by Tuesday evening. As of 3pm Eastern today, the area had received 6.5 inches.
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http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/28/hurricane-sandy-updates/
Hurricane Sandy Batters the Northeast: Live Updates on the Superstorm
By TIME NewsFeedOct. 28, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy barrels northwards, city and state officials are not taking preparations lightly.  Major transit systems, schools and businesses have been shuttered ahead of expected flooding, strong winds and, yes, even possible snow. TIME will continue to update this page as the storm develops, so please check back for the latest news. Here’s what we know so far.

Oct. 29, 4:33 p.m.: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the closure of several bridges in the New York City area. The Tappan Zee bridge across the Hudson river reportedly closed at 4:00 p.m.; the Throgs Neck, Whitestone and George Washington Bridges are scheduled to shut to traffic at 7:00 p.m. The Triboro Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel and the Queens- Midtown Tunnel will remain open.

Oct. 29, 4:15 p.m.: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference that Hurricane Sandy’s speed is accelerating; the heaviest weather, once expected to hit later this evening, is now expected as early as 6 p.m. “Sandy’s fury is still going to come this evening,” the governor said. “This is the last warning that we’re going to be able to give people to get to a safe place before that coastal surge really hits.”
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/29/7-best-hurricane-sandy-storm-cams-video.html
7 Best Hurricane Sandy ‘Storm Cams’ (Video)
October 29, 2012

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Extreme Weather Event
You have been redirected to EarthCam's coverage of Hurricane Sandy.
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Dubbed 'Frankenstorm', Hurricane Sandy poses a major threat to portions of the U.S. East Coast. Damaging winds, storm surge flooding, and even heavy snow, target the Northeast ahead. Check out multiple webcam views, along with streaming video and audio, and watch as the hurricane unfolds!




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HarborCam

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Times Sq. Street

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Times Sq. Crossroads

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Times Square South


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Brooklyn Bridge


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Boston MA

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Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Myrtle Beach SC

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Palm Beach FL

So far I've heard from Blink and San today.  San just a few minutes ago and she's still OK.  Hope NUT and Bearly are OK too. 

 ::MonkeyAngel:: ::MonkeyAngel::
Do you know if they have evacuated their area?

Fox new on Shep. Just mixed with the winter storm and hitting high tide, during full moon. Being called a Superstorm, never to be seen in history!  Worse than thought! Daughter keeping me updated. The pics on her FB on her street are unbeleivable already!

Good that your daughter is keeping you updated.

Muffy - thanks for your updates, etc.

The images you posted earlier really tell a tale.

I have a loved one in New York.  Hoping to hear from him soon.

Prayers CAN for your loved one in NY too!

OMG, Klaas....... I really started not to ask about anyone in particular because I can't remember where everybody is located! Please tell me you've heard from Nut? Janet said that Bearly was on the forum this morning, but I haven't checked to see if she's been back. Prayers to all monkeys impacted by Sandy!

My cable was out for a while today for no reason I can justify. I hate it when that happens!  ::MonkeyMad::

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/29/hurricane-sandy-ship-abandoned-ship-coast-guard/1665339/
1 dead, captain missing after 14 saved as Bounty sinks
October 29, 2012

9:07PM EDT October 29. 2012 - One crewmember of the tall ship HMS Bounty died and U.S. Coast Guard teams battling Hurricane Sandy rescued 14 others who had abandoned the movie replica before it sank off North Carolina early Monday. The captain is missing.

The body of 42-year-old Claudene Christian was found Monday evening, the Coast Guard reported. The search continues for the 63-year-old captain, Robin Walbridge.

A helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., found Christian, who was "unresponsive." CPR was performed, and she was then flown to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City. Hospital spokesman Patrick Detwiller said Christian arrived at 6:40 p.m. ET and was pronounced dead at 7 p.m.

She and Walbridge reportedly were swept overboard when they got into lifeboats. Both were in cold-water survival suits and life jackets, CBC News says.
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Sandy wreaks havoc across Northeast; at least 10 dead
updated 10:11 PM EDT, Mon October 29, 2012

(CNN) -- Though no longer a hurricane, "post-tropical" superstorm Sandy packed a hurricane-sized punch as it slammed into the Jersey Shore on Monday, killing at least 10 people from West Virginia to North Carolina and Connecticut.

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At least five people had been killed in storm-related incidents in New York state, including three killed by trees falling on homes in Queens and in the town of New Salem, near Albany, city and state officials said. Falling trees were also blamed for the two deaths reported in New Jersey and one in Connecticut, authorities there told CNN.

And in West Virginia, a woman was killed in a car accident after the storm dumped 5 inches of snow on the town of Davis, said Amy Shuler Goodwin, a spokeswoman for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's office.

Sandy had already claimed at least 67 lives in the Caribbean, including 51 in Haiti. And before hitting land, it overwhelmed the sailing ship HMS Bounty, a replica of the historic British vessel, off North Carolina. Fourteen of the ship's crew of 16 were rescued, but the body of one deckhand was found Monday evening and the ship's captain was still missing Monday night, the Coast Guard said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/29/us/tropical-weather-sandy/index.html

If anyone is still reading, go take a look at the moon...has a large dark circle around it.. I was told that it is called a nexus..

Looks like San's power is out now.  Not sure about Nut.  I just got home though so I haven't checked to see if she has checked in.  May be a while before power can be restored. 

O/T - having nothing to do with the Hurricane but the moon was so beautiful this morning I actually took a photo of it.  That was taken at about 6am and it's shining on the ocean:

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That's gorgeous, Klaas.  I noticed the moon looked really beautiful  when I walked out to pick up my newspaper early this morning.  But there was no reflection from water as was in your view.  ::MonkeyWink::

beautiful photo K...

did you look at the moon this evening?
I was told that it is a nexus..

hope all our monkey friends are safe

I was at dinner but just see I got a message from San from about 2 hours ago.  She said it was BAD, they were flooded but they were still going to stay put.  Pretty sure her power is out.

She just texted me.  The house is a mess, power is still out, water starting to subside some.  Geez what a mess.

Didn't see it this evening yet, looks like there may be some cloud cover. 

Just heard from Blink - they are without power but they are all OK.  Everything outside is a mess of course.

I'm so glad you heard from her and that she's coping OK! I just heard a little while ago about a woman all by herself that wouldn't leave but had a cell phone. The water was up to her waist and she was in a ranch style house in her attic. No way anyone can get to her now, but her family had begged her to leave. Also, they said that in the long island area, the water was not to be consumed, even if it was boiled.

The picture of the moon is absolutely breathtaking, Klaas! What a gorgeous view you have! I'd look at the moon if I could, Cookie! Way too much cloud cover here to see it!

Still nothing from Nut? I wish she would check in!

I haven't heard from daughter, but I know they have no power, so waiting anxciously.

Who would have thought I would have woke up to snow this morning, in Ohio.  It's freeeezzzzinggg.

Praying for all East Coast Monkeys who haven't checked in. Sure it's the power outages.

Thinking of all our monkeys and hoping for the best. 

http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/A-state-by-state-look-at-the-East-Coast-superstorm-3989826.php
A state-by-state look at the East Coast superstorm
October 30, 2012

The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing at least 18 deaths. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state.

CAROLINAS

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue expanded a state of emergency to western North Carolina, which could see a foot of snow. A woman who was pulled from the Atlantic after abandoning a tall ship died. Power outages: 6,600.

CONNECTICUT

The Long Island Sound flooded roads as the storm toppled trees and power lines Two people died, including an Easton firefighter who was killed when a tree fell on his truck. Power outages: More than 615,000.
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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Breezy-Point-Rockaway-Beach-Fire-Hurricane-Sandy-176370491.html
Firefighters Battle 6-Alarm Blaze in Breezy Point, 50 Homes Destroyed
Fire officials say the fire was reported at about 11 p.m. Monday
October 30, 2012

At least 50 homes have been destroyed in the Breezy Point section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, where firefighters battled a six-alarm fire early Tuesday.
 
Fire officials say the fire was reported at about 11 p.m. Monday and is located in a flooded Zone A area. City officials say it appears most of the area was evacuated prior to the fire and no serious injuries have been reported.

A fire department spokesman says nearly 200 firefighters were at the scene before 5 a.m. Tuesday.
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http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/30/in-the-eye-of-the-storm-capturing-sandys-wrath/?google_editors_picks=true
In the Eye of the Storm: Capturing Sandy’s Wrath
October 30, 2012

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Benjamin Lowy—Reportage by Getty for TIME
The area under the Brooklyn Bridge during high tide

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/us-storm-sandy-canada-idUSBRE89S12Y20121030?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71&google_editors_picks=true
Sandy leaves 145,000 Canadians without power, one dead
October 30, 2012

(Reuters) - Sandy toppled trees and power lines in the Canadian province of Ontario, leaving at least 145,000 people without power on Tuesday, including 55,000 in Toronto, the country's financial center.

Strong winds whipped up debris, killing a Toronto woman on Monday.

The Toronto Stock Exchange was set to remain open, making it a North American island of equity trading for the second successive day, with U.S. stock markets closed.

Numerous flights on Air Canada, WestJet Airlines, Porter Airlines and other carriers between the U.S. Northeast and Toronto's Pearson International Airport and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport were canceled.
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I'll say. I am glad to here she is safe.

I cannot even imagine the extent of the clean up from this storm.

Make sure all of you Carolina. Ohio Valley, NY-NJ and New England Monkeys check in. We are all concerned about you and our prayer go out to you.

Stay safe. I hear that the tides will be high again today so please, please be careful.

I've been watching the devastation when I can, this morning. What a tragic mess! 7 million people are without power and many will remain without power for days. I haven't heard a recent total on fatalities but my heart goes out to the families who have lost a loved one. Prayers to all who are still in the aftermath. I echo Red.... please check in when you can!

Just saw Nut on the forum!!   ::MonkeyDance:: ::MonkeyDance::

 ::MonkeyCheer4:: ::MonkeyCheer4::

Is it still snowing in your neck of the woods CBB? 

hey NE ohio,was with out power for a time,a lot of trees down,some roads blocked
2tree in my yard down crushed my shed,i have people in WVA,VA,NC, i cant reach
hoping all is well,hoping all monkeys are well

live
http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1
http://www.youtube.com/embed/yXMU2qwCVag

I'm at work but got an update from San.  She says in all her life she never saw things so bad.  About 3 feet of flooding in the downstairs of the house.  If they hadn't had a pump and a generator it would have been much worse.  They are still without power.

 ::MonkeyNoNo::

Thank you for the update Klaas.  I've been thinking of San and hoping she and her family are doing alright.  Besides the day to day living, my concern would be for the molds and bacteria and etc. some  may have to deal with that can result from the flooding.   ::MonkeyNoNo::  Having no power would be depressing and difficult.  

http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/10/30/at-least-17-dead-millions-without-power-in-sandy-aftermath/
At least 39 dead, millions without power in Sandy's aftermath
October 30, 2012

NEW YORK –  Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. The U.S. death toll climbed to 39, many of the victims killed by falling trees.

The full extent of the damage in New Jersey, where the storm roared ashore Monday night with hurricane-force winds of 80 mph, was unclear. Police and fire officials, some with their own departments flooded, fanned out to rescue hundreds.

"We are in the midst of urban search and rescue. Our teams are moving as fast as they can," Gov. Chris Christie said. "The devastation on the Jersey Shore is some of the worst we've ever seen. The cost of the storm is incalculable at this point."

More than 8.2 million people across the East were without power. Airlines canceled more than 15,000 flights around the world, and it could be days before the mess is untangled and passengers can get where they're going.
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Superstorm Sandy's toll: Mounting deaths, historic destruction, stranded residents

Editor's Note: Superstorm Sandy smashed ashore last night, triggering floods, fires and devastation. Twenty-nine people are known to have died in the U.S. and one in Canada, adding to the storm’s earlier toll of 67. Millions are without power. Floods have hit homes and the New York subway system. Here is the full story and below is the latest news as we learn it.

October 30th, 2012 02:43 PM ET

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/30/superstorm-sandys-wrath/?hpt=hp_t1

At least 39 dead, millions without power in Sandy's aftermath
Published October 30, 2012
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/10/30/at-least-17-dead-millions-without-power-in-sandy-aftermath/


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This photo certainly shows the power of the storm.  No words necessary.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/10/30/at-least-17-dead-millions-without-power-in-sandy-aftermath/
At least 48 dead, millions without power in Sandy's aftermath
October 30, 2012

NEW YORK –  The misery of superstorm Sandy's devastation grew Tuesday as millions along the U.S. East Coast faced life without power or mass transit for days, and huge swaths of New York City remained eerily quiet. The U.S. death toll climbed to at least 48, many of the victims killed by falling trees, and rescue work continued.

The storm that made landfall in New Jersey on Monday evening with hurricane force cut power to more than 8.2 million across the East and put the presidential campaign on hold just one week before Election Day.

New York was among the hardest hit, with its financial heart closed for a second day. The storm caused the worst damage in the 108-year history of the city's subway system, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it could be four or five days before the biggest U.S. transit system was running again.

"This was a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced," Bloomberg said.

But the full extent of the damage in New Jersey was being revealed as morning arrived. Emergency crews fanned out to rescue hundreds.

A hoarse-voiced New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave bleak news at a morning news conference: Seaside rail lines washed away. No safe place on the state's barrier islands for him to land. Parts of the coast still under water.

"It is beyond anything I thought I'd ever see," he said. "It is a devastating sight right now."
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/crippled-crane-dangling-york-street-worries-company-expert/story?id=17598692
Crippled Crane Dangling Over New York Worries Company and Expert
October 30, 2012

A partially collapsed construction crane dangling ominously from the top of a unfinished New York City skyscraper is "stable," but the site's construction company and a crane expert worry that its heavy boom could smash to the street below.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today that "the Department of Buildings has determined that the crane is currently stable," but winds remaining from superstorm Sandy remained too high at the top of the 90-story luxury high rise building for crews to work on it.

"The procedure there when the winds die down will be to get the boom and strap it to the building," he said, adding that "the contracting company will have to figure out ways to build a new crane on top and take that one down."
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Thank you Dihannah1 -  ::MonkeyAngel::

Heard from him today.  He tells me he is fine. 

Have you been able to make contact with your daughter today?

 ::MonkeyAngel::

Prayers for your famiy.  Hope you reach them soon.

Thoughts going out for San and family.   ::MonkeyAngel::

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-30/evacuated-hospital-patients-find-beds-throughout-city
Evacuated Hospital Patients Find Beds Throughout City
October 30, 2012

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203880704578088391780439144.html#project%3DSLIDESHOW08%26s%3DSB10001424052970204840504578084550304936518%26articleTabs%3Dslideshow
Sandy Cuts Wide Swath of Damage
October 30, 2012

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/health/sandy-hospital/index.html
N.Y. hospital staff carry sick babies down 9 flights of stairs during evacuation
October 30, 2012

At times with only flashlights to illuminate the way, NYU Langone Medical Center began evacuating about 260 patients, carrying some of them down 15 flights of stairs to ambulances ready to take them to the safety of other hospitals.
The hospital didn't anticipate such heavy flooding from Sandy, the superstorm that hit Monday, and chose not to evacuate all its patients before the storm, as it did with Hurricane Irene a year ago.
But between 7 and 7:45 p.m. Monday, the hospital's basement, lower floors and elevator shafts filled with 10 to 12 feet of water, and the hospital lost its power, according to Dr. Andrew Brotman, senior vice president and vice dean for clinical affairs and strategy.
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Roof-mounted emergency generators did kick in, but two hours later, about 90% of that power went out, and the hospital decided to evacuate patients.
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Four newborns were on respirators that were breathing for them, and when the power went out, each baby was carried down nine flights of stairs while a nurse manually squeezed a bag to deliver air to the baby's lungs.
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The adult respirators had batteries, so those patients did not need manual respiration, he added.
Some 1,000 staff members -- doctors, nurses, residents and medical students -- along with firefighters and police officers evacuated the patients. Since about 10% of the backup power was working, there were a few lights on in the hallways. But still much of the work was done by flashlight.
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he hospital usually has about 800 patients, but it discharged hundreds over the weekend in anticipation of the storm, he said.
But no one anticipated the high flood levels, or that the generators would get waterlogged.
Kenneth Langone, chairman of the hospital's board of trustees, said that regulations require the generators to be tested regularly and that they've worked every time.
Langone said the hospital is in the midst of an "enormous" building campaign. The generators are going to be replaced in a renovation, he said.
During Irene, only one building was flooded, and with just 2 to 3 feet of water. On Monday night, seven hospital buildings were flooded with 10 to 12 feet of water each, including the medical school and the Smilow Research Center, which was built about three years ago.
"It had a very sophisticated foundation that was built specifically to withstand a flood, but it flooded anyway," Brotman said. "That's just an example of how stunning and rapid this flooding situation was."
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http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/10/30/among-the-patients-at-evacuated-hospital-a-benefactor/
Among the Patients at Evacuated Hospital: A Benefactor
October 30, 2012

Among the 300 patients receiving care at NYU Langone Medical Center when its power went out Monday night and then back-up generators failed: its board chairman and benefactor Kenneth Langone.

He had been at the hospital since Sunday, receiving treatment for pneumonia. From his 11th floor room early Tuesday, he said, he watched waves from the East River surge over the FDR Drive and into the medical center. Langone, an investment banker and venture capitalist who backed Home Depot HD -0.73%, said senior hospital officials, including the hospital’s chief and the head of nursing, plotted which hospitals would get which patients from an impromptu command center set up at a table in the main lobby. Meantime, nurses helped patients get down from high floors by using bobsled-like sleds that wound down stairways.
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Langone said the center evacuated about 350 patients on Sunday, in anticipation of the storm. The power went out on Monday night, and generators supplied electricity until they went out sometime later, he recalled. About 4:30 a.m., a doctor told him that the hospital was evacuating its patients.

By 11 a.m. Tuesday, all 315 remaining patients had been taken to other area hospitals, NYU Langone said.

Langone said the hospital “frequently” tested its generators and they had passed the tests, and the hospital was prepared for a 12-foot storm surge. “We anticipated 12-foot surges, which we knew we could handle. We got 14-foot surges,” he said.

Some of the hospital generators were in the basement, which flooded.  Langone acknowledged that the generators were “not in the right location,” but that was  an artifact of aging facilities undergoing an extensive upgrade.
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He said the flooding of the basements of the buildings composing the medical center remains an issue because the water can’t just be pumped out due to possible contamination from medical waste.

Occasionally, but not bad here. It's COLD, really cold! A little distance makes a huge difference. 2 people couldn't get to work today in Duffield, Va. but they drive from a little Northeast of the clinic. Last week, we were in the mid seventies, and I was sitting in the sun. This is like whiplash! The mountains (part of the Appalachians) are all white and I live at the base of them. I love looking at them and the changes each season brings, but this is just way too abrupt! Trick or Treating is going to be bone chilling. I bought stuff to make hot apple cider and stuff to decorate cupcakes. I'm hoping Waylon will be satisfied with just going to a FEW houses and then back home to have some "witches brew" and cupcakes!

I know that's a relief for you, Can! I'm so glad you got word and it was good!

I'm keeping San in my prayers and hope this ordeal will soon get better for her!

Sounds great!
Happy Halloween Waylon!
May I suggest you treat yourself to a SPIKED witches brew, once Waylon is tucked in bed for the night.   ::MonkeyJnBox::   

A great relief CBB.  Thank you. 

My daughter finally found cell coverage and pulled over to call me.  She's fine, but where she lives is alot of downed trees, damaged homes, no power, of course. But all are safe.  I'm in Ohio and woke up to snow yesterday!  It was unbelievable and freezing.   Tonight is Trick or Treat and I'm curious how many kids come out.  I woke up with really bad cold this morning, but if that's the worst of my experience in all this, I can live with it.

Glad to hear other Monkeys are ok.  Praying SAN gets her house back in order soon.

What a relief your daughter was able to contact you to let you know she's okay Dihannah.  I've read about snow falling in places early due to the storms.  Brrrr!  I hope you're able to stay inside and keep warm!

I'm shocked we never lost power no trees down in my  house at all ..
My Daughter lives 20 minutes away and lost her power at 11:00 am Sunday and lost a lot of large trees.
They told her no power for two more days.

20 minutes from my house to the shore line is devastating  most of the places we go to eat  are gone friends home are gone  too ,how sad
 

I'm glad you checked in Blonde and have power and no trees down.  I remember before when you weren't so lucky and ended up staying in your recreational vehicle, which was a nice one, but not the same as being home in your own bed.  The weather can be so strange.  I guess it took a zig and and a zag and missed you but caught your daughter.  It's sad about her trees.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

Glad to hear everyone so far is OK.

I haven't heard from San since later yesterday.  The tide was supposed to be higher and I'm hoping she didn't flood more.

More likely her generator is out of fuel and phone needs charging.  I wish I'd hear from her.

Thinking of San and her family this morning, and I hope you hear some news today and can update us Klaas.  Also, Kermit told us in Natalee's thread she's still waiting to hear from her family and friends in the storm area.  http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=13361.msg1544770#msg1544770

I hope communications can  improve so folks can contact their friends and family, and they are safe and can start working toward recovery.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/01/officials-search-for-2-missing-boys-swept-away-from-mother-during-sandy/
Officials search for 2 missing boys swept away from mother during Sandy
November 1, 2012
Police officers are searching for two brothers who were swept away from their SUV during Monster Storm Sandy Monday.

Connor and Brandon Moore were torn from their mother Glenda's arms by rising floodwaters as she desperately clung to them in a Staten Island street, The New York Daily News reports.

“The waves just came and started crashing on the car,” the woman's sister told the paper. “She said she got shoved, and then the wave just took the car and flipped it over. She was knocked down.”

The boys, who are 2 and 4, disappeared and their mother was forced to swim to save her own life.

She spent the night cowering in a doorstep until the storm passed, and eventually found her way to police. She had hypothermia, and said she had spent the night knocking on doors but no one was willing to let her in.
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I heard on the televised news this morning there is limited service with free buses in NY.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57543458/new-yorks-subways-return-to-service-for-1st-time-since-superstorm-sandy/
New York's subways return to service for 1st time since superstorm Sandy
November 1, 2012

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New Yorkers began lining up at subway stops by 5 a.m. Thursday, an hour before the subways were to resume limited service. The predawn commuters waiting at platforms included construction workers, shop owners and executives.

The decision to reopen undamaged parts of the nation's largest transit system came as the region struggled to find its way back from a storm that killed more than 70 people and left more than 5 million without power.

Two of the region's main airports opened Wednesday and officials promised that the third, LaGuardia Airport, would return to service Thursday. Actors and eager audiences brought darkened Broadway theaters back to life. And New Yorkers packed on to buses that returned for the first time to city streets since the storm, joining a throng of gridlocked traffic that navigated the city without working stop lights.

Across the region, people stricken by the storm pulled together, in some cases providing comfort to those left homeless, in others offering hot showers and electrical outlets for charging cellphones to those without power.
 ::snipping2::That was already beginning Wednesday, when masses of people walked shoulder-to-shoulder across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan for work, reversing the escape scenes from the Sept. 11 terror attack and the blackout of 2003. They reached an island, where many people took the lack of power and water and transportation as a personal challenge.

On Third Avenue, people gathered like refugees around a campfire. But instead of crackling flames, their warmth came from more advanced technology: a power strip that had been offered to charge cellphones.

At a fire hydrant on West 16th Street, 9-year-old Shiyin Ge and her brother, 12-year-old Shiyuan Ge, stood in line to fill up buckets of water. But unlike the adults, the two kids held plastic Halloween candy pails painted with grinning jack-o-lanterns.

"There's no water in our house," said Shiyin Ge, who had planned to dress up as a ladybug for Halloween.

After suffering the worst disaster in its 108-year-old history, the subways were to roll again — at least some of them. More than a dozen of the lines would offer some service, but none below Manhattan's 34th Street, a line of demarcation in the city separating the hardest-hit residents from those who escaped the brunt.
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The biggest challenge remains pumping floodwaters out of tunnels, and the U.S. military is helping.

"We're bringing pumps in now," Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, told "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley. "They pump out about 28,000 gallons per minute. To put that in understandable terms, it'll empty a pool, an Olympic-size pool, in about 20 minutes. We're trying to figure out how many pools we have in New York City."

The airports and subways weren't the only transportation systems returning to the region. Suburban trains started running for the first time on Wednesday, and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor was to take commuters from city to city for on Friday for the first time since the storm.

From West Virginia to the Jersey Shore, the storm's damage was still being felt, and seen.
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Farther north in Hoboken, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, nearly 20,000 residents remained stranded in their homes, amid accusations that officials have been slow to deliver food and water. One man blew up an air mattress and floated to City Hall, demanding to know why supplies hadn't gotten out. At least one-fourth of the city's residents are flooded and 90 percent are without power.
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 I am glad you are safe, Blonde.

 

http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/

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http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/about/tune_in.htm

Timex count down clock to the start of race.
Nothing stops the human spirit. ::MonkeyAngel::

State troopers deployed as tensions boil at gas stations in Sandy's wake
By Greg Wilson
Published November 01, 2012

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/01/tensions-boil-over-at-gas-stations-as-pumps-run-dry-in-wake-sandy/

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http://www.nypost.com/news/local/hurricane-sandy

Hurricane Sandy

NYC, City, updated information, if anyone is interested.

 ::MonkeyNoNo::

Heartbreaking on NYC News: people with no water, no food or no electricity. :(

Food, water centers set to open in Coney, Staten islands; NY-NJ ports open
Posted: 2:09 PM, November 1, 2012



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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/food_water_centers_set_to_open_in_hfLynUnfzbq5odn0nZfHLI

http://music.yahoo.com/news/nbc-hold-benefit-concert-sandy-victims-152129397.html

..NBC to hold a benefit concert for Sandy victims

Associated Press – November 1, 2012- 14 minutes ago (about, 3:45 p.m)

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC will hold a benefit concert Friday  for victims of Hurricane Sandy featuring some artists native to the areas hardest hit.

Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi of New Jersey and Billy Joel of Long Island are scheduled to appear at the concert, hosted by "Today" show co-host Matt Lauer.


The telecast will benefit the American Red Cross and will be shown on NBC and its cable stations including Bravo, CNBC, USA, MSNBC and E! Other networks are invited to join in and the concert will be simulcast on Bruce Springsteen's E Street Radio on SiriusXM.

more...

 First the good news, SAN has power  ::MonkeyDance::  Also, everyone in her family is safe  ::MonkeyDance::

Bad news, one entire floor of San's house flooded.  They have a lot of damage.  No heat yet the last I heard.  Please keep her and her family in your thoughts.  Not sure what their next step is.  Right now they are going thru and throwing away everything including furniture that is ruined.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

Keep in mind when this area floods it's not just sea water it's also sewage.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

Thank you for giving us the update Klaas, and I'm glad to hear SAN has power and her family is safe.   ::MonkeyCheer4::  I'm so sorry there was so much water damage.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20171227
Sandy death toll hits 80 and keeps rising
November 1, 2012


More than 80 people are now known to have died in the US, 37 in New York City alone, and others remain missing.

About 4.5 million customers in 12 states are still without power, and chronic fuel shortages persist.

The National Guard is to deliver a million meals and bottled water to New Yorkers affected by the storm.

The number of dead in the US has exceeded the toll from the Caribbean, where 69 people were killed by Sandy.

The storm could cost the US $50bn (£31bn), according to forecasting firm Eqecat, doubling the previous estimate.
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In New York, limited subway services returned on Thursday, though four of the seven train tunnels under the East river remained flooded.

Fares on commuter trains, subways and buses have been temporarily waived in a bid to entice commuters off the traffic-choked roads.

Many of the petrol stations in the city and the state of New Jersey remained closed, and fights broke out amid long queues on forecourts.

The city authorities are only permitting vehicles with three passengers or more to cross into Manhattan.

Amtrak plans to restart its East Coast service - the busiest train line in the US - on Friday.

In lower Manhattan, where Sandy brought a record 14ft (4.2m) tidal surge, subway services are still closed and hundreds of thousands of homes without power.
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The death toll rose overnight as the extent of destruction became clearer in the south-western New York City borough of Staten Island, where at least 15 bodies have been recovered.

The storm, one of the biggest to hit the US in decades, swamped the low-lying district with tidal surges, lifting whole houses off their foundations.

Many residents in that community ignored official evacuation warnings and stayed behind to guard their homes.
 ::snipping2::Two boys, aged two and four, are missing after they were torn from their mother's arms by floodwaters, as they emerged from their vehicle.

Police searching the area found a body on Thursday morning, the New York Post reports.

An 89-year-old woman died after spending 12 hours in her deluged Staten Island home, reports the New York Daily News.
Her 65-year-old daughter was unable to save her. Helpless neighbours heard their screams for help but could not reach them.

Also on Staten Island, John Filipowicz, 51, and his 20-year-old son John were found dead under debris in the basement of their home.

Breezy Point, in New York City, where fire razed 111 homes, was described by one onlooker as resembling a war zone.

Emergency crews are working to reach the most badly hit areas.

In Hoboken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City, some 20,000 people were still trapped in their homes amid sewage-tainted floodwaters.

The National Guard is helping with evacuations and meal distributions.
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So sad.

http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/2-NYC-boys-found-dead-swept-away-by-storm-waters-4001817.php
2 NYC boys found dead, swept away by storm waters
November 1, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) — Two young brothers swept from the arms of their mother by the violent sea at the height of Superstorm Sandy were found dead in a marsh Thursday, a tragic exclamation mark on an epic storm.

The boys, 2-year-old Brandon and 4-year-old Connor Moore, were sucked into the swirling floodwaters as their mother, Glenda Moore, tried to escape her SUV after it stalled Monday in the deluge on Staten Island, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm that has claimed 90 lives.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/01/3-day-search-for-ship-captain-off-north-carolina-coast-halted/
3-day search for ship captain off North Carolina coast halted
November 1, 2012

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. –  The Coast Guard is halting its search for the captain of a tall ship that sank off the North Carolina coast during Hurricane Sandy.

The Coast Guard said Thursday its search with ships, helicopters, and large planes failed to find 63-year-old Robin Walbridge of St. Petersburg, Fla.
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OMGosh.  Some folks may have to go quite a while without power.   ::MonkeyNoNo::


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nyregion/power-restoration-after-hurricane-sandy-may-take-longer-than-expected.html?google_editors_picks=true
Wait for Power May Linger for Some
November 1, 2012

 ::snipping2::Power companies in the region had been using the ballpark estimate of “at least a week” to signal how long it could take to restore all of the power knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. But as they have started assessing the situation more closely in many neighborhoods and suburban towns, they have begun trying to lower expectations.

Consolidated Edison, for example, tucked an especially dire note into a news release on Thursday afternoon. It said the “vast majority” of its customers in New York City and the northern suburbs should have power by Nov. 11, but a significant number could remain in the dark for a week or more beyond that.

John Miksad, the company’s senior vice president for electric operations, said some “stragglers” might not get electricity again until the middle of this month. Those living through the worst-case situation may account for just a few percent of the 850,000 Con Edison customers who lost power, but their numbers could still add up to tens of thousands of households.

The customers’ plight is largely a function of circumstance, said Michael S. Clendenin, a spokesman for Con Edison. The company is planning repairs based on efficiency, he said. So repairs that will bring the most customers back go to the top of the list.
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They are forgetting about Staten Island.  They are known at the Forgotten Borough. Some areas are looking for the Red Cross and they were no where to be found.  It would have been a relief to people if they would have even seen a truck or something pass by and they didn't.  Only last night did they set something up for relief.  The Borough President called the Red Cross an Absolute Disgrace and he urged people to don't donate any money to them.  Do you think that is why something was set up so quickly.

http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-si-borough-president-calls-red-cross-response-an-absolute-disgrace-20121101,0,2281357.story

SAN!   ::MonkeyDance:: It's so good to "see" you! You've been in my thoughts and prayers and I hope that you'll continue to get through this without too much duress! I've been seeing the problems on Staten Island. There are actually shelters closing and people are being displaced. One man from a shelter being closed was having to move into a high school gym and he had a liver transplant days before the hurricane and is having medical problems. Apparently some of the hotels, etc that have been made available to victims of the hurricane at reduced rates are being turned out for people coming in for the marathon. There is no power and many have lost their homes all together. There's no gas, and the streets haven't been cleared so mobility is impossible. They need a real police presence because looting is becoming a problem and I just saw one resident say there are still dead being found there. Theo Rossi, "Juice" on Sons of Anarchy, was on Staten Island when the storm hit and hasn't left since. He did a very telling article hoping to draw attention to their plight. Here's an excerpt and link:

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“It’s so bad here, a lot worse than how its being portrayed by the media. They are finding bodies left and right, elderly people who don’t even watch the news or who knew the storm was coming. I was just with one of my best friends from high school and college, and his house is completely gone. One story I heard was about this one guy who evacuated his house during Hurricane Irene but then it got looted. So when they told him to evacuate for Sandy, he said, ‘I’m not leaving.’ Now they can’t find him, his 13-year-old daughter is dead, and his wife is in critical condition at the hospital. These are the stories. My stepfather and my mother, I love them to death. But when they heard the storm was coming, they said, ‘It’s not going to be that bad. Irene didn’t do anything.’ They had two flashlights and a couple of scented candles. Little did they know. It’s just not worth it. If you’re told to evacuate, you need to get out.

The one weird thing is how there is no power. The other weird thing is how there’s no gas. To get gas requires a three-and-a-half hour wait. It’s like this odd, post-apocalyptic kind of thing. Most trees are down. Power lines are down. It’s like a movie, or like The Walking Dead. You can’t believe it. Especially when you grow up here. I moved to Los Angeles in 1999, but this has always been my home. There’s the place I kissed a girl, that’s the place I played handball. I know this island in and out. To see it completely destroyed is bizarre.
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http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/02/sons-of-anarchy-irene-staten-island/

Hi Monkeys & San :)

I was naive thinking the marathon was to help the human spirit.

Who is paying for the generators for the marathon, is it the runners-fee? TIA

Not sure, if this article is 100 percent accurate, tabloids, sometimes, exaggerate.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/this_is_no_way_to_get_us_up_running_egrMk4ukpzFCGhSF8oM5kN

It was just announced that Mayor Bloomberg has officially cancelled the Marathon.

Looks like the NY Marathon has been cancelled. 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204712904578095160605290492.html
Marathon Canceled After Becoming Lightning Rod For Criticism
November 2, 2012

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and organizers of New York City Marathon cancelled the race Friday amid growing concerns that holding the event would divert resources from cleanup efforts in the wake of superstorm Sandy.
Mr. Bloomberg had said as recently as early Friday afternoon that the marathon, scheduled to start Sunday morning, would go on and serve as a demonstration that the city was recovering from the storm and moving forward.

But other elected officials from around the city said holding it so soon after a would be an insult to hard-hit residents still cleaning up and worried that it would get in the way of recovering from a storm that killed at least 41 people in New York City alone.
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The debate over whether to hold the race had grown heated Friday. Asked earlier in the day whether discussions were under way about the viability of the race as public pressure mounts, a spokesman for the group that organizes the race, New York Road Runners Club, had said: "The situation is a fluid one and continues to evolve."

That statement come just hours after Mr. Bloomberg reasserted his support for holding the race.

Several public officials had said holding the race Sunday could drain resources from the city's recovery efforts. In addition, the leader of the Police Benevolent Association said the department was stretched too thin to facilitate what he called "essentially a citywide party."

Mary Wittenberg, chief executive of the New York Road Runners, had attempted to recast the marathon as a "Race to Recovery" highlighted by a fundraising drive to support relief efforts. Already those efforts have raised $1.1 million from the Rudin family, a longtime sponsor of the marathon, a $1 million commitment from the Road Runners, $500,000 from ING, the event's title sponsor, and what will likely be hundreds of thousands more from runners who have been asked to donate $26.20 to recovery efforts.

"They're running this race to help New York City and the donations from all the runners in the clubs will be a big relief to our efforts," Mr. Bloomberg said this afternoon.

Pressed further to defend the decision and asked whether the race would divert police resources needed elsewhere in the city, Mr. Bloomberg said it would not, and he invoked former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's decision to hold the marathon after the Sept. 11 attacks. He said police would no longer be needed by Sunday to oversee traffic at intersections where lights are out and that the return of mass transit will significantly improve quality of life for the city's residents. He has repeatedly noted the marathon's ability to bring business and tax revenue to the city .

"You have to keep going and doing things and you have to grieve. You can cry and you can laugh, all at the same time," Mr. Bloomberg said. "That's what human beings are good at."

A growing number of public officials, many of them planning runs for Mr. Bloomberg's job next year, came out and called on the mayor and the NYRR to cancel the event. City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn said in a statement that holding the marathon "is not a decision I would have made," but added that people needed to move forward and focus on assistance. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio were also among those calling for the marathon to be postponed or canceled, as well as several others from hard-hit areas in Queens and Staten Island.

Patrick J. Lynch, president of the police officers' union and an occasional adversary of Mr. Bloomberg's, said police staffing was simply too low, with many members of the department suffering the effects of Hurricane Sandy, to hold the marathon. "We are spread far too thin fighting crime, terrorism and the effects of this disaster," Lynch said in a statement.
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Comments

The article below was published before the Marthon was cancelled.

http://www.northjersey.com/columnists/doblin/doblin_110212.html
Doblin: Bloomberg is wrong on NYC Marathon
November 2, 2012

I’M NOT a disinterested party. I am a runner. I have completed 10 marathons, including the one in New York City six years ago. There is no way that the ING New York City Marathon should be held Sunday.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg disagrees. On Wednesday, he said that the race should go on, that small businesses depend on the marathon. He went further down this slippery slope: “It’s a great event for New York, and I think for those who were lost, you’ve got to believe they would want us to have an economy and have a city go on for those that they left behind,” Bloomberg said.

That statement is somewhere between insensitive and idiotic.

To suggest that anyone who died as a result of Hurricane Sandy would give a hoot about the New York City Marathon shows how out of touch Michael Bloomberg is with real people, despite moments of brilliant leadership this week. By contrast, Governor Christie told folks he doesn’t give a damn about Election Day. Christie gets it. Right now, the only thing that matters is ensuring that everyone is safe and has shelter, and that basic services are restored. That will take more than a few days.

Staten Island was pretty hard hit from the storm; as of Thursday, 19 people died there. Its residents are in need of many things; more than 40,000 runners, plus support personnel, are not on the list. ::snipping2::

New York City Marathon is canceled in wake of Hurricane Sandy
Published November 02, 2012

The New York City Marathon was canceled on Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race while the region is still recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

With people in storm-ravaged areas still shivering without electricity and the death toll in New York City at more than 40, many residents recoiled at the prospect of police officers being assigned to protect Sunday's race.

An estimated 40,000 runners from around the world had been expected to take part in the 26.2-mile event. The race had been scheduled to start in Staten Island, one of the hardest-hit areas by this week's storm.

A few hours after Bloomberg insisted the race would be held, he reversed his decision when top city officials lined up against him.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/02/generators-reportedly-being-used-to-power-nyc-marathon-tents-while-storm/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/nyregion/anger-grows-at-the-red-cross-response-to-the-storm.html?_r=0
Anger Grows at Response by Red Cross
November 2, 2012

The American Red Cross struggled on Friday to reassure beleaguered New York City residents that its disaster-relief efforts were at last getting up to speed, after the agency’s delayed arrival in devastated areas of Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens drew intense criticism.
As of Friday, the Red Cross said, 25 of its emergency response vehicles — retrofitted ambulances each carrying 2,000 pounds of water, meals and snacks — had begun making their way through the hardest hit parts of the five boroughs. More were on the way, the agency promised.

The Red Cross had not yet opened the three temporary mobile kitchens that it announced on Thursday would be set up on Staten Island, in Riis Park in the Rockaways, and at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, the agency confirmed. The kitchens, which can produce 10,000 meals a day, would begin operating by Saturday, it said.

The organization’s response to Hurricane Sandy came under fire from public officials and volunteers, beginning with a televised tirade on Thursday by James P. Molinaro, the Staten Island borough president; he called the agency’s apparent absence from the relief effort an “absolute disgrace” and called on residents to stop donating money to the Red Cross.

Mr. Molinaro described visiting a shelter and seeing people arriving barefoot.
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One Red Cross spokesman also sought to shift blame for the organization’s slow response to the Bloomberg administration. In an interview on NY1 on Thursday, the spokesman, Sam Kille, responded to questions by repeatedly saying that the Red Cross was merely following emergency-response plans “drawn up by the New York City Office of Emergency Management.”

Mr. Kille did not mention that the Red Cross played a role in formulating those plans.
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James O’Connell, the logistics coordinator for a 40-person search-and-rescue nonprofit group that was volunteering in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, called the Red Cross response to the storm “a figment of everyone’s imagination.”

“I’ve come across one Red Cross canteen truck on Staten Island last night,” Mr. O’Connell said. “Two people inside. They said, ‘Hey, how you doing?’ And then they asked us for drinking water.”

He added: “I have tremendous respect for what they’ve done in the past. They have simply dropped the damn ball here.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57544627/power-returns-to-much-of-new-york-city/
Power returns to much of New York City
November 2, 2012

NEW YORK Big chunks of blackout-plagued Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens and the Bronx have gotten their power back this evening.
Con Edison says the lights went back on around 5 p.m. for over 65,000 homes, apartment buildings and businesses on the Lower East Side and in the East Village. Power also returned to many residences in Chelsea, on the west side of Manhattan, downtown by City Hall and by Madison Square Park.

The energy company also announced that power had been restored to at least 122,000 customers in Brooklyn, 29,000 in Queens, 39,000 in the Bronx and 85,000 in Staten Island -- a borough particularly hurt by the storm and home to about half of the city's Sandy-related deaths.

The utility says it still can't give a timetable for when service would be back for the rest of the city still without power.

Much of Staten Island, Brooklyn and the southern third of Manhattan has been dark since Monday evening, leaving many New Yorkers -- including the disabled and elderly -- desperate for heat, light and the internet.
 ::snipping2::

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/02/nyc-nj-ct-to-carry-on-with-election-day-despite-massive-storm-damage/
States hit hard by Sandy vow to be ready on Election Day, even if voters aren't
November 2, 2012

Come hell or high water - which superstorm Sandy brought - elections will go on as scheduled in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, officials vowed.

While elections officials can't do much about the effect Sandy's aftermath will have on turnout, they said those who want to vote will get the chance on Tuesday, even if it's by filling out a paper ballot or making their choice in a makeshift booth aboard an Army truck. While the three states hit hardest by the storm are solidly blue, all but ensuring their electoral votes go to President Obama, votes from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will skew popular vote totals, and there are House and Senate races that will be affected.

“This is unprecedented, we won’t really know what will happen until that day,” New Jersey-based GOP pollster Adam Geller said to FoxNews.com. “My guess would be that turnout will be low especially in areas affected by the storm. There will probably be a lot more provisional ballots.
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Oh, happy day!...  ::MonkeyDance::
Continued prayers for San and her family.  ::MonkeyAngel::

States hit hard by Sandy vow to be ready on Election Day, even if voters aren't
By Perry Chiaramonte
Published November 02, 2012

Come hell or high water - which superstorm Sandy brought - elections will go on as scheduled in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, officials vowed.

While elections officials can't do much about the effect Sandy's aftermath will have on turnout, they said those who want to vote will get the chance on Tuesday, even if it's by filling out a paper ballot or making their choice in a makeshift booth aboard an Army truck.

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/02/nyc-nj-ct-to-carry-on-with-election-day-despite-massive-storm-damage/

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/left_in_the_muck_nKt2UDi527OclxfSCKnPrM


Residents in Rockaways, Brooklyn complain of lack of assistance after Hurricane Sandy
By LORENA MONGELLI, IKIMULISA LIVINGSTON and LEONARD GREENE
Last Updated: 6:30 AM, November 3, 2012
Posted: 2:00 AM, November 3, 2012


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We haven’t gotten any help,” said Kathy Gambino, 51, who lives on flooded Rockaway Beach Boulevard. “Politicians are just driving by in their nice cars. Why don’t they come speak to us and tell us what we need to do?”

Gambino’s neighbor Regina McManus evacuated, as Mayor Bloomberg asked, but returned to a first-floor home that had absorbed four feet of water.

 
Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesIN DEEP: Men clear debris from a flood-ravaged street yesterday in Rockaway, Queens, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy.“It’s November, and it’s getting cold,” said McManus, 53. “I have three kids. How am I supposed to keep them warm?”

http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2012/11/03/news/web_photos/03.1n010.rockaways.VC--300x200.jpg
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I really can't see throwing things at the workers out in the field. What is accomplished?  It's biting your nose off to spite your face, isn't it? ::MonkeyNoNo::  If residents aren't being served, then they should look higher up to who makes decisions. The crews are dispatched. JMHO

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/02/bridgeport-utility-workers-report-having-objects-thrown-at-them-by-residents/?intcmp=trending
Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
November 2, 2012

Angry residents pelted utility crews with eggs as they tried to restore power in Bridgeport, Conn., after the mayor claimed the local power company had "shortchanged" the state's largest city as it tries to recover from superstorm Sandy.

United Illuminating workers reported eggs and other objects being thrown at them a day after Mayor Bill Finch said the utility was taking care of wealthy suburbs while his constituents suffered. The unrest caused United Illuminating to pull its workers out until the city agreed to provide police protection.
 ::snipping2::West said it started with verbal abuse and escalated.

"We communicated with the city and said if you don’t provide police support, we can't have our crews there in harm's way," he said.

West also took issue with Finch's claims, made at a Wednesday press conference.

"I'm sick and tired of Bridgeport being shortchanged," Finch said, noting that Bridgeport has the largest number of United Illuminating ratepayers and claimingg it should be treated better by the New Haven-based utility.

United Illuminating has denied giving priority to wealthy customers, while ignoring Bridgeport residents.

"Clearly people took to heart what they heard, even though it was not factual," West said of the reported incidents Wednesday. "We don’t choose favorites."

He said the city agreed to provide police support to UI workers after the company made the request.

Mayor F, incided the people, shame on him.  ::MonkeyNoNo:: IMO

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Dangling-NYC-high-rise-crane-boom-now-tethered-4006087.php
Dangling NYC high-rise crane boom now tethered
November 3, 2012

 :smt038 :cheers: :smt045

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/11/04/nyc-marathon-2012-hurricane-sandy-photos/1680421/
Photo: NYC marathon runners volunteer for Sandy victims
November 4, 2012

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/1104/Superstorm-Sandy-update-Falling-temperatures-add-urgency-to-recovery
Superstorm Sandy update: Falling temperatures add urgency to recovery.
Falling temperatures on Sunday put more people at risk in a region already battling gasoline shortages, stubborn power outages, and spasms of lawlessness in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
November 4, 2012

Falling temperatures on Sunday put more people at risk in a region already battling gasoline shortages, stubborn power outages, and spasms of lawlessness in the wake of Superstorm Sandy
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The city opened warming shelters in areas without power and Bloomberg was urging older residents without heat to move to them. The city also was handing out 25,000 blankets to residents who insist on staying in powerless homes.

"So please," Bloomberg said, "I know sometimes people are reticent to take advantage of services. The cold really is something that is dangerous."
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What a nightmare!!

 ::MonkeyNoNo::

Lack of power, gas rationing and bitter cold next up for Sandy storm victims
Published November 04, 2012

Shivering victims of Superstorm Sandy went to church Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan region -- and another powerful storm forecast for the middle of the week -- added to their misfortunes and deepened the gloom.

With overnight temperatures sinking into the 30s and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses still without electricity, New York City officials handed out blankets and urged people to go to temporary warming shelters set up during the day at senior citizen centers.

At the same time, government leaders began to grapple with a daunting, longer-term problem: where to find housing for the tens of thousands of people whose homes could be uninhabitable for weeks or months because of a combination of storm damage and cold weather.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/04/over-2-million-remain-without-power-after-sandy-as-bloomberg-warns-gas/

Sad story of loss of life on Staten Island....and connection to family in New Orleans area.


http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2012/11/following_hurricane_sandy_gret.html

With so many people living in high rises, I worry about the elderly and disabled who cannot walk down stairs and who may not have family or friends looking after them....

http://www.wral.com/elderly-face-challenges-coping-with-sandy-s-impact/11736861/

Price gouging, looting and rage: Superstorm Sandy brings out the worst in some
Published November 05, 2012

Superstorm Sandy exposed the true nature of the people in its path, bringing out tales of hope and heroism -- as well as stories of callous cruelty.

Looting, price gouging and misguided rage all compounded the unprecedented storm, and left many folks shaking their heads and wondering just how low people could sink. Gas was siphoned from cars, criminals posed as relief workers, cruel thieves picked through the unprotected possessions of neighbors who had lost nearly everything. Utility crews working around the clock to restore power to citizens were even assaulted by angry residents.

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Read More:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/05/superstorm-sandy-starting-to-bring-out-worst-in-public-along-east-coast/

NY Gov. Cuomo signs order allowing Sandy victims to vote anywhere
Published November 05, 2012

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has agreed to issue an executive order that will allow displaced voters to cast ballots by affidavit at any polling site they can reach Tuesday.

The order will permit voters to sign affidavits that they're legally registered to vote in the presidential and state races and cast ballots at any open polling site, even those outside their neighborhoods.

But they won't be able to vote for state legislative candidates unless the polling place is within the proper legislative district.

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Read More:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/05/cuomo-signs-order-allowing-sandy-victims-to-vote-anywhere/

 ::MonkeyNoNo::

Nor'easter on track to hit weather-beaten New York, New Jersey
Published November 05, 2012

NEW YORK –  A week after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the East Coast, wiping out entire communities, residents were bracing for yet another potentially damaging storm.

A nor'easter taking shape Monday in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to begin its march up the coast, eventually passing within 50 to 100 miles of the wounded New Jersey coastline on Wednesday. The storm was expected to bring winds of up to 55 mph, coastal flooding, up to 2 inches of rain along the shore, and several inches of snow to Pennsylvania and New York.

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Read More:
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/11/05/noreaster-on-track-to-hit-weather-beaten-new-york-new-jersey/

Stay safe Blonde, and please update us on conditions when you're able. 

We have about 5 inches of snow now. The  wind is blowing about 25- 40 mph just watching all of my trees bend in half makes me nervous we have 67 trees around our yard . We have the pellet stove going. Now that hubby is home we I mean He need to bring in wood ASAP in case we loose power sighhh

That sounds like some very serious weather!  It's good your hubby is home, and can bring in wood. Hopefully your power will stay on.

Nor'easter bears down on Sandy-battered NYC and New Jersey
Published November 07, 2012

NEW YORK –  A nor'easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness and inflicting another round of misery on thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy.

Under ordinary circumstances, a storm of this sort wouldn't be a big deal, but large swaths of the landscape were still an open wound, with the electrical system highly fragile and many of Sandy's victims still mucking out their homes and cars and shivering in the deepening cold.

As the nor'easter closed in, thousands of people in low-lying neighborhoods staggered by the superstorm just over a week ago were urged to clear out. Authorities warned that rain and 60 mph gusts in the evening and overnight could swamp homes all over again, topple trees wrenched loose by Sandy, and erase some of the hard-won progress made in restoring power to millions of customers.

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http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/11/07/sandy-battered-nyc-and-nj-prepare-for-noreaster/

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What a nightmare!!

Take care Blonde.  Please keep up updated.

Janet

With another Northeast storm, cancellations pile up as airlines take no chances
Published November 07, 2012

NEW YORK –  Major airlines scrapped flights in and out of the New York area Wednesday as the region was socked with the second significant storm in little more than a week.

United and American suspended operations in the region by afternoon, as white-out conditions developed. Other airlines have cancelled flights too. All are encouraging passengers to reschedule are allowing them to do it for free.

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http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/11/07/with-impending-northeast-storm-cancellations-pile-up-as-airlines-take-no/?intcmp=related

That's a lot of trees to worry about!  Stay safe Blonde!   ::MonkeyAngel::

We got 10'' of  powerd snow  so no power outages thank God .
Still cold and drifts up to the doors, school is closed roads aren't plowed good yet just 4x4 can get out .Remind me why I live here..

Brrr!  That's still a lot of snow and cold!  I hope you can stay in until the roads are plowed.  But how long might that be?   ::MonkeyEek::

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10" of snow!!

Think back two weeks hon.  My neighbour and her friend were in NY and their getaway was wonderful in every aspect.  Sights!  People!  Weather! Travel!

Janet

Forgotten by FEMA: Volunteers step up in storm-ravaged NYC borough
Published November 08, 2012

Volunteers and disaster victims have taken rescue, recovery and security into their own hands on New York's storm-ravaged borough of Staten Island, where they say FEMA has forgotten them.

Already without power for more than a week in the wake of superstorm Sandy, hard-hit residents of the borough's South Shore braved a nor'easter Wednesday night, many -- perhaps hundreds -- huddling in condemned homes and ignoring orders to evacuate out of fear looters would take what little Mother Nature has left them.

"FEMA packed up everything yesterday and left the area," said MaryLou Wong, whose home in the Midland Beach neighborhood was destroyed. "They haven't come back."

Punch-drunk residents' ire is also aimed at the city -- which is going door-to-door to order people out of their homes -- at the American Red Cross, which some say has not done enough and at police and firefighters. One group of residents, calling themselves the "Brown Cross," is patrolling the devastated streets, armed with walkie-talkies, and helping residents clear debris and pump water from their flooded homes. The group started with a dozen men, and has swollen to more than 100.

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Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/08/volunteers-step-in-for-fema-in-storm-ravaged-nyc-borough/

Thank-you, Janet! 

A picture is worth a thousand words :( My heart hurts for them.

My heart also hurts for the Wounded Warriors, too.  ::MonkeyAngel::

FEMA to use manufactured housing in Sandy zones
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Associated Press – 1 hour 24 minutes

   ::MonkeyEek::   (estimated time) 3:00 P.M. November 08, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) —

 The federal government is moving manufactured housing into areas in New York and New Jersey that were hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fema-manufactured-housing-sandy-zones-184302507.html

Janet - when you know, could you post what online publication or at least the location the photos were taken at (like Staten Island or New Jersey) etc.   Or a link back to where you got them? 

Thanks!

13 Incredible Pictures From the East Coast’s Second Storm in 10 Days
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:37am
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/13-incredible-pictures-from-the-east-coasts-second-storm-in-10-days/
 

Forgotten by FEMA: Staten Island's Sandy victims vent over lack of aid
Published November 08, 2012

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One group of residents, calling themselves the "Brown Cross," is patrolling the devastated streets, armed with walkie-talkies, and helping residents clear debris and pump water from their flooded homes.

“We’ve done more for our community than FEMA, the Red Cross and the National Guard combined, directly hitting houses and people in need,” Frank Recce, the 24-year-old longshoreman and Iraq Army veteran who organized the group, told FoxNews.com

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FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said the agency is helping, and urged people to go to  www.disasterassistance.gov or call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). He also said temporary, manufactured housing is on the way. Officials described the homes are trailers, but are different from those used to house victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans seven years ago.

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Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/08/volunteers-step-in-for-fema-in-storm-ravaged-nyc-borough/

Thanks Janet!

YW

I should have known better.

Janet

Persistent gas shortage after Sandy prompts rationing plan in New York City area
Published November 08, 2012

NEW YORK –  With long gas lines persisting more than a week after Superstorm Sandy, New York imposed a gasoline rationing plan Thursday that lets motorists fill up every other day.

Police will be at gas stations Friday morning to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. Gas will be available to drivers with license-plate numbers ending in an odd number or a letter on Friday. On Saturday, drivers with license plates that end in even numbers of zero can fuel up.

"It'll be bad. How am I going to get my jobs done?" said Parris Hancock, a driver for a Manhattan catering company who makes deliveries from morning to night. "I'll have to get up at 4 a.m. and just keep going back for gas and waiting in long lines."

Officials said something had to be done to ease the long waits for fuel, which they say has caused panic-buying and hoarding.

"This is designed to let everybody have a fair chance, so the lines aren't too oppressive and that we can get through this," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/08/persistent-gas-shortage-after-sandy-prompts-rationing-plan-in-new-york-city/


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Persistent gas shortage after Sandy prompts rationing plan in New York City area
Published November 08, 2012


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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/08/persistent-gas-shortage-after-sandy-prompts-rationing-plan-in-new-york-city/

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1211/07/ddhln.01.html

DR. DREW

Sandy Hope & Help

Aired November 7, 2012 - 21:00   ET



PINSKY: Now, the -- we lost my connection with Cade. And before last break, I said he was going to give us the five must haves. I actually have them written down. He says have $100 in small bills available, at least one gallon of water per person per day. You can go three or four days without food but you cannot go a day without water, prescription medications at least two or three days, sealable plastic bag with passport, license, contact numbers, doctor.

And finally, he said flashlights with extra batteries and/or glow sticks to be able to see is a really important thing in the night. And again, in this case, it breaks my heart to think about what needs to happen. It was bad enough just to try to walk around your neighborhoods when it was sunny and cold out



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He says have $100 in small bills one gallon of water per person per day. You can go three or four days without food but you cannot go a day without water.


Sealable plastic bag with passport, license, contact numbers, doctor.

And finally, he said flashlights with extra batteries and/or glow sticks to be able to see is a really important thing in the night.


 ::MonkeyJnBox:: Glow sticks? 

seahorse

GLOW STICKS!!  GREAT IDEA!!

A few of the little muchkins eho came to our door on the 31st were holding glow stick to light their way from house to house.

I think I will purchase a supply in preparation of the next power outage.  It beats hubby and I sitting for what seems like forever at the kitchen table in the dark winding our respective rechargable flashlight that Santa put in our stockings a couple of Christmas' ago.

Maybe it wasn't Santa's dpomg.  I think eldest son's wife who is in charge of recycling at our  grandson's school had something to do with the rechargeable flashlights.  She is referred to as the Green Queen in newsletters that are sent home to parents.  This gal is my conscience when I am tempted to sneak a tin can/plastic container into my regular garbage.

Janet

 

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Superstorm Sandy's impact on East Coast

http://www.wptv.com/gallerys/news/news_photo_gallery/photos-east-coast-braces-for-hurricane-sandy_7963136

Hi Monkey's,

Janet the idea is "Cade Courtley", former Navy SEAL, author of "SEAL Survival Guide"

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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1211/07/ddhln.01.html

CADE COURTLEY, FORMER NAVY SEAL: So much. I mean, it`s unfortunate. But, remember that you`ve made it this far. So, everything about survival begins with a mindset.

And, folks, your mindset right now needs to be "I`ve got a little bit further to go". Everything says that Friday the sun comes up and the weather goes away. The only goal right now is to get from now until Friday morning sunrise.

And the way to do that is in little increments, OK? What we call little victories in POW training. That`s OK, I made it to noon. OK? I got a chance to eat something. OK? I made it to sundown.

Little victories like that. Like here`s a worst case scenario for that. The POWs in Vietnam, they said a really good day was when they got a cockroach and they were going to eat that later. That was a little victory for them. Some of them were doing that for seven years.

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We may need his book, next, (if this silly weather pattern persists) :) "SEAL Survival Guide" by Cade Courtley.  His idea is great and are the munhkins who used the glow sticks. 

Janet, thanks for keeping us updated with the recovery efforts and the struggles of the survivors.  The Pictures you post, confirm the print stories, seeing is believing., IMO.

New York officials reportedly consider closed prison for displaced Sandy victims
Published November 09, 2012

Officials in New York are reportedly eyeing a recently-closed prison as temporary housing for people displaced by superstorm Sandy and this week’s nor’easter.

The New York Post reports that state officials are considering the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility on Staten Island to feed and house as many as 900 victims with nowhere else to turn.

“Our facilities staff have to go through it to determine what it would take to get it up and running for such a purpose,” Peter Cutler, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections, told the newspaper. “Of course, the challenge is the fact that it was closed a year ago and all of the major infrastructure components, such as boilers and wastewater system, were deactivated.”

As many as 40,000 New Yorkers need shelter from extreme weather events, according to city estimates. On Staten Island alone, about 5,200 people applied for temporary FEMA housing, but only about two dozen people have been successfully placed, federal sources told the newspaper.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/09/new-york-officials-reportedly-consider-closed-prison-for-displaced-sandy/?test=latestnews

Frustrations growing as victims of Sandy wait for help
Date Nov 9, 2012
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1959309204001/

Governor Cuomo   ::snipping2::

Colin Campbell 11/08 2:02pm

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They ran of poles, believe it or not. They ran out of poles. Poles are something that a utility company would want to have, you would think, right? You look at what a utility does, it basically comes down to wires and poles and crews and trucks, these are things you would want to have? How can you run out of poles?”

http://politicker.com/2012/11/governor-cuomo-cursed-out-the-utility-companies/


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I believe the poles need to be ordered. IMO

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Lost and stray animals in wake of Hurricane Sandy need New Yorkers’ help
Friday, November 9, 2012, 7:10 PM

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/sandy-displaced-animals-article-1.1199764

Tonight I am thankful but I also feel guilty.  With temperatures dropping below freezing in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia ... two will be sleeping in a warm home with power ... running water ... three empty bedrooms and ... lots of food in the fridge and cupboards.

Janet


Tensions rise in cold, powerless communities two weeks after Superstorm Sandy
November 9th, 2012  07:45 PM ET

Nearly two weeks after Superstorm Sandy, frustrations are rising as temperatures drop across the northeast.

More than half a million households are still without power across New Jersey and New York, including 40,000 homes on the hard-hit Rockaway peninsula in Queens, as residents continue to clean up after the massive hurricane and this week's nor'easter.

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http://outfront.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/09/tensions-rise-in-cold-powerless-communities-two-weeks-after-superstorm-sandy/

A Storm-Ravaged New York Neighborhood Struggles to Survive
By Perry Chiaramonte
Published November 09, 2012

After traveling six miles by foot and by bus to bring food home to her five children in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood, Cherry Barnett broke down in tears.

"I've had it,” she said. “I don't want to live here anymore. We can't live like this."

Barnett’s apartment building, called Ocean Towers, was one of thousands in the path of superstorm Sandy, which tore up the Atlantic Coast, devastating homes, flooding basements, wiping out businesses and leaving millions without light or heat. While utility companies, aided by crews from out of state, have slowly gotten power back to much of the region, Barnett and her children endured 10 days in the dark.

The juice finally came back on three days ago, but only one elevator in the three-building complex works. Barnett can get up to her third-floor apartment, but her seven-year-old daughter, confined to a wheelchair, hasn’t been outdoors since the Oct. 29 storm. And there are countless older folks in the building who remain stuck in their apartments, dependent on neighbors and strangers to bring them food.

Down on Surf Avenue, businesses are shuttered, leaving local residents unable to get basic necessities like food, medicine, or even do laundry. Once the sun goes down, residents say it’s too dangerous to venture out anyway.

"It's very hard,” said Mary Edwards, 69, who lives in the complex. “There are no stores here anymore. There's nothing. We can even come out of our apartments at night. We need a curfew on Coney Island."

Next door to Ocean Towers, in the city’s Carey Gardens public housing project, Wanda Feliciano set up a relief center to help neighbors.

"A lot of us out here are fighting for our lives,” said Feliciano, 51. “A lot of people are desperate. They don't know where they are getting their next meal.

"We are fighting amongst ourselves here because we are tired. And we are frustrated."

About 479,400 New York and New Jersey utility customers were still without electricity Friday, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Some 167,000 of those customers are on New York’s hard-hit Long Island, according to the Long Island Power. About 35,000 customers in New York City's boroughs of Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens were still without power, and ConEd said it was working with the New York City Buildings Department to speed up repairs at those properties.

Bonnie Kirshtein, 66, who lives in Ocean Towers, is handicapped and has been trapped in her home since the storm struck. Not only are the elevators not running, the stairs are strewn with garbage and human waste. She has been unable to go to her job at a court reporting agency in Downtown Brooklyn since the storm and has relied on neighbors and co-workers to deliver food and other items to her.

"I've never lived like this," Kirshtein said. "It's like Coney Island was forgotten about. We are desperate here.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/09/storm-ravaged-new-york-neighborhood-struggles-to-survive/

Post-Sandy relief for New York City as new supplies arrive, gas-rationing enforced
By JOE TACOPINO, FRANK ROSARIO and DAN MacLEOD
Last Updated: 6:28 AM, November 10, 2012
Posted: 1:04 AM, November 10, 2012


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And in another sign of hope, the Statue of Liberty last night was lit for the first time since the storm struck on Oct. 29.  ::MonkeyDance::

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About 40 NYPD volunteers unloaded about 25,000 pounds of donated necessities from seven choppers that touched down at Staten Island University Hospital in the morning.

The items included diapers, juice, water, work gloves, pet food, first-aid kits, bleach, hand sanitizer, baby formula and paper towels.

Soon after, four truckloads of underwear donated by Fruit of the Loom were unloaded at the New York Container Terminal in Port Ivory.

The borough also received trailers of goods trucked in from upstate by the Punishers Law Enforcement motorcycle club.

“It’s finally getting better,” said Michael Lilov, 44, as he picked up toys, blankets and coats from a FEMA station on Father Capodanno Boulevard.

“They gave us new jackets and clothes to wear, and we have food to eat tonight. Now we’re just waiting for the power to come back. If we only had that, the future would look even better.
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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/silver_lining_at_ast_for_city_IipPr5mCaxQg28z4L5wVfJ


www.nypost.com/

Not so bad her today it's been warm snow has already melted to about 4''
Its going to be in the upper 50's tomorrow  ::MonkeyWink::
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Staten Island picks up the pieces after Hurricane Sandy
Anna Kooiman reports from Staten Island, New York
Date Nov 10, 2012
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1960817441001/

Frustrated Long Island residents enter day 12 of no power
Published November 10, 2012

Hundreds of Long Island residents in the town of Oceanside turned out to express their frustrations at what they say is a lack of communication and action by the Long Island Power Authority.

"Enough is enough," Oceanside residents chanted during the protest Friday.

Oceanside is on the south shore of New York's Long Island, where more than 160,000 residents are preparing to enter a second week without power following superstorm Sandy.

Among frustrated residents were Long Island officials who also expressed anger.

Kate Murray, Town of Hempstead Supervisor told the crowds that it was "unacceptable," that the head of LIPA was unsure of the policy regarding electrical inspections for residents. LIPA did not attend the meeting.

LIPA is in the process of sending teams of inspectors to homes and businesses within flooded areas along the south shore to determine whether it is safe to turn power back on to the area.

Unfortunately, residents have had to rely on word of mouth from neighbors as to when the inspections are taking place in their area, because a resident must be home. The inspection cannot take place unless a homeowner is present, and residents are instructed to reschedule their appointment if they are not home. 

Residents displaced by Sandy or returning to work are frustrated with the process because it's not clear when inspectors will be in their area.

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Video:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/10/frustrated-long-island-residents-enter-day-12-no-power/

'Convoy of Hope' helps victims of Hurricane Sandy rebuild
Nonprofit organization springs into action following super storm
Date Nov 10, 2012

Video:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1960813149001/

Sandy Relief Likely Greatest Since Katrina; Donations Lag Behind Japan, Haiti
11/09/12 02:54 PM ET EST

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Major Evan Hickman, who is leading the Salvation Army's New York-area relief effort, said his region will need a sustained fundraising effort to respond to Sandy. This week it was serving more than 500,000 meals a day with partner charities and distributing thousands of relief supplies.

People who haven't lived through a hurricane or seen the destruction up close may not realize the full impact, he said.

"It's going to be a long, long term of recovery," Hickman said. "It's time for people just to really dig deep and maybe make a Christmas gift come a little bit early and pick up their cellphone and text us or send us a check. Now is the time to do that."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/hurricane-sandy-biggest-relief_n_2102588.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green

National Grid On Power Restoration: Under Circumstances, We’ve Performed ‘Extremely Well’
Angry Customers Stage Protest At LIPA News Conference In Oceanside
November 9, 2012 11:08 PM

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – There was still no light Friday night for hundreds of thousands of Long Island homes.

About 150,000 frustrated Long Island Power Authority customers said the company was giving them the run-around and they want to know why.

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What started as a news conference by the utility to inform the public on its progress in the restoration effort turned into an angry protest by frustrated customers.

More than 500 residents of Oceanside chanted “LIPA sucks” and said the utility has failed to provide information, give estimates as to when power will be restored, and dispatch workers to the hardest-hit communities.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/09/lipa-brings-in-more-manpower-to-restore-power-to-thousands/


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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/11/saving-memories-scattered-by-sandy/
Saving memories scattered by Sandy
November 11, 2012

Amid the wreckage wrought by superstorm Sandy, one Jersey Shore woman who lost her home is fighting to salvage something priceless for neighbors and strangers alike -- memories.

Sifting through piles of rubble, curbside trash and litter scattered by the winds that devastated her community of Union Beach, N.J., Jeannette Van Houten has collected hundreds of photographs. Some are remarkably intact; others are tattered or stained by water. Some depict children still not grown, while others show long-deceased subjects in black and white, smiling across generations. Each is precious to Van Houten, who aims to return them to those who would hold them dear.
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"I started finding them the day after the storm when I was walking along the water looking at all the damage," Van Houten said.

She has gathered more than 300 photos, some of which date back as far as the 1920s. She's posted the images on a Facebook page to help reunite them with the people who treasure them. One such person was Carol Stenquist, who Van Houten met in a chance Election Day encounter at Borough Hall, where townspeople gathered to commiserate and cast their ballots.

Van Houten recognized Stenquist, an election worker, from three photographs from her burgeoning collection. Stenquist was stunned when Van Houten returned two Easter portraits she took with her grandchildren and a snapshot of Stenquist with a friend at an American Legion convention in Wildwood, N.J.

“It’s amazing. I lost everything," Stenquist told FoxNews.com moments after getting the photos back. "To be able to have a little piece of my past…it’s too much for words.
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Van Houten's efforts have attracted far-flung attention. She said she has been contacted by a company that specializes in photo restoration that wants to help save damaged pictures. And strangely, Van Houten recently learned that a New Yorker some 12 miles up  the coastline found a photograph washed ashore there last week.
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Tragic find on Staten I.
Last Updated: 6:12 AM, November 11, 2012
Posted: 12:30 AM, November 11, 2012
 
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Cops found the body of David Maxwell in his Staten Island home on Friday after it lay undiscovered for 11 days — with his neighbors thinking he had fled before the storm.

The 66-year-old lived alone with his cat — which also died — in the modest yellow, two-family house on Mapleton Avenue in Midland Beach. The home now stands in a flooded wasteland of trash, ruined furniture, mold and mildew.

Neighbors said they checked on Maxwell, an avid stamp collector, the day the storm struck, but no one answered the door of his first-floor home, so they assumed he fled.

“Everyone rushed to his building on the first day because the water was getting so high,” said neighbor Elaine Walter, 52.

“We knocked on his door and nobody answered.

Neighbors said authorities were called to check on him a week after the storm — but no one came.

“It’s so strange that it took this long for him to be found,” Walter added.

And tragic.

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An autopsy yesterday ruled the cause of death was drowning, the Medical Examiner’s Office said.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/tragic_find_on_staten_4m5sDYTkPz0wUKJoOxHHhN
 

Generator sickens family; mom charged
Originally published: November 11, 2012 8:51 AM
Updated: November 11, 2012 9:04 PM

A New Cassel woman has been arraigned on reckless endangerment and related charges after she allegedly operated a generator inside her house, poisoning her family with toxic fumes, Nassau police said.

Judith Edouard-Neus, 45, brought the generator into her Park Avenue home and started it before leaving for work early Friday morning, police said.

When she returned about nine hours later, about 2 p.m., her four children, aged 1, 3, 5 and 7, were nauseated, dizzy and vomiting, police said. One of two women in the home, aged 76 and 77, was unconscious, police said.

The victims were taken to hospitals, but police did not know their conditions last evening.

Edouard-Neus was arrested and charged with second-degree reckless endangerment and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. She was arraigned Saturday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/generator-sickens-family-mom-charged-1.4210822

Battery Tunnel reopens Monday morning but only for express buses into Manhattan

Superstorm Sandy caused flooding that left 43 million gallons of water in each of the two tubes. Officials also said the Long Island Rail Road will have service on 10 of 11 branches Monday but on a reduced weekday schedule.

By Irving Dejohn , Pete Donohue AND Kenneth Lovett / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 9:11 PM
Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 11:00 PM
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The Battery Tunnel will reopen Monday morning, but only for express buses into Manhattan, officials announced Sunday.

One lane of one tube will be used for commuters in the morning and again for outbound buses between 3 and 7 p.m., officials said.

Hurricane Sandy caused flooding that left an estimated 43 million gallons of water in each of the two tubes of the crossing, which is officially called the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel.

“The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel is the longest under-river vehicular tunnel in North America, and no one has ever faced a challenge like this,” MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said. “It was filled floor to ceiling for more than a mile with water and debris. The fact that it is now ready for limited commuter service is a testament to the skill and dedication of our hard-working MTA Bridges and Tunnels employees.”

 “It was our Katrina,” said one worker from Queens Sunday. “The hardest thing was getting the water out. We were lying miles of pipe.”

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Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/battery-tunnel-reopens-monday-morning-express-buses-manhattan-article-1.1200415#ixzz2C1wUzvaw

You don't know what a relief it is to have that Tunnel opened again.  Our commute has been a nightmare.  It has taken me between 2 and 2 1/2 hours to get to and from work.  I know it only one lane that is opened but it is for buses which should ease the traffic jam.  ::MonkeyDance::

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We took a ride to Saybrook point today in CT and it was a mess the black granite bar was in the lower parking lot  in large pieces I took  a small piece::MonkeyNoNo::
The water must have come up so far over the sea wall that it took out the miniature golf course.
 This was all that was left to the beautiful new walkway that was just finished from last years storm

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/Blondeonahd/18505_4515324733488_2006394354_n.jpg)
 Most of the house's were OK lots of sand in the roads had to go in 4 wheel drive  Hubby's Family homes were all boarded up and look OK. We lucked out on this one..

Beautiful photo, Blonde. 

New Jersey ends gasoline rationing from storms
Published November 13, 2012

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. –  Gasoline rationing imposed in 12 counties after Superstorm Sandy has ended.

The odd-even rationing began Nov. 3 because some gas stations couldn't get fuel while others didn't have electricity to pump it.

Gov. Chris Christie says gas supplies are plentiful and there are no more lines of motorists waiting for fuel.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/13/new-jersey-ends-gasoline-rationing-from-storms/?test=latestnews

Power trips: Workers came from afar to help Sandy recovery efforts
Published November 13, 2012

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In all, workers from at least 30 states converged on New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to help with the recovery effort. Most were from utility crews, such as Georgia Power, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Clark Public Utilities, in Columbia, Wash., and even Hydro-Quebec, of Canada.

There were also state troopers from as far away as Mississippi, FEMA workers from all around the nation, volunteers from the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and other nonprofits and countless workers from smaller companies who dropped what they were doing back home to answer the call..

For utility workers who had the all-important task of restoring power to millions of residents who endured days and even weeks of darkness, local utilities turned to mutual assistance agencies, which locate and help deploy available utility crews and equipment to repair lines, erect poles, trim trees and whatever else needs to be done to get the juice flowing again. The power companies, knowing they could be on the receiving end of out-of-state help the next time disaster strikes, forgo any profit, billing the recipient utilities at cost once the crisis is over.

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Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/13/power-trip-workers-came-from-afar-to-help-sandy-recovery/

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/20101981/far-rockaway-cough
Far Rockaway cough
Posted November 14, 2012, Updated November 15, 2012

MYFOXNY.COM -
A bad cough is going around Far Rockaway, Queens. It is just one example of the post-storm health problems resident of hard-hit areas are exposed to in the aftermath.

Brett Scudder, a community activist, says he has come across many people who have a cough and migraine headaches.

Dr. Manny Alvarez of Fox News says migraines and respiratory problems could be signs of toxic exposure.

The city's Department of Health says recent testing shows outdoor air quality is good. But officials warn about indoor air quality.

Airborne toxins could come from mold in a flooded basement. We saw mold covering the walls of one basement. Health officials warn people to wear gloves and masks when cleaning out the debris.
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Volunteers with Heart to Heart, a mobile medical unit in Far Rockaway, say respiratory illness has been the second biggest problem with people who have come in for help, right behind high blood pressure from stress.

Video at Link

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/20101183/sandy-wrecked-cars-will-get-parking-tickets-report-says
Storm-wrecked cars will get parking tickets, report says
November 14, 2012

MYFOXNY.COM -
If your car was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy and if what's left of it is still parked on a city street that is subject to alternate side parking rules, you could be facing a ticket.

The NYPD started enforcing the rules again in some parts of the city.
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Video at Link

Dramatic video shows Hurricane Sandy floodwaters rising along N.J. rail line
November 17, 2012

JERSEY CITY — Video released by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shows how flooding from Sandy damaged a key commuter rail line.

The video opens with water rising at the Exchange Place station in Jersey City.

It then shows water over the turnstiles in Hoboken and a torrent of water flowing from an elevator, down stairs and along the tracks.

Repairs continue with PATH trains operating on a limited basis more than two weeks after Sandy hit.

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Videos:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/dramatic_video_shows_hurricane.html

Long Island resident charged up over post-Sandy electric bills
Published November 24, 2012

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/24/long-island-resident-charged-up-over-post-sandy-electric-bills/

Thieves loot homes in storm-stricken New York City neighborhood
Published November 24, 2012

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/24/thieves-loot-homes-in-storm-stricken-new-york-city-neighborhoods/

Small businesses in need after superstorm Sandy
Nov 24, 2012

Video:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1987965445001/small-businesses-in-need-after-superstorm-sandy



Sandy victims plagued by health problems
Nov 23, 2012

Video:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1986887200001/sandy-victims-plagued-by-health-problems

http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/6-months-after-Sandy-thousands-homeless-in-NY-NJ-4468812.php
6 months after Sandy, thousands homeless in NY, NJ
April 27, 2013

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Six months after Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. Tens of thousands of people remain homeless. Housing, business, tourism and coastal protection all remain major issues with the summer vacation — and hurricane — seasons almost here again.
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By many measures, the recovery from Superstorm Sandy, which struck Oct. 29, has been slow. From Maryland to New Hampshire, the National Hurricane Center attributes 72 deaths directly to Sandy and 87 others indirectly from causes such as hypothermia due to power outages, carbon monoxide poisoning and accidents during cleanup efforts, for a total of 159.

The roller coaster that plunged off a pier in Seaside Heights, N.J., is still in the ocean, although demolition plans are finally moving forward. Scores of homes that were destroyed in nearby Mantoloking still look as they did the day after the storm — piles of rubble and kindling, with the occasional bathroom fixture or personal possession visible among the detritus.

Throughout the region, many businesses are still shuttered, and an already-tight rental market has become even more so because of the destruction of thousands of units and the crush of displaced storm victims looking to rent the ones that survived.

Homeowners are tortured by uncertainty over ever-changing rules on how high they'll need to rebuild their homes to protect against the next storm; insurance companies have not paid out all that many homeowners expected; and municipalities are borrowing tens of millions of dollars to keep the lights on, the fire trucks running and the police stations staffed, waiting for reimbursement from the federal government for storm expenditures they had to fund out of pocket.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/05/20/christie-boardwalks-reopen/2344565/
Sandy-ravaged New Jersey borough reopens boardwalk
May 20, 2013

LAVALLETTE, N.J. -- The borough is open and ready for the unofficial start of summer this Memorial Day weekend. But will the tourists come?

"That's a very good question," said Mayor Walter G. LaCicero, as he waited on the oceanfront to greet Gov. Chris Christie on Monday morning, ahead of a ceremony marking the end of the municipal boardwalk's $1.3 million reconstruction, seven months after superstorm Sandy pulverized all but a quarter mile of the borough landmark.

"I have been having conversations with all the real estate brokers here, I think we're going to be a little bit off initially," LaCicero said. "I know people are anxious to get here. ... People want to be here."

LaCicero told Christie that the borough has about a 75 percent occupancy rate booked for summer rentals. The mayor said he feels more hopeful about July more than he does this weekend or June.
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http://**/nation-world/ci_24242101/red-cross-helping-sandy-victims-still-ny-hotels
Red Cross helping Sandy victims still in NY hotels
October 4, 2013

NEW YORK—The Red Cross has stepped in to help hundreds of Superstorm Sandy evacuees who were thrown into housing limbo Friday after New York City stopped paying to put them up in hotels.
Nearly 300 people displaced by the October storm last year were still staying in 27 hotels at city expense this week, but their last night on the city's dime came Thursday. The city ended its hotel program after funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency dried up this week. City officials said they could no longer afford the rooms, which had an average cost of $266 per night.

As of Friday, people staying in those rooms were to be on their own, but as nonprofit social service organizations scrambled to find alternative housing arrangements, the Red Cross said it would commit to $1 million to extend the hotel stays of many of those families.

Not everyone will qualify for help, and it wasn't immediately clear how many of the 294 people who were in the city's hotel rooms Thursday night would get assistance quickly enough to get back in the same rooms Friday evening.

Greater New York Red Cross CEO Josh Lockwood said the emergency aid is being aimed toward people who had a more permanent "housing solution," somewhere on the horizon. That might include people whose homes are being repaired and just need additional time for the work to be complete, he said, or people who had lined up apartments but couldn't move in immediately.

A social service organization, New York Disaster Interfaith Services, was hurriedly working with The Legal Aid Society to identify and contact people who had been clients of the city program. City officials disclosed the list of hotel residents to The Legal Aid Society only on Thursday, leaving little time to reach out.
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