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« Reply #30 on: October 30, 2012, 03:56:48 pm »

I was trying to write: Interesting on the article date TYPO  Huh
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« Reply #31 on: October 30, 2012, 04:33:55 pm »

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/83020.html?hp=l4


By ALEX GUILLEN | 10/29/12 3:34 PM EDT
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing for Hurricane Sandy to disrupt next week’s elections, agency Administrator Craig Fugate said Monday afternoon.

“We are anticipating that, based on the storm, there could be impacts that would linger into next week and have impacts on the federal election,” Fugate said on a conference call with reporters.


But any potential tinkering with Election Day would bring a bevy of legal issues.

“Our chief counsel’s been working on making sure that we have the proper guidance,” he added. “We’re going through the regulatory policy and making sure all that’s in place and we can support it.”

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« Reply #32 on: October 31, 2012, 09:46:40 am »

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204789304578089092157385084.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

10/30/12

Early Snow Pummels West Virginia

Parts of West Virginia were digging out from up to three feet of snow dumped in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a deluge that cut power to hundreds of thousands of residents and shut down main highways.

The thick blanket of snow at higher elevations across the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains, including in parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania, also brought concerns that rivers and creeks in low-lying areas could flood later in the week as the snow melts, with temperatures expected to reach 60 degrees. Falling trees and storm-related traffic accidents claimed the lives of three people in Maryland, three in Pennsylvania and one in West Virginia, state officials said Tuesday.

Close to 300,000 West Virginia residents were without power Tuesday afternoon, as high winds and heavy snow snapped branches and downed power lines, and officials expected the number to rise. Outages at several utilities had left some areas without access to water, and officials were sending out trucks to deliver bottled water.

"West Virginia continues to be hard hit," said Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, a Democrat. "Right now, my main focus is on life safety, power restoration and critical infrastructure.…We are doing everything we can to help the folks in need."

More than 30 of West Virginia's 55 counties had snow, with the heaviest snowfall at higher elevations, said Liz Sommerville, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Charleston, W.Va. Bowden, above 3,000 feet, recorded 24 inches by early Tuesday, compared with 16 inches in Beckley, elevation 2,300 feet, and 9 inches in the capital of Charleston, elevation 980 feet.

"Trees are coming down. I got a feeling that a lot of weaker structures are going to come down," said Gary Berti, of Davis, W.Va., where 30 inches of snow had fallen by Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Berti, 54 years old, said all the stores along the main street of Davis were closed Tuesday and only pickup trucks with four-wheel drive were braving secondary roads. Restaurants without power were making food for rescue workers using gas stoves, he said: "They're cooking everything they've got because they know they're going to lose it."

Snow was expected to keep falling on mountainous areas through Wednesday, and blizzard warnings remained in effect in more than a dozen counties Tuesday. At lower elevations, snow was expected to turn to rain by Tuesday night.

The West Virginia Department of Transportation reported accidents on three major highways in the state and said fallen trees and power lines were complicating efforts to clear roads. The agency urged residents to stay home. Marshall University canceled classes at various campuses around the state, and West Virginia State University closed for the day.

Western Maryland recorded two feet of snow, and blizzard warnings remained in effect Tuesday. While eastern areas of the state endured some flooding, officials were bracing for worse, said Ed McDonough, a spokesman for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. More than 300,000 people in the state were without power Tuesday, with many outages in the Baltimore area. About 50 people were evacuated late Monday from the town of Crisfield, which sits on the Chesapeake Bay, after floodwaters spilled into homes.

In Pennsylvania, 1.25 million residents remained without power Tuesday. Gov. Tom Corbett warned that the central part of the state could see minor flooding, but far less than what storms last year brought to the region. The highest point in the state, Mount Davis, received 9 inches of snow, with several more inches expected. There is "nothing of major significance at this point in time that we have great concern about," Gov. Corbett said at a midday news briefing.

Pennsylvania officials planned to have a shelter open in West Chester, Pa., to house 1,300 people from New Jersey, and another in East Stroudsburg, Pa., to aid 500 people displaced in New York. In addition, Pennsylvania officials were providing 35 ambulances and a large vehicle to transport people, as well as providing a rescue team requested by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to New Jersey.
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« Reply #33 on: November 01, 2012, 09:03:12 am »

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/flood-ebbs-u-northeast-picks-epic-storm-002725494--nba.html

11/1/12

Fuel shortages, power outages hamper Sandy recovery

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers awoke to the rumble of subway trains for the first time in four days on Thursday in one sign of recovery from Sandy's devastating blow. But elsewhere in the storm-struck U.S. Northeast, gasoline shortages persisted and emergency teams struggled to reach the worst hit areas and restore power to millions of people.

At least 76 people in North America died in superstorm Sandy, which rampaged through the U.S. Northeast on Monday night, and officials said the count could still rise as rescuers searched house-to-house through coastal towns.

After a three-day hiatus, President Barack Obama was to return to the campaign trail, boosted in his re-election bid by a resounding endorsement of his leadership from the Republican governor of New Jersey.

The Democratic incumbent, tied in polls with Mitt Romney ahead of Tuesday's election, begins a two-day trip to the swing states of Colorado, Ohio and Nevada while his Republican challenger travels to Virginia.

Obama viewed flooded and sand-swept neighbourhoods of New Jersey on a helicopter tour of the state with Republican Governor Chris Christie on Wednesday.

"The entire country's been watching. Everyone knows how hard Jersey has been hit," Obama told residents at an evacuation shelter in the town of Brigantine.

In New York, limited train service returned on some train and subway lines, but more than half of the gas stations in the city and neighbouring New Jersey remained shut due to power outages and depleted fuel supplies. Even before dawn, long lines formed at gas stations that were expected to open.

Sandy started as a late-season hurricane in the Caribbean, where it killed 69 people, before smashing ashore in the United States with 80 mph (130 kph) winds. It stretched from the Carolinas to Connecticut and was the largest storm by area to hit the United States in decades.

Towns along the New Jersey shore took much of the brunt. Homes were flooded, boardwalks were washed away and gas mains ruptured.

The extent of destruction in the New York City borough of Staten Island became clearer on Thursday, where whole houses were picked up off their foundations. Some 34 people were killed in New York City, a police spokesman said on Thursday, 15 of them in Staten Island, nine in Queens, seven in Brooklyn and three in Manhattan.

Matthew Gessler of Brooklyn went to Breezy Point, a New York neighbourhood where fire destroyed 111 homes, to inspect damage to his mother's house.

"Where the fire happened, you could honestly take that picture and say it was somewhere in the Middle East, like in Afghanistan, and no one would doubt you at all," Gessler said.

'NORMAL'

In Jersey City, across the Hudson River from New York, drivers negotiated intersections without the aid of traffic lights. Shops were shuttered and lines formed outside pharmacies while people piled sodden mattresses and furniture along the side of the roads. The city has issued a curfew on people and businesses as well as a driving ban from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

New Yorkers faced an easier commute than Wednesday as the subway system resumed limited operations. But four of the seven subway tunnels under the East River remained flooded and there was no service in Manhattan below 34th Street, where the power is still out.

Subway rides were free as authorities encouraged commuters to use mass transit rather than drive. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and state Governor Andrew Cuomo said private cars must carry at least three people in order to enter New York, after the city was clogged by traffic on Wednesday.

The New York Stock Exchange, running on generator power after the first weather-related two-day closure since an 1888 blizzard, reopened on Wednesday [ID:nL1E8LVEVR]. S&P 500 index futures were down slightly before the market opened on Thursday.

MARATHON BACK ON TRACK

LaGuardia airport in New York was scheduled to reopen on Thursday with limited service. John F. Kennedy and Newark, New Jersey, airports reopened with limited service on Wednesday.

Preparations went ahead for the New York Marathon on Sunday, but Thursday's National Basketball Association season-opening game between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets was postponed.

Sandy was likely to rank as one of the costliest storms in U.S. history. One disaster-modelling firm said Sandy may have caused up to $15 billion in insured losses.

About 6 million homes and businesses in 15 U.S. states were without power on Wednesday, down from a high of nearly 8.5 million, which surpassed the record 8.4 million customers who went dark from last year's Hurricane Irene.

On Wednesday, Christie issued an executive order moving Halloween celebrations in New Jersey to Monday and Wednesday's Halloween parade through New York's Greenwich Village was postponed as well.

(Additional reporting by Michael Erman, Anna Louie Sussman, Atossa Abrahamian, Chris Michaud, John McCrank and Scott DiSavino in New York, Susan Heavey in Washington, Ian Simpson in West Virginia and Mark Felsenthal in Atlantic City, N.J.; Writing by Eddie Evans and Jim Loney; Editing by Patrick Graham and Vicki Allen)

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« Reply #34 on: November 01, 2012, 10:27:10 am »

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Christie, Obama make bipartisanship a campaign topic
http://news.yahoo.com/christie-obama-bipartisanship-campaign-topic-100832387.html

11/1/12

The unusual scene of political enemies Barack Obama and Chris Christie touring a devastated New Jersey has put the idea of bipartisanship back in the headlines. But not before some critics say the men have other motives.

The joint inspection tour of Hurricane Sandy damage, just a week before the presidential election, dominated political news on Wednesday.

The leaders, called the “Odd Couple” in several social media posts, took an aerial tour on Marine One. The men went to a shelter in Brigantine, New Jersey, where they exchanged compliments.

“I want to let you know that your governor is working overtime,” Obama said. “The entire country has been watching what’s been happening.”

“It’s really important to have the president of the United States here,” Christie added.

Conspiracy theorists had various ideas about why Christie, who had been a vocal supporter of Mitt Romney and a major Obama critic, not only accepted Obama’s request for a visit, but went out of his way to praise the president and FEMA.

The situation got odder on Wednesday afternoon, when Romney spokesman Kevin Madden told reporters that Romney wouldn’t be commenting on Obama’s relief efforts, and that the press should refer to Governor Christie’s comments if they wanted details.

Madden was specifically asked if Romney agreed with Christie that Obama was doing a good job getting resources to areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

“Well, I refer to Governor Christie’s remarks. I believe the response is still going on, so I’m not in a position to qualify the response by the federal government. I believe it’s still ongoing,” Madden said.

Recent Constitution Daily Stories

Election Day postponement, Christie among post-Sandy questions
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The outspoken Christie isn’t apologizing to anyone for his appearance with the president, and in various interviews Christie says the bipartisan effort is beyond politics.

“The president has been great,” Christie said on MSNBC on Tuesday. “The president has been all over this, and he deserves great credit.”

The governor was blunt at a press conference held as the devastation from Hurricane Sandy became apparent.

“I don’t give a damn about Election Day. It doesn’t matter a lick to me at the moment,” Christie said. “I’ve got bigger fish to fry.”

And when asked if he expected Romney to take a break from the campaign trail and visit New Jersey, Christie had this direct assessment to Fox News: “I have no idea, nor am I the least bit concerned or interested. I’ve got a job to do here in New Jersey that’s much bigger than presidential politics, and I could care less about any of that stuff.”

The idea of bipartisanship isn’t new. At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, there were deep divisions among the delegates, but they were able to compromise to produce a Constitution that has lasted for 225 years.

President Lyndon Johnson worked with this GOP opponents to pass the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Back in 1983, President Ronald Reagan and Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill worked across the aisle to reach a landmark Social Security deal.

In recent years, President George W. Bush quickly received support in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. His father, President George H.W. Bush, and his 1992 election opponent, President Bill Clinton, raised funds for tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and Haiti rescue efforts.

GOP candidate Romney is currently using the idea of bipartisanship as a central theme as he tours swing states.

“Republicans and Democrats both love America. But we need to have leadership–leadership in Washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done,” Romney says in one political ad.

But Romney hasn’t commented yet on President Obama’s efforts after Hurricane Sandy. There isn’t a shortage of comments from right-wing pundits who don’t believe the Christie-Obama appearance is truly bipartisan.

“He’s fat and a fool. Don’t listen to Governor Christie. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He makes fun of me all the time,” Rush Limbaugh said about Christie a day before the appearance with Obama was announced.

Conservative writer and outspoken Christie fan Ann Coulter had her own theory. “I think he’s hoping to use Obama to plug a dike,” she said in an email to the Daily Caller website.

Other theories run the gamut from Christie’s alleged fallout with Romney, to his using an association with Obama to help in next year’s potential gubernatorial campaign against Cory Booker.

Those who have followed Christie’s career know he has shown a bipartisan streak in the past. He’s worked on projects with Booker, Newark’s mayor, and leaders in Democratic southern New Jersey.

And Christie was caught in a controversy in 2010, when he decided to go with his family on a vacation to Orlando right before New Jersey was hit with a blizzard that dropped 31 inches of snow on his state. Christie waited for his vacation to end before returning home, leaving the Democrats in charge of the state for several days.

Since that storm, Christie had had an active presence in major weather events in New Jersey.

Scott Bomboy is the editor-in-chief of the National Constitution Center.


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http://politicker.com/2012/11/staten-island-borough-president-dont-give-money-to-the-red-cross/
11/1/12
Staten Island Borough President: Don’t Give Money to the Red Cross
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“Because the devastation in Staten Island, the lack of a response,” Mr. Molinaro said to explain his comment to NBC after the press conference. “You know, I went to a shelter Monday night after the storm. People were coming in with no socks, with no shoes. They were in desperate need. Their housing was destroyed. They were crying. Where was the Red Cross? Isn’t that their function? They collect millions of dollars. Whenever there’s a drive in Staten Island, we give openly and honestly. Where are they? Where are they? I was at the South Shore yesterday, people were buried in their homes. There the dogs are trying to find bodies. The people there, the neighbors who had no electricity, were making soup. Making soup. It’s very emotional because the lack of a response. The lack of a response. They’re supposed to be here….They should be on the front lines fighting, and helping the people.”

Several other local officials agreed with Mr. Molinaro’s rage over Staten Island’s situation, although they did not call out the Red Cross specifically.

...
Congressman Michael Grimm concurred.
 
“I think this is an example of what infuriates people here on Staten Island,” he said. “Like Senator Lanza just said, we have people, people still in water. Families displaced, families wondering where their grandparents are. Are they at a shelter? Are they at a hospital? Or are they gone? That’s what we should be focusing on. I think it would be very misguided to have this marathon. I think that the people of Staten Island will see this, unfortunately…as another shot against them, that the City Hall is more worried about getting everything running again for Manhattan and making everything look like it’s back to normal. We’re not back to normal and we’re not going to be back to normal for a long time.”


http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/01/frustration-forms-at-gas-stations-across-tri-state-area-as-drivers-hunt-for-fuel/
Troopers Deployed To N.J. Gas Stations As Frustration, Massive Lines Form At The Pump

November 1, 2012 12:40 PM

People fill gas canisters at a Hess gas station on October 31, 2012 in Sayreville, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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« Reply #36 on: November 01, 2012, 03:13:52 pm »

Again, all by design...

http://news.yahoo.com/did-chris-christie-destroy-mitt-romneys-message-bipartisanship-101700209--election.html

11/1/12

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Did Chris Christie destroy Mitt Romney's new message of bipartisanship?

However, Romney's new aura of bipartisanship may have been struck a blow this week, after Republican Governor Chris Christie, a top Romney supporter, showered Obama with effusive praise for his response to Hurricane Sandy. On Wednesday, Obama and Christie toured stricken areas of New Jersey together, held joint conferences, and appeared to genuinely appreciate each other's cooperation. That visceral picture of bipartisanship, splashed across cable news channels, could hurt Romney, says Mark Halperin at TIME:


What was Mitt Romney’s closing argument? I can work across the aisle. This President has a four year record of failure, doesn’t know how to work with the other side. The symbolism of, with Chris Christie, working across the aisle, getting things done, it goes right to the heart of how Mitt Romney wanted to close this election.

Furthermore, a closer look at Romney's proposals suggests that a Romney presidency is unlikely to usher in a new era of bipartisan comity, say Jake Sherman and James Hohmann at Politico:


The likelihood of Romney and [Paul] Ryan locking arms with "good Democrats," as Romney put it this week, to solve the nation’s problems is dubious given the GOP nominee’s legislative priorities...

If Romney makes good on his pledge to roll back the health care overhaul — which he almost certainly must in some way given his insistent campaign rhetoric and likely pressure from conservatives — that will hardly foster the bipartisan atmosphere that Romney has recently lauded.

Repealing the law is a "red line" for most Democrats.


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And to think this is just a little inconvience compared to a real storm. It wasn't even a strong Cat 1. Those people haven't seen the storms to come! If they can't manage in this stuff, imagine how they will react in a major storm.

The problem is that the worldly modern society is soo dependent on their electronics and electricity, that society breaks down quickly when the power goes out.

Most people have no clue how to survive with no electricity.
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« Reply #38 on: November 02, 2012, 05:07:37 am »

Gas Shortages May Not End for Another Week...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49642174

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

Fistfights, Guns Drawn...
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/01/reports-fistfights-guns-gas-stations-shortages-Sandy

'You're not getting gas tonight'...
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/19980450/arrests-made-in-post-storm-incidents

Lines grow...
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/01/14858153-lines-grow-tempers-flare-at-pumps-as-gas-shortage-grows-after-sandy?lite

Some Siphoning From Cars!
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/01/parts-of-northern-new-jersey-remain-in-the-dark-from-sandy/

'I'm pretty pissed'...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/gas-pains-pumps-dry-lines-long-new-york-article-1.1195237

Troopers deployed to gas stations...
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/01/frustration-forms-at-gas-stations-across-tri-state-area-as-drivers-hunt-for-fuel/

Stars throw extravagant Halloween party despite destruction...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2226124/Hocus-Pocus-star-Bette-Midler-hosts-extravagant-French-themed-Halloween-party-New-York.html

Commuter Delays Rage...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-31/nyc-to-begin-limited-commuter-rail-today-subways-tomorrow.html

NYC Official: Red Cross 'Absolute Disgrace'...
http://politicker.com/2012/11/staten-island-borough-president-dont-give-money-to-the-red-cross/

Looters Dress Like Con Edison Workers to Gain Access to Houses...
http://voicerussia.com/radio_broadcast/61124198/93208978.html

Staten Islanders Plead for Help: 'We Need Food'...
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/11/were-going-to-die-staten-island-residents-plead-for-help-3-days-after-sandy/

OBAMA LEFT THEM BEHIND: HUNGRY DUMPSTER DIVING IN NYC
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Sandy-Starved-New-Yorkers-Dumpster-Dive/176839571
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Anarchy Along The Jersey Shore And On Long Island In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy is another reminder of just how incredibly fragile the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted on a daily basis really is.  Many of the hardest hit areas along the Jersey shore and the coast of Long Island have descended into a state of anarchy.  More than 7 million people live on Long Island, and millions more live along the Jersey shore and right now they are getting a taste of what life would be like during a total economic meltdown.  At the moment, there are still approximately 4.7 million homes and businesses that do not have power.  Officials say that some of those homes and businesses may not have their power restored until the weekend of November 10th and 11th.  Meanwhile, it is getting very cold at night.  This weekend the low temperatures on Long Island are supposed to dip into the upper thirties.  There have been reports of people diving into dumpsters behind supermarkets in a desperate search for food, and there have been other reports of roaming gangs of criminals posing as officials from FEMA or Con Edison and then robbing families at gunpoint once they have gained entrance into their homes.  If people will behave like this during a temporary emergency that lasts only a few days, what would they do during a total economic collapse?  That is a frightening thing to think about.

Most gas stations along the Jersey shore and on Long Island are either totally out of gasoline or they don't have any power to operate the gas pumps.  It is estimated that more than half of all gas stations in New York City are closed at the moment, and officials say that more than 80 percent of all gas stations in New Jersey are not able to sell gas right now.  So needless to say, the lines at the gas stations that remain open are horrific.

It is being reported that some people are waiting in line for hours for gasoline in some areas and that state troopers have actually been deployed at every gas station along the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.

The following is how one New Jersey mayor described the situation...

    "Gas lines are stretching for a couple of miles," said Anthony Ammiano, mayor of Freehold, N.J., who recalled the oil crisis of the 1970s. "It's like the Jimmy Carter years. It's a flashback of bad memories."

There have even been reports of people literally fighting each other over gasoline...

    “It’s so crazy. Cars are pulling up and people are fighting each other. There is no gas around here,” said Mena Aziz, who manages a Gulf Express station in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. “It’s been so busy.”

According to Breitbart, there have been continuous reports of "fistfights and people bringing guns to gas stations" on Twitter.  The following are a couple of examples...

    Just awful! RT @metrogypsy: Someone just pulled a knife at Greenpoint #gas station as line stretches with hours long wait #gettingrealFAST

    — Camila Xavier (@camilaxavier) November 1, 2012

    You know things are bad when you ask the gas station attendent "when do you think you're going to get more gas?" and he just laughs at you.

    — Prede (@predederva) November 1, 2012

Unfortunately, authorities are projecting that the gas shortage may last for another week at least.

How angry and frustrated will people get by that time?

There are vast stretches of the Jersey Shore and the coast of Long Island that will never be the same again.  The following is an excerpt from a comment that a reader of mine from Long Island left on one of my recent articles...

    I live in Massapequa NY …..No power to 95%. almost every home south of Merrick Road ( 1.5 miles from open water ) has been flooded. No electricity, no supermarkets in immediate area, no gas (approx 80% of gas stations closed on Long Island).

This was not just another storm.  It was a life-altering event for millions of people.

Unfortunately, just as we have seen after every other major storm in recent years, looters are taking advantage of the chaos caused by Hurricane Sandy.

According to the New York Post, a number of arrests for looting have already been made on Long Island...

    In the Rockaways, lowlifes were sneaking into clothing stores and cleaning out pizzerias. Two men and a woman were arrested for robbing a BP gas station on Beach Channel Drive, three men and one woman were cuffed for pillaging a Radio Shack on Beach 88th Street, and two people were arrested for raiding a clothing store near Beach 86th Street, cops said. Stores were emptied along a two-block stretch of Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island. Seven people were busted.

Over on Coney Island, looting appeared to be out of control during the immediate aftermath of the storm...

    Thieves broke in to the badly damaged Mega Aid Pharmacy on Mermaid Avenue and reportedly stole more than 10,000 pharmaceutical items, including prescription drugs.

    "The water went away and these people started walking down the streets and just robbed stores," a pharmacy worker told HuffPo's Andy Campbell.

    Manager Stan Gutkin said the major heist essentially "breaks the business."

    Looters reportedly also targeted banks, other shops, and other pharmacies.

    And residents are noticing.

    "People are turning on each other -- they're attacking each other," Ocean Towers resident Dena Wells told Campbell.

Amazingly, a number of not-so-smart looters have actually been displaying their looted goods on Twitter.  Just check out the shocking photos in this article.

But most people living in the areas that were most affected by Hurricane Sandy are decent people that just want some assistance.  One resident of Hoboken, New Jersey became so frustrated that he inflated an air mattress and used it to float down to city hall in an attempt to get some answers...

    Nearly 20,000 people have been trapped at home in the New Jersey city of Hoboken, just across the Hudson River from New York City, amid accusations that officials were slow to deliver food and water.

    One man blew up an air mattress and floated to City Hall, demanding to know why supplies had not reached residents - at least a quarter of homes there are flooded and 90% do not have power.

Just like we saw after Hurricane Katrina, the response by the federal government and by big aid agencies such as the Red Cross has been very slow.  In fact, Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro has gone so far as to call the Red Cross an "absolute disgrace" and is urging people that live in his area to quit giving money to them...

    "You know, I went to a shelter Monday night after the storm. People were coming in with no socks, with no shoes. They were in desperate need. Their housing was destroyed. They were crying. Where was the Red Cross? Isn’t that their function? They collect millions of dollars. Whenever there’s a drive in Staten Island, we give openly and honestly. Where are they? Where are they? I was at the South Shore yesterday, people were buried in their homes. There the dogs are trying to find bodies. The people there, the neighbors who had no electricity, were making soup. Making soup. It’s very emotional because the lack of a response. The lack of a response. They’re supposed to be here….They should be on the front lines fighting, and helping the people."

If this is how angry and frustrated that people become over a temporary disaster, how angry and frustrated would they get if there was a total economic meltdown that was permanent?

Sadly, the truth is that what we are seeing during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is just a very small preview of what is coming on a national level.

Our economy is a complete and total mess right now, and things are going to get a whole lot worse.

When unemployment starts skyrocketing again and large segments of the population realize that there is no hope for a turnaround, many of them are going to totally give in to despair and become very desperate.

And as we are seeing along the Jersey Shore and on Long Island right now, desperate people do desperate things.

That is why I am constantly pounding on the need to prepare for what is ahead.  There are signs of social decay all around us, and most Americans are not equipped to deal with the pressures that come with a major emergency.  When things totally fall apart, you don't want your family to be totally unprepared and surrounded by millions of angry and desperate people.

Hopefully Hurricane Sandy will serve as a wake up call for millions of American families.  Time is definitely running out, and we all need to get prepared while we still can.

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http://news.yahoo.com/forecasters-lesser-storm-may-hit-east-coast-134719384--finance.html


Forecasters: New, lesser storm may hit East Coast
By SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated Press – 11/2/12

WASHINGTON (AP) — Forecasters say another messy — and wintry — storm may cause post-Election Day problems for an already weather weary East Coast.

But meteorologists add that it's six days out, so that's rather early to get too worried. The forecast could change before it hits late next week.

The National Weather Service's forecast center that watches winter storms put out a long-range notice Thursday, saying bluntly that a nor'easter is possible for the mid-Atlantic and New England.

Forecaster Bruce Sullivan says it wouldn't be as bad as Superstorm Sandy and isn't tropical. But it could include snow in interior New England and New York, beach erosion and high winds for areas hit by Sandy, and moderate or heavier rainfall.
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Voters' Picks: The Storm Changed My Vote from Romney to Obama
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Until the storm hit the East Coast, I was leaning toward voting for Romney. I'm an old guy who cast his first presidential vote for Harry Truman, and mostly for Democrats who ran in subsequent years. Until this past weekend, I was frankly not thrilled with either of the 2012 candidates.

I don't like Obama's Chicago pals from his early political years; they just seemed a bit too radical for me. That drew me to Romney, despite the fact that he was born too rich, and seems to have no clue about what it means to be struggling in today's lousy economy.

Then came Sandy. Obama immediately went to the disaster areas and set positive recovery measures to work. Romney did photo ops of carrying some Campbell soup cans. He still doesn't have a clue, and he lost my vote.

-- Ted Sherman, Los Angeles

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The New Jersey governor has praised President Obama's handling of hurricane Sandy. Some Republicans wonder if Chris Christie's own presidential ambitions have, once again, undercut Mitt Romney.

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1. Hurricane Sandy is wind in the president's sails
For all its destruction and displacement, "Hurricane Sandy has given Barack Obama a lift beneath his wings," says Roger Simon at Politico. The public gives him high marks for his response to the disaster, and it has "provided him with one thing he has most needed since the first debate: The opportunity to look presidential." I can even see Obama "getting a significant boost from a Republican Governor who also happens to be a chief Romney surrogate," says Doug Mataconis at Outside the Beltway. Gov. Chris Christie's post-Sandy love-in with Obama might not win the president many votes in Ohio or Virginia, but it could easily sideline his challenger "just enough to prevent Mitt Romney from crossing the finish line."
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« Reply #42 on: November 02, 2012, 01:32:28 pm »

Bloomberg Diverts Food, Generators from Devastated Staten Island to NYC Marathon

by Michael Patrick Leahy 1 Nov 2012

Fresh off his "climate disruption"-driven endorsement of President Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has chosen to divert critical food supplies and power generators from desperate residents of Staten Island to Sunday's New York City Marathon. Gothamist reports:

    [T]hose urging the city to halt the run believe that the thousands of Marathon volunteers could direct their efforts towards post-Sandy relief and cleanup, "and they also argue that the event will divert thousands of police from important hurricane-related duties." But despite petitions circulating, work started up again yesterday on the Marathon route.

    A tipster, who wishes to remain anonymous, told us there were lots of workers in and out of the park today, who had "started before the storm and then came back starting yesterday." Trailers are lined up from around 71st to 66th Streets on Central Park West, a food truck was set up today, and "generators have been sitting there at least a week." The tents that were taken down prior to the storm have also been set back up, and there is a stage set up near 73rd Street.

    Considering all the volunteer help and NYPD attention that's already being diverted to the Marathon, the added sight of generators and food being channeled to the event is probably going to strike some New Yorkers as a little misplaced—we're thinking of the ones who are currently lined up waiting for the National Guard to ration out MREs and bottles of water.

Staten Island residents are frantically calling for help, ABC News reported on Thursday:

    The residents of Staten Island are pleading for help from elected officials, begging for gasoline, food and clothing three days after Sandy slammed the New York City borough.

    “We’re going to die! We’re going to freeze! We got 90-year-old people!” Donna Solli told visiting officials. “You don’t understand. You gotta get your trucks down here on the corner now. It’s been three days!”

    Staten Island was one of the hardest-hit communities in New York City. More than 80,000 residents are still without power. Many are homeless, and at least 19 people died on Staten Island because of the storm
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http://news.yahoo.com/fuel-scarce-east-coast-struggles-recover-storm-000645293.html

11/2/12

Post-storm anger grows, especially outside Manhattan
By Emily Flitter and Chelsea Emery | Reuters – 1 hr 27 mins ago



NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frustration grew for superstorm Sandy's victims in the U.S. Northeast on Friday, many of whom were left with no power, no gasoline and little information about when their shattered lives might return to normal.

While Manhattan prepared to host the annual New York City Marathon on Sunday, acute gasoline shortages in the city's storm-battered outer boroughs and New Jersey led to long lines and short tempers.

Tankers finally began entering New York Harbor on Thursday, and a tanker carrying 2 million barrels of gasoline arrived at 2 a.m. on Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

Sandy, which brought a record storm surge to coastal areas, killed at least 102 people after slamming into the U.S. Northeast on Monday. Forty-one died in New York City, about half of them in Staten Island, which was overrun by a wall of water.

Starting before dawn on Friday, long lines of cars snaked around gasoline stations around the area in scenes reminiscent of the energy shortage of the 1970s.

"The police are stopping people who are trying to cut in the line," said Steven Golub, 53, an attorney who waited in line for hours at a Manhattan gas station. "There's no gas anywhere else. There was a guy with diplomatic plates who tried to cut in the line and one of the cab drivers complained so the police actually stopped him."

Police were in place at many spots to keep the peace between furious, frustrated drivers. In one instance, a man who attempted to cut in line was charged with threatening another driver with a gun on Thursday in the borough of Queens.

"When people cut the line, people are about to stone them," said Chris Allegretta, who had stood in line for 90 minutes with a gas can at a filling station in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.

Less than 40 percent of all gas stations in New York City, Long Island and New Jersey operated on Thursday because of a combination of power outages and constricted supplies after the storm devastated the energy industry's ability to move fuel into and around the New York City region.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy Administrator Richard Serino planned to visit Staten Island on Friday amid angry claims by some survivors that the borough had been ignored.

'THEY FORGOT ABOUT US'

President Barack Obama, locked in a tight race with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, has so far received praise for his handling of storm relief. But scenes of angry storm victims could affect the U.S. political campaign with Election Day four days away.

"They forgot about us," said Theresa Connor, 42, describing her Staten Island neighborhood as having been "annihilated." "And Bloomberg said New York is fine. The marathon is on," she said, referring to Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Rising seawater flooded lower Manhattan, much of which still lacked power and subway service on Friday, while midtown and uptown Manhattan were close to normal.

Fury has been escalating throughout New York at Bloomberg's decision to proceed with the marathon on Sunday, vowing the event - which attracts more than 40,000 runners - would not divert any resources storm victims.

"I just walked past four huge generators. Those could be put to use for people who need them," said Marjorie Dial, a tourist from Oregon who was shocked to see the generators in Central Park, where the marathon finishes. "What they've discovered on Staten Island should have been the tipping point - the bodies."

New York City Councilman James Oddo said on his Twitter account: "If they take one first responder from Staten Island to cover this marathon, I will scream."

More than 3.7 million homes and businesses along the U.S. East Coast remained without power on Friday.

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Poll: Storm Response Earns Obama Praise
By Gary Langer | ABC OTUS News – Wed, Oct 31, 2012

 Roll Eyes

Likely voters of all political stripes give broadly positive ratings to Barack Obama's response to the devastating storm that smashed the East Coast this week. Whether it makes a difference in the long-deadlocked presidential election is another question.

Initially, the latest ABC News/Washington Post daily tracking poll finds essentially no change: Likely voters are back to exactly an even split in preferences, 49-49 percent between Obama and Mitt Romney - within a point or two of where the race has been all along.

Regardless, in interviews conducted last night, 78 percent rate Obama's response to the hurricane positively (as excellent or good), while just 8 percent see it negatively. Romney, who naturally has had a far less prominent role in this issue, is rated positively for his response to the hurricane by 44 percent, negatively by 21 percent, with many more, 35 percent, expressing no opinion.

The federal government's overall response to the storm is rated about as well as Obama's, 73 percent positive in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates. These ratings are far higher than the government's, or George W. Bush's, a week after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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He waited until NOW to make this decision? Roll Eyes

New York Marathon canceled, Bloomberg says
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« Reply #47 on: November 02, 2012, 07:13:21 pm »

 This situation is worse than the news will tell you. I have a friend who lives in New York.  Homes are being broken in to.
 There is no help and people are starting to fight at the gas station for gas. People who have generators are having them stolen. Yet she said they were using generators (NYC Bloomberg) to heat the marathon tents and could have heated/helped over 400 homes the last 4 days.
Amazing. But by gosh, they'll make sure those people get to vote by coming to them
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Sandy’s Impact Could Cost U.S. 1.5% GDP in Q4


31 Oct 2012 (Bloomberg)

Scarlet Fu reports on today's top stories including Hurricane Sandy's economic impact could knock 1.5% off fourth-quarter GDP,

the U.S. stock market is set to reopen after the longest weather related closure since 1888 and Disney Buys Lucasfilm in a $4 billion deal.

Revised Sandy Forecast Shows Impact May Reach $50B
 

Nov. 2, 2012 (Bloomberg)

Equicat has doubled its economic damage estimates for superstorm Sandy to $50 billion.


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The storm damage is estimated at $20 to $25 billion, again in a process divorced from the real world. Recall the Fannie Mae bailout estimates for $50 to $100 billion at first. Recall that the Iraqi War costs were $200 to $400 billion at first. The Jackass cited cost forecasts multiples higher, all accurate. Quick footnote on storm aftermath. Think Desert Storm, or Desert Shield, or whatever mucky name they offer. The yellow painted bricks taken from the Iraqi central bank were really gold bricks, stolen, then covered by a lame news network story gobbled up by the incredibly braindead public. In a few weeks, some concocted story might emerge about how the New York Fed was without electrical power, its vault systems left unsecure.

The Hurricane Sandy storm damage will reach far past the $100 billion level, probably closer to $200 billion.
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Strange Sky Phenomenon Recorded Across Eastern U.S. Before Hurricane Sandy - Oct. 2012
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http://news.yahoo.com/power-returning-sandy-gas-problems-185318212.html

11/3/12

Power returning after Sandy but gas problems rise
Power slowly returns in NY after storm, but frustration mounts in region with lack of gasoline



NEW YORK (AP) -- More New Yorkers got power Saturday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy struck the region, but frustrations mounted over gasoline shortages as refueling sites turned into traffic jams of horn-honking confusion.

Gas rationing went into effect in northern New Jersey, while crowds lined up at free fuel distribution sites in New York's boroughs, where a limit of 10 gallons per person was imposed. New York officials then said emergency vehicles had the priority over the public.

"It's chaos, pandemonium out here," said Chris Damon, whose family was displaced from his home in the Queens neighborhood of Far Rockaway and are staying with relatives in Brooklyn. He circled the block for 3½ hours at the Brooklyn Armory, where the National Guard was directing traffic.

"It's ridiculous. No one knows what's going on," he said.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had announced that the 5,000-gallon trucks from the Defense Department would set up the emergency mobile gas stations at five locations around the New York City metropolitan area.

"Do not panic. I know there is anxiety about fuel," he said.

After the long lines formed, New York state officials said the public should stay away from the refueling stations until emergency responders first got their gas and more supplies are then made available.

The scene was more orderly in hard-hit Staten Island, where a line of cars stretched for two miles under the supervision of police and National Guard troops. Another 400 people were on foot, carrying gas cans.

As gas rationing went into effect at noon in northern New Jersey, police began enforcing rules to allow only motorists with odd-numbered license plates to refuel. Those with even-numbered plates must wait until Sunday.

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http://news.yahoo.com/another-storm-headed-toward-weather-beaten-ny-nj-232744186.html

11/4/12

Another storm headed toward weather-beaten NY, NJ

NEW YORK (AP) — Just what New York and New Jersey need after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy — More wind.

The National Weather Service said an offshore storm that could pack gusts up to 55 mph is in Wednesday's forecast for the New York metropolitan area and the New Jersey coastline.

Meteorologist Joe Pollina said the storm looks like a classic Nor'easter, coming up along the Atlantic coast. He said it will not be nearly as strong as Sandy but could compound the damage left by last week's superstorm.

The weather service said the strongest winds will likely hit eastern Long Island.

Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said cold temperatures mean "tens of thousands" of people whose homes were damaged by the superstorm will need other places to live.
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Did Hurricane Sandy Cause $36.5 Trillion In Damage?
5 November 2012, (The Automatic Earth)
http://theautomaticearth.com/Finance/did-hurricane-sandy-cause-365-trillion-in-damage.html
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‘Finding Bodies Left And Right’ It’s Far Worse Than The Media Is Portraying Says ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Star
 
Friday, November 2, 2012 17:00

‘Sons of Anarchy’ star: Storm aftermath ‘a lot worse than how it’s being portrayed by media’

EW spoke to
 
Sons of Anarchy – and Staten Island native — Theo Rossi (Juice Ortiz), who was home visiting family and friends when Sandy hit. He’s remained there ever since and gave us this first-hand account of the devastation.
 
“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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Why Power Is So Tricky for Hospitals During Hurricanes

November 03, 2012; 11:43 AM
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When hospitals lose power — as was the case for two New York hospitals due to Hurricane Sandy — the lives of critically ill patients are at risk. But such emergency situations can be difficult to prevent in the face of stretched budgets, space limitations and the wrath of Mother Nature, experts say.

Over the last decade, hospitals have become better prepared for disasters such as hurricanes and flooding, said Dr. James Augustine, an emergency physician at Mercy Hospital Anderson in Cincinnati.

In 2001, Tropical Storm Allison caused major flooding in hospitals in Houston, and many lost power when their generators — located in the basement — were damaged, Augustine said. That experience led to newer hospitals in flood-prone areas placing their generators on higher levels, or on the roof.

But most hospitals built before 2001 still have generators in the basement, said Paul Richter, the emergency management coordinator at South Carolina Hospital Association. This was the case for the New York University Langone Medical Center, which lost power in Hurricane Sandy, as well as hospitals in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. According to some news reports, the NYU hospital also had a generator on the roof that initially kicked in, though it lost most of its power a couple of hours later.

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Superstorm Sandy: FEMA Trailers May be Used to House Homeless

As the Northeast braces for a nor'easter in the wake of superstorm Sandy, government leaders are turning their attention to finding long-term housing for tens of thousands of people left homeless.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said trailers from FEMA might help some people, but it would be just one way victims of Sandy could find shelter. Others might move to hotels or other temporary housing.

"There are some local governments that will want trailers. Many communities on Long Island use trailers during situations like this. And they're frequently seen. So some communities, it's going to be a community by community option," Cuomo said at a Monday press conference.

There are still more than 1.4 million homes and businesses without power, more than 115,000 in New York City alone. Sandy has left as many as 40,000 New Yorkers homeless, according to city officials. About half of those people live in public housing.

FEMA has already dispensed close to $200 million in emergency housing assistance and put 34,000 people in New York and New Jersey in hotels and motels. Still, city and state officials have not laid out an official plan with specifics to move the homeless into long-term housing in an already congested area.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday the government's first priority is getting people to a warm place where they can eat a hot meal. Beyond that, the government wants to find housing as close to people's homes as possible.

"We're in the process of looking at all options for housing," she said. "Given the extent of the housing need, no option is off the table."

Compounding the immediate need for housing is a nor'easter that is expected to bring rain and high winds on Wednesday to the areas hit hard by Sandy.

"There's always a chance of there being a little snow. But right now, it looks like most of the rainfall from this system will be confined to coastal areas. We expect most of it, especially across the mid-Atlantic region that were hit by Sandy, to fall in the form of rain," Brian Korty, a forecaster at the National Weather Service, told ABC News.

The worst weather for New York City and the tri-state area will be Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening, with wind gusts along the coast near 50 mph. A storm surge of 1 to 4 feet is possible in coastal New Jersey and Long Island.

"Under normal conditions it wouldn't be that problematic. This is complicated because this is a storm that would approach before we have recovered from the first storm," Cuomo said.

The Red Cross doesn't expect the nor'easter to hurt its ability to get hot meals to victims.

"We have 5,300 Red Cross workers from all over the country who are here trying to help. And as long as it's safe to do so, volunteers will be out there," said Red Cross worker Daphne Hart.

With many huddling around fires and turning to candles for heat, authorities are urging them to get to a shelter or somewhere warm before the nor'easter.

"People are definitely concerned about the cold, they're concerned that they don't have power. So one of the things the Red Cross is doing is trying to talk to them, trying to tell them where they can get assistance. We've shipped in an additional 80,000 blankets that we're trying to distribute," Hart said.

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While all eyes are on the election...

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11/7/12

New York, New Jersey order evacuations ahead of new storm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York and New Jersey ordered the evacuation of nursing homes and low-lying coastal areas already devastated by deadly Superstorm Sandy as a smaller but still powerful Nor'easter approached from the Atlantic Ocean.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg closed parks and beaches and temporarily halted outdoor construction ahead of the storm, which was pelting the Washington area with ice pellets on Wednesday and whipping up seas as high as 7.5 feet about 20 miles off New York's JFK airport, AccuWeather reported.

Airlines canceled 770 flights into and out of the New York area, FlightAware.com said.

Thousands of people in the U.S. Northeast lost their homes and more than 621,000 homes and businesses remained without power due to Sandy, testing nerves ahead of the Nor'easter.

Forecasters said the nasty weather was headed for New York and New Jersey, which were struggling to recover after former hurricane Sandy killed at least 120 in the United States and Canada when it struck on October 29 as a rare hybrid storm.

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11/7/12

Nor'easter causes new power outages, slows Sandy effort

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. power companies expect the nor'easter whipping across the Mid-Atlantic on Wednesday to create additional outages and possibly slow their efforts to restore service to customers left in the dark by Hurricane Sandy nine days ago.

Utilities from the Carolinas to New York reported on their websites that the nor'easter has already knocked out service to over 3,000 customers by Wednesday afternoon.

More than 650,000 homes and businesses were still without power due to Sandy in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a report on Wednesday.

"The new storm could delay customer restorations. Crews repairing overhead lines and equipment cannot work in high winds," New York power company Consolidated Edison Inc said Wednesday.

Con Edison said its crews will get more help on Wednesday when 300 mutual aid workers arrive just in time for the nor'easter's arrival, bringing the company's total restoration workforce to over 3,000 utility workers.

The nor'easter will bring rain and heavy winds that could slam trees into power lines, utilities said.

New Jersey power company Public Service Enterprise Group Inc, which has the most customers still without service, said Wednesday it expects to continue to restore power to the remaining 185,000 customers out despite the nor'easter's approach.

While work may continue in the rain, PSEG said federal safety rules prevent line crews from working in bucket trucks when winds are greater than 40 miles per hour.

There have been reports of wind gusts from the nor'easter at over 50 miles per hours, according to weather forecaster AccuWeather.com.

If work has to stop due to the winds, PSEG said, "Crews will resume work when it is safe to do so."

Crews are working 16-hour days, with mandated rest periods and meal breaks. PSEG said it has secured an additional 600 line workers from Pennsylvania, bringing the total to more than 4,600 workers on the ground helping restore power to our customers.

PSEG also said that despite some reports of shortages of wires, poles and transformers at some utilities, "There currently is no shortage of materials.

"This is an incredible restoration job so we continue to seek materials so we can be covered in case the damage in some areas turns out to be greater than anticipated," PSEG said. It noted the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency "has offered to get materials for us, and we will take advantage of that offer."

A spokesman at Jersey Central Power and Light, the utility with the second most customers still without power, told Reuters it had enough supplies of equipment. JCP&L is a unit of Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp.

Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on the night of October 29, affecting about 8.48 million customers in 21 states. Over the past 24 hours, the Department of Energy said power companies had restored service to about 320,000 customers.

(Reporting By Scott DiSavino, Jeanine Prezioso, Jilian Mincer and Cezary Podkul in New York; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-possible-tax-hit-for-sandys-victims-2012-11-07

By Bill Bischoff

In addition to the tragedy of lost lives and injuries, Superstorm Sandy caused many billions of dollars in property damage. The sad truth: disasters occur every year in America. If you’re unlucky enough to suffer a disaster-related casualty, here’s what you need to know about the federal income tax implications.

Deductions for Personal Casualty Losses

Theoretically, our beloved Internal Revenue Code allows you to claim an itemized deduction — on Schedule A of your Form 1040 — for personal casualty losses to the extent they are not covered by insurance. Exactly what is a casualty loss? It’s when the fair market value of your property or asset is reduced or wiped out by a hurricane, flood, storm, fire, earthquake or volcanic eruption (not to mention sonic boom, theft or vandalism).

In reality, however, many disaster victims won’t qualify for any personal casualty loss write-offs because of the following two rules. First, you must reduce your loss by $100. Obviously, that’s no big deal. Then you must further reduce the loss by an amount equal to 10% of your adjusted gross income (AGI) for the year (AGI is the number at the bottom of page 1 of your Form 1040). That is a big deal. Say you incur a $20,000 personal casualty loss this year and have AGI of $100,000. Your write-off is a relatively puny $9,900 ($20,000 minus $100 minus $10,000). You get absolutely no tax break if your loss before the two required subtractions is $10,100 or less, and you have no chance at all if you don’t itemize.

But let’s assume you do have a deductible personal casualty loss from a 2012 event after the two subtractions. If the loss was caused by a disaster in a federally declared disaster area (more on that later), a special rule allows you to claim your rightful deduction either this year or last year. For example, victims of Hurricane Sandy can file amended 2011 returns and claim their losses last year. This rule allows you to get some immediate tax savings instead of having to wait until next year when you finally get around to filing your 2012 return. Remember: this special rule is only available for losses in federally declared disaster areas. You can find a by-state listing of these areas by using the interactive map on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website at www.fema.gov .

Deductions for Business Casualty Losses

If you have disaster-related losses to business assets, you don’t have to worry about the $100 subtraction rule or the 10%-of-AGI subtraction rule. Instead, you can deduct the full amount of your uninsured loss as a business expense. As with personal casualty losses, you have the option of claiming 2011 deductions for 2012 losses that occur in a federally declared disaster area.

Watch Out: You Might Have a Taxable Involuntary Conversion Gain

When you have insurance coverage for disaster-related property damage — under a homeowners, renters, or business policy — you might actually have a taxable gain instead of a deductible casualty loss. Why? Because if the insurance proceeds exceed the tax basis of the damaged or destroyed property (normally equal to its cost), you have a taxable profit as far as the IRS is concerned. This is the case even if the insurance company doesn’t fully compensate you for the pre-casualty value of the property. These gains are called involuntary conversion gains — because the casualty event causes your property to suddenly be converted into cash from the insurance proceeds.

For example, you could have a big involuntary conversion gain if your valuable vacation home is heavily damaged or destroyed and your insurance coverage greatly exceeds what you paid for the property when you bought it years ago.

If you have an involuntary conversion gain, it generally must be reported as income on your Form 1040 unless you (1) make sufficient expenditures to repair or replace the property and (2) make a special tax election to defer the gain. If you make the election (you generally should), you have a taxable gain only to the extent the insurance proceeds exceed what you spend to repair or replace the property. The expenditures for repairs or replacement generally must occur within the period beginning on the date the property was damaged or destroyed and ending two years after the close of the tax year in which you have the involuntary conversion gain.

Beneficial Rules for Principal Residence Involuntary Conversion Gains

For federal income tax purposes, special taxpayer-friendly rules apply to principal residence involuntary conversion gains.

* You can use the principal residence gain exclusion break to reduce or eliminate the involuntary conversion gain. The maximum gain exclusion is $250,000 for unmarried homeowners and $500,000 for married joint-filing couples. To qualify for the maximum exclusion, you must have owned and used the property as your main home for at least two out the last five years.

* If you still have an involuntary conversion gain even after taking advantage of the gain exclusion break, you have four years (instead of the normal two years) to replace the property and thereby avoid a taxable gain — if your residence was damaged or destroyed by an event in a federally declared disaster area.

* If contents in your principal residence are damaged or destroyed by an event in a federally declared disaster area, there is no taxable gain from insurance proceeds that cover losses to unscheduled personal property (so-called contents coverage). In other words, you need not replace the contents to avoid a taxable gain. You can do whatever you want with the insurance money. Source: IRS Revenue Ruling 95-22.
The Bottom Line

There you have it: Most of what you need to know about disaster-related casualties and your taxes. For details, see IRS Publication 547 (Casualties, Disasters, and Thefts) at www.irs.gov. If you have big losses or big insurance payments, consider hiring a tax pro to deal with the complicated rules and prepare your return. It could be money well-spent. Meanwhile, I wish you the best of luck in the recovery process.
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« Reply #58 on: November 08, 2012, 09:39:37 am »

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Chris Christie Slams “Know-Nothing” Romney Staffers

11/8/12

Before Hurricane Sandy descended upon the northeastern states, New Jersey governor Chris Christie says, he told Mitt Romney that he more than likely wouldn’t be available for any campaign events in the week leading up to the election. Romney, he insists, was understanding. However, some in Romney’s camp don’t feel the same way, and have bashed the governor for not showing up to a rally on Sunday in Pennsylvania.
 
“I said to him, ‘Listen, Mitt, if this storm hits the way I think it’s going to, I’m off the campaign trail from here to Election Day,’” Christie says. “And he said to me, ‘Chris, of course. That’s what you have to do. Do your job. Don’t worry about me. I’ll take care of things.’ So all this other noise, I think, is coming from know-nothing, disgruntled Romney staffers who, you know, don’t like the fact that I said nice things about the president of the United States. Well, that’s too bad for them.”
 
It appears that the fact that Christie was so close to the rally–around 20 minutes away, according to the Huffington Post–is what angers the staffers so much.

“You can’t tell me he couldn’t have gone over there for a night rally,” a Romney campaign source said.
 
However, with more than 700,000 people still without power in the state of New Jersey–not to mention massive flood damage and gasoline rationing–Christie says his priorities were clear, and he expected members of Romney’s campaign to understand.
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New York rations gasoline; storm victims still in the dark

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City began rationing gasoline on Friday for the first time since the energy shortages of the 1970s, seeking to ease a fuel crisis brought on by Superstorm Sandy.

The former hurricane hammered the U.S. East Coast on October 29, killing at least 120 people and causing an estimated $50 billion in damage or economic losses.

It also disrupted the fuel supply chain, creating hours-long waits for gasoline that led officials first in New Jersey and now New York City and Long Island to impose rationing. Cars with odd- and even-numbered license plates will be able to buy gas and diesel fuel on alternate days.

"This is worse than the oil crises of the 1970s," said Ralph Bombardiere, executive director of the New York State Association of Service Stations and Repair Shops. "Back then there was just a perceived shortage of supply in New York, when there was plenty of gasoline around. Now we're having real distribution problems."

The long lines at the pump have added to the frustration of commuters, who must choose between driving and enduring seemingly interminable waits for buses and trains with parts of the transportation network still damaged.

In addition, some 434,000 homes and businesses in the Northeast lacked power as of Friday afternoon, creating more misery for the thousands forced to flee their storm-damaged homes or for those who have hunkered down in the dark with freezing overnight temperatures.

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