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October 30, 2012 11:27 AM

The destruction of Hurricane Sandy

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This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows Sandy over much of the eastern United States extending from North Carolina to Illinois into the Northeast with areas of rain.
This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows Sandy over much of the eastern United States extending from North Carolina to Illinois into the Northeast with areas of rain. AP
This combination of photos shows above, lower Manhattan dark after the hybrid storm Sandy on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, and below a fully lit skyline on Jan. 6, 2012, both seen from the Brooklyn borough of New York. In an attempt to lessen damage from saltwater to the subway system and the electrical network beneath the city's financial district, New York City's main utility cut power to about 6,500 customers in lower Manhattan. But a far wider swath of the city was hit with blackouts caused by flooding and transformer explosions. (AP Photo)
This combination of photos shows above, lower Manhattan dark after the hybrid storm Sandy on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, and below a fully lit skyline on Jan. 6, 2012, both seen from the Brooklyn borough of New York. In an attempt to lessen damage from saltwater to the subway system and the electrical network beneath the city's financial district, New York City's main utility cut power to about 6,500 customers in lower Manhattan. But a far wider swath of the city was hit with blackouts caused by flooding and transformer explosions. (AP Photo) ASSOCIATED PRESS
Damage from superstorm Sandy includes the upheaval of roads such as here along West Shore Road in Oyster Bay, New York, Tuesday, October 30, 2012.
Damage from superstorm Sandy includes the upheaval of roads such as here along West Shore Road in Oyster Bay, New York, Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Newsday/MCT
Water reaches the street level of the flooded Battery Park Underpass, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. New York City awakened Tuesday to a flooded subway system, shuttered financial markets and hundreds of thousands of people without power a day after a wall of seawater and high winds slammed into the city, destroying buildings and flooding tunnels. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Water reaches the street level of the flooded Battery Park Underpass, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. New York City awakened Tuesday to a flooded subway system, shuttered financial markets and hundreds of thousands of people without power a day after a wall of seawater and high winds slammed into the city, destroying buildings and flooding tunnels. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano) ASSOCIATED PRESS
A sailboat is beached on West Shore Road in Oyster Bay, Tuesday, October 30, 2012. (Bill Bleyer/Newsday/MCT)
A sailboat is beached on West Shore Road in Oyster Bay, Tuesday, October 30, 2012. (Bill Bleyer/Newsday/MCT) MCT
A fire truck passes a tree that has fallen across parked cars in the Brooklyn borough of New York the morning after superstorm Sandy struck, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. A record storm surge that was higher than predicted along with high winds damaged the electrical system and plunged millions of people into darkness. Utilities say it could be up to a week before power is fully restored. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A fire truck passes a tree that has fallen across parked cars in the Brooklyn borough of New York the morning after superstorm Sandy struck, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. A record storm surge that was higher than predicted along with high winds damaged the electrical system and plunged millions of people into darkness. Utilities say it could be up to a week before power is fully restored. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ASSOCIATED PRESS
A house on Kenwood Road in Garden City, New York, is leveled to the ground from an explosion in the aftermath of the superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Neighbors rescued a 97-year old man inside. (Audrey C. Tiernan/Newsday/MCT)
A house on Kenwood Road in Garden City, New York, is leveled to the ground from an explosion in the aftermath of the superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Neighbors rescued a 97-year old man inside. (Audrey C. Tiernan/Newsday/MCT) MCT
Andrea Grolon walks through waist-deep water in the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Grolon, a resident of the trailer park, was wading through oil covered water to help others get to rescue vehicles in the wake of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Andrea Grolon walks through waist-deep water in the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Grolon, a resident of the trailer park, was wading through oil covered water to help others get to rescue vehicles in the wake of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle ASSOCIATED PRESS
A tree falls over a house on Kildare Road in Garden City, New York, Tuesday, October 30, 2012. (Karen Stabile/Newsday/MCT)
A tree falls over a house on Kildare Road in Garden City, New York, Tuesday, October 30, 2012. (Karen Stabile/Newsday/MCT) MCT
The lights on the Brooklyn Bridge stand in contrast to the lower Manhattan skyline which has lost its electrical supply, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after megastorm Sandy swept through New York. A record storm surge that was higher than predicted along with high winds damaged the electrical system and plunged millions of people into darkness. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The lights on the Brooklyn Bridge stand in contrast to the lower Manhattan skyline which has lost its electrical supply, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after megastorm Sandy swept through New York. A record storm surge that was higher than predicted along with high winds damaged the electrical system and plunged millions of people into darkness. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ASSOCIATED PRESS
People make their way through a flooded street in Sayville, on Long Island's South Shore, Monday afternoon, October 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy gains strength. (Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday/MCT)
People make their way through a flooded street in Sayville, on Long Island's South Shore, Monday afternoon, October 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy gains strength. (Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday/MCT) MCT
Travelers wait in a special line for those whose flights had been canceled due to weather at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, Monday, October 29, 2012. Many flights have been canceled due to Hurricane Sandy, which is set to wreak havoc along the East Coast. (Dan Honda/Contra Costa Times/MCT)
Travelers wait in a special line for those whose flights had been canceled due to weather at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, Monday, October 29, 2012. Many flights have been canceled due to Hurricane Sandy, which is set to wreak havoc along the East Coast. (Dan Honda/Contra Costa Times/MCT) MCT
Hunter Crosby, left, 9, and Scout Crosby, 8, play video games as they sit and wait while their parents try to make alternative travel arrangements at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, Monday, October 29, 2012. They were trying to fly to the east and eventually back to their home in Australia. Many flights to the East Coast have been canceled due to Hurricane Sandy. (Dan Honda/Contra Costa Times/MCT)
Hunter Crosby, left, 9, and Scout Crosby, 8, play video games as they sit and wait while their parents try to make alternative travel arrangements at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, Monday, October 29, 2012. They were trying to fly to the east and eventually back to their home in Australia. Many flights to the East Coast have been canceled due to Hurricane Sandy. (Dan Honda/Contra Costa Times/MCT) MCT
In the path of hurricane Sandy, Haddonfield King's Highway shops stand prepared on Monday, October 29, 2012. Here, the bread shelf at Acme. (Jim Selzer/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)
In the path of hurricane Sandy, Haddonfield King's Highway shops stand prepared on Monday, October 29, 2012. Here, the bread shelf at Acme. (Jim Selzer/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT) MCT
This NOAA satellite image taken  Monday, Oct. 19, 2012 shows Hurricane Sandy at 11:15 a.m. E.D.T. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Weather Underground)
This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Oct. 19, 2012 shows Hurricane Sandy at 11:15 a.m. E.D.T. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Weather Underground) AP
High seas have eaten away at the dune containing beach vegetation at Midtown Beach in Palm Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Sandy, Monday, October 29, 2012. (Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post/MCT)
High seas have eaten away at the dune containing beach vegetation at Midtown Beach in Palm Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Sandy, Monday, October 29, 2012. (Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post/MCT) MCT
Fred Brugge of Lexington, Ky., clears snow from his car windshield on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park at Prestonsburg in eastern Kentucky. Snow settled in across portions of Kentucky’s Appalachian region as part of superstorm Sandy hitting the eastern U.S. A winter storm warning continues through Wednesday morning for the eastern counties of Harlan, Letcher and Pike. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)
Fred Brugge of Lexington, Ky., clears snow from his car windshield on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park at Prestonsburg in eastern Kentucky. Snow settled in across portions of Kentucky’s Appalachian region as part of superstorm Sandy hitting the eastern U.S. A winter storm warning continues through Wednesday morning for the eastern counties of Harlan, Letcher and Pike. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner) ASSOCIATED PRESS
Crews work to clean up downed power lines in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Milton, N.H. Thousands of New Hampshire residents and businesses are without power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Crews work to clean up downed power lines in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Milton, N.H. Thousands of New Hampshire residents and businesses are without power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) AP
Hurricane Sandy storm surge related flooding remains along the coast in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Monday, October 29, 2012. Work crews continue to push sand off the roadway. (Susan Stocker/Sun Sentinel/MCT)
Hurricane Sandy storm surge related flooding remains along the coast in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Monday, October 29, 2012. Work crews continue to push sand off the roadway. (Susan Stocker/Sun Sentinel/MCT) MCT
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