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Subscribe to RSSTowns in New Jersey scrambled to prepare for their first major winter storm not long after Hurricane Sandy destroyed huge swaths of coastline. NBC's Katy Tur reports.
Updated at 1 a.m. ET: Snow fell on damaged homes and debris piles in parts of the New York City area as a nor'easter moved in Wednesday, causing new power outages and calls for evacuations.
By Wednesday night, the winds had caused more than 100,000 new power outages in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, the U.S. Energy Department stated. That brought the total number to 715,000, most of those remaining from Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall in New Jersey on Oct. 29.
Throughout the Tri-state area, people wore coats indoors as they endured yet another night without heat. Some of those who had weathered Sandy told NBC New York on Wednesday they were petrified.
"It's like a sequel to a horror movie," said James Alexander, a resident of the hard-hit Rockaway Peninsula. "Here we are, nine days later — freezing, no electricity, no nothing, waiting for another storm."
Alexander's home was spared when Sandy hit, but homes around him burned to the ground, and the boardwalk near his home was washed out to sea.
"They said it would be a rough winter," he noted to NBC New York.
One local resident refuses to be driven out by the latest storm, a combo of snow and rain that is threatening areas already ravaged by Hurricane Sandy. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.
About 1,200 flights were canceled across the Northeast, while residents of a few areas hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy last week were urged to evacuate in case of new flooding. Long Island Rail Road service was also suspended before 7 p.m. because of weather-related signal problems, NBC New York reported.
A punishing nor'easter is expected to dump snow on storm-battered New York and New Jersey. NBC's Jay Gray reports.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg directed police to use their patrol car loudspeakers to warn the 20,000 to 30,000 residents in vulnerable areas to evacuate. In Belle Harbor, in Queens, police patrolled the streets, advertising a warming shelter. Officers found that most had left their homes to stay with family, NBC New York reported.
In Toms River, N.J., residents of nearby barrier island communities lashed out at the city council because they had not been allowed to return to their homes since before Sandy hit.
Said one resident at a city council meeting: "These people need to understand it's our island, it's our home, and we need to defend it like it's a castle."
The snow from the latest Nor'easter is expected to continue through midnight before finally winding down in the early hours of Thursday morning. NBC's Janice Huff reports.
The nor'easter, dubbed "Athena" by The Weather Channel, could produce strong gusts that could also turn up piled debris from Sandy into projectiles. (Last month, The Weather Channel announced it will name noteworthy winter storms in an effort to “better communicate the threat and the timing of the significant impacts that accompany these events.")
"One of the bigger concerns ... would be the debris that's been piled up from all the residences and the businesses," Kevin O'Hara, police chief in Point Pleasant, N.J., told The Weather Channel.
From weather.com: Storm's city-by-city forecasts
"With winds picking up to 30-, 40-, 50-mile-per-hour gusts," he added, "our fear is that if people are out and about they could be hit by flying debris. We would urge people to stay in their houses, stay home, and let the storm pass."
The Long Island Power Authority dedicated more than 12,000 workers to restoring power to its customers -- 8,000 of those workers were linemen and tree trimming crews from around the country, including some who had been airlifted in by the National Guard.
Sea Bright, N.J., is among the areas fearing new flooding on Wednesday. Katy Tur reports.
Snow storms are unusual at this time of year in the New York area. Snowfall had never previously been recorded at Islip, N.Y., Kennedy and LaGuardia airports.
Central Park recorded 2.8 inches of snowfall, beating the 1878 record of 0.1 inches. Bridgeport, Conn., saw 3.5 inches, breaking the former record of 2.0 inches set in 1953. In Newark, N.J., 2.0 inches fell; trace amounts had been recorded in 1981.
"It's not a massive nor'easter by winter standards," said Weather Channel expert Tom Niziol, "but at this time of year immediately after Sandy's wrath and destruction, this isn't what we want."
"Mother Nature is not cutting us a break along the East Coast," he said.
As the day cooled into night, The Weather Channel forecast three inches of snow in Philadelphia with wind gusts over 30 mph, a combination of wet snow and wind in New Jersey, and snowfall totals of six to 12 inches in southeastern New York and New England.
NBCNewYork.com's coverage of nor'easter
In New York, Bloomberg expected up to three inches of snow. He said no new flooding occurred along the city's coastal areas "through the first and most dangerous cycle of high tide" on Wednesday afternoon.
Bloomberg had ordered three nursing homes and an adult care facility evacuated Tuesday from Queens' vulnerable Rockaway Peninsula. About 620 residents were moved.
Fearing winds could down more trees, the city also closed all parks, playgrounds and beaches at noon Wednesday, and ordered all construction sites to be secured.
Airlines cancel flights ahead of nor'easter
Sandy killed more than 100 people, mainly in New York City and New Jersey, and left more than 8 million homes and businesses without power.
John Makely / NBC News
Postal carrier Kenneth Henn delivers mail in the evacuated section of Belmar, N.J., on Tuesday as earth moving machines pile sand along the beach.
Fearing looters, Alex Ocasio told The Associated Press that he planned to ride out the latest storm in his first-floor Rockaway apartment — even after seeing cars float by his front door during Sandy.
As the water receded during Sandy, men dressed in dark clothes broke down the door and were surprised to find him and other residents inside, he said.
Full NBC coverage of Sandy's aftermath
"They tried to say they were rescue workers, then took off," he said.
He put up a handmade sign — "Have gun. Will shoot U" — outside his apartment and started using a bed frame to barricade the door. He has gas, so he keeps the oven on and boils water to stay warm at night.
"It gets a little humid, but it's not bad," he said. "I'm staying. Nothing can be worse than what happened last week."
NBC's Isolde Raftery, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Work together people and donate anything you can and equipment of any kind and people that can help and this disaster will take time but as a country we will survive and rebuild and come out even stronger than before.....more later world
I'll send them a lump of coal with a note saying - this is thanks for voting for Obama
Can the military personnel transform a football field to be a temporary housing unit, which is away from the seashore or low area?
Military has built many portable housing unit and command centers in a war zone. And their skill and technology may be called to be in a good use, such as this situation.
And in those housing areas, they can set up the posts for police, military personnel, delivering needs, e.g. food and water and clothing, temporary command center, medical unit running by Red Cross . . . During this kind of emergency situation, closing down one or two football fields for housing the Sandy victims may be a necessary move.
It has reminded us how the Occupy Event organized their activities in N.Y.
Sorry but the military got moved out of their quarters in NYC for a Justin Bieber Event. Seems like NYC has priorities other than people. Thats the way it is when after you elect someone who says "I got your back"
wow! that's the extreme lefties for ya! dancing till the world ends!
I thought lefties Loathed the military! now you want help. I have been where you are, and I helped myself and my family, I suggest you do the same.
Weather makes storms.
Hopefully the storm will hit the MORONS who voted for Obama...oh wait, that would be the entire corner of the northeast, because they all think alike, which is MORONIC! The man has done the most horrible job the past few years, unemployment is the same, he's responsible for the death of our Ambassador and his colleagues in Benghazi, he's responsbible for the death of our border patrol agent with Fast & Furious, and we now have the HIGHEST DEBT ever (which all of you would have impeached Bush for), and you still vote for him. Talk about uninformed voters, who are just too plain stupid. You guys are exactly right, what comes around goes around, and you get what you give.
I have no sympathy for the typical american pinheads living in these areas. Since you favor higher taxes rather than spending cuts, you should be forced to pay for your own clean up. You losers chose to live there, so the rest of us DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING. If you don't have enough education, sense, or ingenuity to improve your own situation then EVERYTHING that happens to you is well deserved.
republicans would love to go help, but they are such terrible people, that their help is not wanted!!!!!!
Obama, they only want you to rescue them! Plus, they don't even pray to God anymore, they now pray to you, so hopefully you can deliver them from God's wrath. oh yeah, hope is just a thought.
No, in two weeks obama will say it was caused by a video and he was "never briefed."
yeah, and they'll buy it! lol
"I'm so glad we had that storm" Chris Matthews, MSNBC
Seems to me like the liberals prayed for this storm. Enjoy the answer!!!
That's because you're stupid. He's already accepted the blame and apologized for what he said, even though it was taken out of context.
I'm really glad you're fixated on this, though, because It makes you an easy target. Like shooting morons in a barrel. ;-)
And I like the fact that you're so bitter, too. It makes Obama's victory even sweeter.
ofcourse he apoligized, it would cost him his job! unsincere apology..empty apology! if got out there and tryed to help them, then he truly would be sorry!
well you and obama claim to be gawd. Fix it, or are you waiting for a kick back?
You're not smart enough to argue with, so I'll just say it again: I like the fact that you're so bitter. It makes Obama's victory even sweeter.
You may continue b!tching and moaning now, you're dismissed!
Huh????
disgustedmom, -god is saying he is obama, i told you he is the anti christ. lol j/k, idk
Chris Mathews is a FOODGIE Packer, He belongs in new york, or Sodom which ever it is.
The sheer misery for these people who lost homes,cars family members and now this.I can't imagine trying to navigate a disaster such as this.My thoughts and well wishes for everyone of the people affected by Sandy.
Everybody too busy on the election is even think about what the storm.
Grammer fail wtf lol
While trying to be logical I will admit to sometimes being emotional and needing to let off steam. This is one of those times.
I seem to remember our bipartisan President saying after the 2008 election that elections have consequences. Well, I guess they do because for the moment I've lost all sympathy for the New England states. Especially Massachusetts. Live next to the ocean, vote for nothing but more big government and now you can all wait for big government to solve your problems.
wow practically a whole page of a..holes.thanks for the kind words you fn peices of s..t.hopefully this happens to you and you get the same scumbag responces.f..k you all.you armchair bitching fags.
yeah! well if we would of voted for obama, then yes this would also be happening to us! but thank you for your thoughts, wonder where your thoughts were when you were all victory partying and laughing in Romneys face.
It has happened to us.. and what was your response? We deserved, hope the whole state burns to the ground or get swiped off the map.
The only difference is, we handled the problem. You sit and insult people 365 because you think you are so superior then when you find out you are not, you turned away assistance that does not meet your socialist mentality and you suddenly want to act like a humanitarian.
obama is in the White House, Justin Bieber is in NYC, the unions are running the recovery and Bloomberg made sure you would not get fat off soda. Those were your priorities, not mine.. so enjoy it. Sounds to me like everything is peachy there.
Thats not a Nor'easter, thats effin KARMA giving you an effin wake up call.
well well another a..hole, imagine that.thank you for your stupid comment that made no sense,typical.you can go f..k yourself.you dont know me.you and romney and obama can all take turns sucking a fart out of my a..hole.laughing at people and the misery theyre going through because your horse didnt win?F..............k YOU! oh, and navy, you can get in line behind obama.
What makes people think the east coast DIDN'T prepare for Sandy? There are the few idiots who didn't evacuate and so they needed to be rescued but the majority left way ahead of time. The destruction in the news couldn't be avoided. Remember, this storm wasn't just the category 1 hurricane, but a storm from the west and another storm and cold air from the north combined to form the super storm. Now the snow isn't all that bad. I'm in central Jersey and have about 1 inch. The power outages are probably because the new repairs were done too fast.
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The animals deserve help, but not the people of NYC
@R Battle: By the way douchbag, "peices" is spelled pieces, and "reponces" is spelled responses. Your 3rd grade education is showing. You self-proclaimed liberal academics are supposedly smarter than the rest of us. You sir are the true moron as evidenced by your grammatical and spelling errors. For that matter, you people are the ones who adore the "fags", so why don't you go get sodomized by one. Peace, out.
jesus the a..holes keep on coming.1st johnny,i claim no political affiliation.they all suck.im a man living in america.the northeast to be exact.im living through this mess with alot of good people trying to get by.to hear dildos make sad comments about this area and the people living hear because of their sad pathetic political veiws angers me.do you comprehend that? can you relate to that at all?somehow by your diatribe i doubt that.too bad you dont live here.come experience the fun.maybe you could try to relate to the people who live here and not lump everyone and everything into a nice little package so you can go about your life without giving a s..t about anyone but yourself.have a wonderful day.
R Battle.... We lost half the state of texas to wildfires, I lost all I owned to an F-4 tornado, and people from the northeast were as crude as these people are tonight. They DID say they hoped we burned off the map. I still have no animosity, but I didn't ask for help, I fixed my own problems. I don't owe anyone in NY help. We are hated and despised by the frikkin yankees, until they need help. Treat us the same whether you need help or not, and we might get along. I don't care who was elected president, when all of the yankees get their slave-guilt over with, this country can get back to doing what made it great. Abd BTW that wasn't smokin pot and sodomy!
Hey, call on the "hero" you voted for.
Maybe he can help.
At this point he could probably give a rats ass less.
That is exactly what he gives is a rats ass. And these people are looking to him for help - what a bunch of morons. They deserve to freeze to death for being so stupid and for foisting that ahole on us for another 4 years
A lot of consertatives are very angry over the election and want to lash out at the people who could re-elect a president that has done so much damage. He was very nasty and very much demonized Romney during this campaign. He actually said he would get his revenge when he was re-eclected! I really don't understand the mindset here, it is just beyond comprehension that American's prefer to be taken care of by the government, instead taking care of themselves. I am ashamed to say that even I had unsympathetic thoughts to the victims of Sandy just because of the election. But truly I do not want to see anyone suffer and do hope for the best for the people in the wake of this storm. Regardless of who you voted for or who is donating, we will all end up paying for it.
Living well is the best revenge. Raise my taxes I raise your rent. Piss on all these useless politicians.
New government entitlement just announced.
"Little Pink Snow Blowers for You and ME".
what i don't understand is this, and hopefully someone can explain it to me; ok so, the famous people get up, and publicly tell people who to vote for- they don't endorse them, and explain why they are the better candidate, they just hurra hurra obama, and they make horrid comments like megan fox says "oh wish optimus prime would come down and destroy all the conservatives" and then a distructive storm comes in, and the same terrible celebrities get back on television asking all us poor people, to donate our money to these victims. so first they say, don't listen to the good people, basically cause thats what conservative means, and then they beg us to donate our money, and then....heres the even funny part, that celebrity gets the credit...."oh, this celebrity donated so much money" and were still the bad guys, wow
I can help you with that one.
It's known as liberal ignorance and hypocrisy.
oh man! i hope they are not too ignorant, hope they start asking obama to take up Trump on his offer, i think they deserve it after giving him their hopes and dreams with their vote. the offer doesn't seem so dumb anymore, i think.
Hopes and dreams for a liberal are just that.
Or, walking to the mail box to pick up a government check.
America is driven by work, and capitalism.
Not slackers and socialism.
1. We have to help these people ... because Barak cant, Bloomers is at a party, FEMA is nowhere in sight and there are 30,000 that can die if we dont help.
Donald Trump has sent a huge truckload of food, water, etc. George Clooney had an orgasm with his pet pig and male lover last night, community groups have shovels, rakes, blankets and clothes there, Eva Longoria is still drunk, Food and Goods sent from groups Ann Romney boxed goods with are there, Brian Williams is still munching on his cucumber sandwich while NBC "Reporters" do penance for the lies about needed contributions for victims, Romneys personal contributions are being eaten, worn, used, Bill Clinton is doing penance with his Minister for lying, Joe Biden is drunk, Springstein is off Jay Z, and Beyonce are shopping for another luxury million dollar car, The Obamas on their way to a vacation or round of golf and 30,000PLUS New Yorkers are freezing tonight. Pray they survive and dont get more ill (many are already quite sick) THEN in the AM go to a place to box contributions to help while barak and biden bloomers, cuomo and FEMA ignore them ... WE are the only hope they have and Bill Clinton only gives a @!$%# about Foreign Disasters. After that demand ABC cancel the View hags and NBC fire Brian ass rimmer Williams.
omg that is so true, your right! i was actually thinking the same thing, "if we don't help, and they... and we think obama and his party followers will help, they are screwed, and that's not right.
I'll send them a lump of coal with a note saying - karma is a biotch isn't it?
What a mess!
Looks like you people could use a community organizer up there.
I sure hope Obama listens to the storm victims better than he did to the Ambassador. Asking for help in a crisis can be an "maybe, maybe not " situation for victims.
Creek Dog, 1. Stay Safe 2. Help Others 3. Hope you get the Boxes of Goods Private Citizens are sending 4. Quit posting those CL Ads Gas 4 A*S and then 5. Read what Private Citizen Mitt Romney did for Katrina Victims (LA Times June or July 2012, Romney fact v perception) .. THATS why I voted for him .. He did get in and HELP, Barak talks .. right now you need action (not that kind pervo, Anthony Weiner jock supporter) not a photo op, fast talking Politician like Barak. Again stay safe and as warm as you can.
I'll send the people of NYC of box of coal for what they have done in voting Obama back in. Hope they like the taste!
hey welfare trash liberals of nyc and everywhere,i hope all of you are getting real cold but dont worry your bedpartner will just steel the rich people's house's or the people of the suburbs,or maybe you can get the garbage from hollywood,oh i know the garbage from hollywood will not give you thier homes just other people's homes.i hope more storms hit nyc and maybe ca.maybe you can get the garbage from msnbc or the rest of the liberal garbage to help you out.also i want america to go bankrupt so you wont be able to get your freebees
Hey on a brighter note, NY you might get LA's Porn Industry because LA mandated condom use. Grease up Creek Dog, Tony Weiner is on the way!
i couldn't believe they didn't already wear them! i heard that tho, cross fingers!