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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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PLEASE STOP BASHING NEW YORKERS AND PEOPLE FROM NJ. THERE ARE LOTS OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE. WE ARE ALL SUFFERING. WE NEED PRAYERS AND HELP, NOT SNIDE COMMENTS.
Save the snide comments for the crooks on Wall St. Remember-they will brush right by hard-working people to get into their limos and head for their expensive apts and houses in Greenwich, CT. And we know they are NOT sitting in dark, freezing flooded homes and I have yet to hear about any major trend for those investment banks and such to do something meaningful for theiw employees down in the trenches. I used to be one and felt sick at what I saw and was lucky enough to get into a totally different field helping underdogs.
MOVINONOUT::
You should know where you rank on the food chain when Wall Street got enough generators to run their place and YOU still sit in the dark..Wish I could help cause I've been there myself..
Blade,
Wall Street is Nation/Word Wide as in, wherever you live, they're helping you out. Without the stock market, USA would be in deep *^%$.
Nothing to do with NY or NJ or our welfare as in, food and warmth...
I cannot imagine what those poor people must be feeling to have lost everthing and now a new storm. That said...
The election is over and 51% of the electorate voted to give Obama another 4 yrs. The results are amazing.
51% voted to have the gov't continue their gravy train, RATHER then work hard and make their own living.
51% voted to have the gov't make their choices in healthcare, RATHER then they and their doctor make decisions.
51% voted to have the gov't gut our military....and with the middle east in such turmoil that will be a dangerous path.
51% voted to have the gov't continue to take us on an insolvent and dangerous debt crisis.
51% voted to heavily tax American citizenry, etc---businesses, healthcare and any investments deemed as income, which does include the middle class. There are over 20+ hidden taxes in Obamacare.
51% voted to have the gov't continue the class warfare and racial divide in this nation. It is a total disgrace when the gov't continues to take the side of illegal aliens over it's own citizenry........so many were allowed to vote in this election.
51% voted for Obama to make dangerous deals with Russia and other rogue countries.
Last night Obama gave the same promises that he gave 4 yrs ago_____we still have a divided nation, looking at $20 trillions of dollars debt for the future generations....and the stocks fell this morning with the uncertainty for our future. You do reap what you sow.
Odd.. I thought this story was about a storm hitting a storm damaged area. Must have clicked the wrong link.
no navy, your on the correct story.its just filled with jackhammers.big annoying tools.
Congrats to the power company crews who have been working around the clock across a massive damage area to restore power to the region. The numbers in this article without power seem large but in comparison to where they began this time last week they are amazing.
Congrats to all the other disaster response teams. From the stories (not this blog site) on various websites it seems that the States have been doing a great job and FEMA has as well in getting them the support they ask for. (Which is what FEMA does....they get the support the States as for to the States). Companies have stepped up to provide supplies. Neighbors have stepped up to help. In many, not all, but many cases it has been awe inspiring.
OBAMA will come to your rescue! He will give you Hope and Change that you can believe in!!!
You voted for him for 4 more years of misery and high gasoline prices.
I voted for revenge.
Woke up this morning still in a place we call America, though there seems to be two separate ones, but still the one with the have's and the have not's. Still one where half of the country has either turned away from the Lord, or never beleived in hm to begin with and the other half that does beleive, but is beginining to turn cold and indifferent toward the others. My countrymen, no policitian can save you and no government can restore you. It's the American people that must pull together and demonstrate love of country and countrymen, or else all will slowly disolve. As I have pondered those saying like "diversity makes us strong", I'm reminded that it does, but not at the expense of our National Identity. I'm prayerful for those stricken by storms, poverty, racism, anger, strife, division, hatred and apathy. Mostly prayerful that we might remember that the Lord Himself said, "if my people will humble themselves and pray, I will hear their prayers and heal their lands".
Peace to you all, may the Lord forgive each one of us and may He protect those needing Him and seeking Him.
Folks who began complaining from day two of the disaster response that FEMA wasn`t doing this or that or the other have no clue as to what they are supposed to do. Or how any response to a disaster is supposed to go down. This despite having watched disaster after disaster after disaster occur since FEMA was created after Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
The taxpayer through FEMA is not going to rebuild your house. We are going to give you grants to get you to a place in time where you can help yourself. Grants for a few months in an apartment. Grants to get some initial clothing and supplies. If you had no insurance then you are just SOL. If you did not have flood insurance then you are SOL. The taxpayer is not going to fix it for you through FEMA. That is not how it works. Through FEMA the SBA can give low interest loans to help you rebuild (note that because it is a disaster the federal gov`t uses the small business administration to do this for individuals as well as businesses). But they are loans. Just as if you went to the bank to get a mortgage to build a house. No one is going to give you a house for free just because a storm destroyed the last one. No one is going to resupply all the stuff you lost....that is called personal property insurance. If you were under insured then we are all sorry for you but again taxpayer dollars are not going to give that all back to you. The many charitable organizations collecting money may be able to help you there. Don`t expect a lot as they always seem to take a huge swath off the top leaving less for the victims.....but hey, that is the American way.
If you are living in a freezing house without power at this point then that is on you. Have you registered with FEMA yet? That would allow you to get grant money to find an apartment. From what I see on the news the cities and States gov'ts appear to be aggressively working on the housing shortage (I hope they do not ask FEMA to get you trailers though). With or without power and water to your house......they are not habitable. Living in an uninhabitable house while you get it fixed up is your choice. That is not my problem as a taxpayer.
You have another storm today with another storm surge and more high tide..... I hope you get to safety today.
Kelcy::
I'm wondering just one thing..During katrina, did you post the very same post as you have now OR are you one of the majority that ripped Bush a new a$$hole for FEMA Not doing a good enough job?
If they and anyone listens to warnings prior to any major storm they should have known what to do. Pretty basic.
1 Make sure you have enough water & non-parisable food for at least a week, two weeks would be better.
2 Batteries for flashlights & radios
3 Fill up your car with gas. And any gas cans you might have.
4 Fill up your bathtub with water.
4 little simple rules, that no one who is stuck after the storm seems to listen & prepare for before the storm. But they sure do love to blame FEMA and the government for not getting their lights on within 24 hrs and what ever else happens after a major storm. Even though there are individuals risking their lives, who probably lost their homes, to get out there in conditions unbearable to get their lights on, hand out food & water, help clean up the debris.
I say God bless the first & second responders and any volunteer to any disaster. And to those whining on message boards, how about stop whining, get off of your behinds, get out there and help with clean up.
INSTANT KARMA IS GONNA GET YOU!!!!!
You east coast liberals are going to get what you deserve. Now if only we can get some of this retribution to the leading liberal bastion of California.
You're a disgusting piece of sub-human filth and you deserve all the drought, tornadoes, wildfires and illegal immigrants coming your way.
You may continue to suffer your guts out now.
Have a nice day ;-)
-god,
Couldn't of said it better myself. Takes balls to say something so stupid "AND" put your name up there. OMG heh heh...ahhhh
HELP US........
Well! here we go!
No sympathy for all ya'll BLUE folks.
cumon man,what a small minded wang you are.
Waaaah. I've never seen so much whining by the Republicans on open forums not even related to the storm. It's just making you look more weak and pathetic than you, your party, and your sad mistake for a candidate already are. Waaah.
P.S. Repubs, please keep voting for a multi-trillion dollar military industrial complex deficit while the rest of the nation focuses on the immediacy of a crumbling economy...We'll have democrats in office for the next 40 years while we dig ourselves out of the pile of @!$%# little Bush left this country in after 8 years.
So how did Bush destroy the economy and how is obama saving it? Sorry, I forgot liberals cannot answer questions with facts.
BTW.. who has obama selected to replace Bernanke?
I love how you're not denying that you support a 2 trillion dollar increase in defense spending with what your candidate had planned. You can't even start to talk comparative economic politics between what the dems have done when you are going to triple the national defense spending, which is currently at a trillion, during a recession/depression. Keep whining your misguided whines though, hilarious. Keep sucking the cock of the overextended military industrial complex with our taxes. Meanwhile, we'll keep putting our candidates in office to spend our tax money on the economy. Simple difference... the Americans saw it, and you lost.
thanks alot for not answering the question. Its what we have come to expect from your side. However, this is about a storm struck area. You know the one Chris Matthews said " I am so glad that storm hit."
Lets you know what liberals really think about human beings. The only ones they care about are themselves.
Navyvet, supporter of 2 trillion, in addition to the 1 trillion existing, in defense spending during a recession, alike to the other republican drones. They complain about other entitlement spending for the poor/disabled which is comparabale to less than 5 percent of that proposed military increase, which they'd know if they actually ever researched something....but again, they're drones. Enough said.
Bottom line is, "Majority Rules"
It's been proven that a majority of any amount of people that agree on a subject with the most votes, has the most foreseen correctness from learning by past mistakes of others.
It's also been proven that most people who do not get their wish, will whine even though they know it will not change a thing. They need the attention letting the Majority know that they tried, but lost. ;-(
Have a nice day...
Well Chris Matthews remarked "I am so glad we had that storm ( Sandy)" he must be just elated now. Guess this shows how much the MSM really care about people.
So just remember, all that pain and suffering you are going through is really good news. How fortunate you all are to be so blessed!!
Yeah, here in NJ it sucks to be so blessed.
Sorry Pat. Been through them in the summer, that sucks, it sucks more with the cold I think. Either way it effin sucks. Hope you and your loved ones are ok and stay warm.
"I am so glad we had that storm" Chris Matthews, MSNBC
I voted for revenge.
Soon, very soon! All that is wrong will be washed away or done a way with! The world morally, can only go so long! California, West Coast (Blue) NY an NJ and surrounding areas in the north east (Blue) Florida (Most likely Blue also) these are the places of disasters! There is coming the worst- It will be the great equalizing! California,Oregon,Washington & Nevada -10.1 quake/with tsunamis(sinking into the ocean) that take care of that side of the country. The Northeast- it's already begun!
911, Sandy the Nor'eater coming, but the worst is the Super Tsunami's hitting the east coast! Canary Island Volcano- Land slide- There go's the Eastern part of the country.
What do you have? The remaining part of the country that works, strives to live a moral life.
Oh well- Just concerns I have!
Move to the center of the country or change your behavior! I think it's to later!
I resent your bigoted ignorant attitude. I live in NJ and have been working my a$$ off for over forty years. You're like the people who felt Katrina was God's wrath on New Orleans. Why don't you come on over and see the devastation and live through it for a week. You'll be crying to mommy to take you home in 24 hours.
And stop trying to shove your Christian Sharai Law down everyone else's throat. Give me freedom FROM religion.
There is nothing to resent? Maybe I warm, Dry and happy and mostly because I NOT waiting on another storm to hit!
I just cant believ that Obamagod isnt going to stretch his might hand towards the sea and sweep away the latest storm thats forcast to hit New England..Afterall, they voted for him..
A$$hole!
Sad, but it is only going to get worse. Think I might take my family to Australia, or New Zealand. This place is getting spooky. Glad I'm retired and free to leave the cesspool.
Costa Rica is lovely and a real free country.
Give freedom or give me death! i just saying "the death is coming" for the decisions that are being made! Not mine decisions or mine doing! There is SOME reason the disaster prone areas kept getting it!??? I don't have a dog in the race! I'm Not Blue or Red or either! I'm not PRO religion or CON religion! Just speaking my mine and WILL continue to do that! This is SAD! Thought provoking!
Tina map
after reading some of your posts here, your verbiage is somewhat fascinating in that it sounds like English is a second language to you. Perhaps you should go back to the school that taught you that course and get your money back! Otherwise people who read between your lines on this Vine may tag you as a Troll.
Your rant of "death is coming" is spot on in that all humans die and your profound statement of "give me death" bespeaks of you have some lines but not all understood. That makes you very difficult to follow and understand your point - personally, my opinion is you do not have a point, unless it is on top of your Cranium. Then, maybe you might see the point! Have a good day, and I believe your real name is "Richard Cranium - Enjoy life as a troll !
I blame George Bush. Why not? It works for Obama.
Good!
Maybe New York City will finally be destroyed forever and all the perverts, deviants and parasites will be fed to the sharks floating around off-shore.
We can only hope.
Judge not less you be judged.
You should try the reap what you sow attitude.
And smile.
Mehpoisto, hope you never need aid from a natural disaster. No one will come to your aid because you are an ass! Only people who hate themselves would wish disaster on someone else.
Mephisto, you must have a hard, shriveled little rock for a heart. Where does all your hatred come from? You're wishing destruction on people you don't even know and who have never done one mean thing to you.....sure am glad most people do not share your way of thinking.
now that u all voted him back in i hope u all end up at the bottem of the harbor
Look, I think it sucks that obam was re-elected and I think we are still facing tough times ahead. I think the politics of the north east is that of people that don't know any better.
However, this is still our Country, these are still our fellow citizens and these are still innocent people suffering. Get a grip.
If you cannot have compassion for them then don't expect any for yourself. Karma has a weird way of slapping the crap out of all of us.
Lets let the bitterness go and fix the problem. Lord knows the government isn't going to.
What backwater swamp state are you from?
I don't like it's happening either, but it is happening for SOME reason? Just expressing that I think that MAYBE, most likely be why?
I don't like knowing that people are hurting, but went your keep having the same results,( which are BAD!) IF, IF your intelligent at all- you will try a different path!
Collective as a whole, some of this places MAY need to access why it keep happening!
Maybe from a state that gets tired of being fleeced by the blue states.
PAT I am in the back water state that has a growing economy and lower taxes. I am in the back water state that believes in the right to work, I am in the back water state that believes God does exist and as such we have a duty to our fellow man. I am in the back water state that thinks a murderer should be executed and an innocent life should be saved. I am from the back water state that still proudly flies the American Flag and does not desecrate it. I am from the back water state that still feels a man should support his family.
I am from the back water state that a year ago you were screaming "let it burn." I am from the back water state that when hurricanes hit you said "it was God's punishment" for the Republicans. I am from the back water state that you said is full of racists, rednecks, and inbred people but when Katrina hit we were the ones who rescued New Orleans.
I am from the GREAT STATE of TEXAS and proud of it. So get over your ignorant, failed school system, high tax, mob/union run mentality. You might live a better life.
You're from Texass? I rest my case. Here in NJ we are more civilized than your backwater state that keeps electing that moron Perry as governor. You get what you deserve.
I truly hate to see the east coast take it in the shorts twice in such rapid succession, and I pray for their safety. Fortunately, yesterday's election will not create any disruption in FEMA's ability to respond and continue to assist. It appears that Springsteen and Bon Jovi are going to be busy with benefit concerts for the foreseeable future. Perhaps some infrastructure uprades could be investigated by the new/same regime, such as a sea-wall, or drain systems designed to better handle a deluge like the one we saw.
It would be nice to see Springsteen and Bon Jovi open there wallats. They are part of the 1%.
Why should they when the government will step in?
i am glad to see that god is punishing the people in the states that deserve it. with any luck they will fall into the sea. california is next. these are states of immoral people who support gay marriage, drug use and are not christians. this is a payback from god. these states will be extreme blue states soon. under the water blue we all hope. rude nasty people. do not ever visit there.
How is it that you have such a short-sighted view and regard yourself as a Christian? I'm a fairly staunch conservative, not at all happy with yesterday's vote, and can easily say that your comments are as ridiculous as your verbage. Don't throw the Almighty's name around (and it IS capitalized) in such a haphazard fashion. We are often tested by this world He has given us, and an accounting will be taken. Try to refrain from speaking for Him, or lowering Him to your vindictive level.
im sorry creek i cant pass this one up.honest, yours is by far the stupidest statement on here.you speak just like jesus did about hatred and intolerance for your fellow man?your revenge getting god that your claim to worship."under water we all hope" your a scumbag of the first order.a hate filled scared little stain wishing death on fellow humans.is that what your god is all about? put a gun in your mouth and join him if you dont like it.oh, and have a nice day ;)
your judgement does not matter to me. you should save tax dollars and use your gun on you. judging by the stock market the government will need my income and not yours. i was simply responding to emails i received from the east coast in 2010 when people said the drought where i lived was a punishment from god for voting republican in 2008. you may have a stain from your boyfriend and don't judge me loser.
its too late ive already judged you.now im judging you more by your retart retort.
Amen
I just cannot believe all the haters on this thread. It's about Sandy, the Nor'easter and the misery that comes with both.
Comeon folks. Give politics a break for a day, maybe two. Your brains will appreciate it.
And God has nothing to do with anything except in whatever religion you might have, if any. As I said, give it a break and let your brains work for a change.
nationwide we hope for the worst because you do not represent america values. do you know what the american dream is? new york, new jersey, california, pa and maine falling into the ocean.
honest american
Seriously, get a friggin grip. Yo have some serious anger issues to address. It is not good for you, mentally or physically, to be that bitter. Wish ya the best.
I agree, let politics rest for a day.
I also agree we have to be practical here as well. These guys voted for big government, so they can wait on big government to shovel them out. When they get to it. And please don't ask me to send them any of my money.
i kicked my dog and i feel better. in all honesty i have worked two full-time jobs to get ahead in life for 15 years but it has not helped me or my family. my children were top 10% students in their classes but do not qualify for financial aid or scholarships. we pay full price while minorities are given full rides for school and they are about in the middle of the road in their classes. then when it comes to tax time i cannot write off any education expenses which are substantial. not only that but i am labeled a bad parent because i do not spend time with my children when they were growing up because i work all the time. you are better off on the obama plan. live off the government and let your kids get free education. i have issues but that have been induced by a bad system that rewards losers.