{"id":17800,"date":"2012-11-01T23:30:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T04:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtikone.com\/?p=17800"},"modified":"2012-11-01T23:30:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T04:30:58","slug":"superstorm-sandy-90-dead-millions-without-power-nyc-resident-grabbing-food-from-garbage-dumpsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2012\/11\/superstorm-sandy-90-dead-millions-without-power-nyc-resident-grabbing-food-from-garbage-dumpsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Superstorm Sandy: 90 dead, millions without power, NYC residents grabbing food from Garbage Dumpsters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>The devastation by the Super storm Sandy has been mindboggling.\u00a0 A recap:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>90 people are dead (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/10\/31\/hurricane-sandy-west-virginia-new-york-maine_n_2051964.html?\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">link<\/a>).\u00a0 Worst hit was Staten Island amongst all the boroughs.\u00a0 36 in New York City, and 14 from Staten Island.(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/11\/01\/hurricane-sandy-staten-island-devastation_n_2058707.html?1351797272\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>At one time 8.5 million homes and businesses didn\u2019t have power.\u00a0 Now it is down to 4 million.<\/li>\n<li>Power may not be available until Nov 10\/11: (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/11\/01\/new-york-con-edison-power_n_2059366.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coned.com\/newsroom\/news\/pr20121101_3.asp\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Con Edison said<\/a> it plans to restore power to the vast majority of affected customers by the weekend of November 10 and 11, citing \u201cunprecedented damage\u201d caused by Hurricane Sandy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>State troopers are called into guard gas stations as drivers face massive lines (and short tempers) in post-Sandy fuel shortage. \u00a0Law enforcement officers sent to stations along New Jersey turnpike.\u00a0 Motorists in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut feeling the squeeze.\u00a0 Many stations unable to dispense gas as their power supplies are out.\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2226354\/Superstorm-Sandy-New-York-fuel-shortage-causes-frantic-scramble-pump.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Chaos in Manhattan as millions of New Yorkers battle to return to work on gridlocked roads, packed buses and limited subway network.\u00a0 Limited subway service resumed at 6am this morning.\u00a0 No coverage below 34th Street and only one train per hour per line.\u00a0 Transit system suffering massive delays as MTA tries to recover from storm.\u00a0 However, no fares being collected today or tomorrow in Sandy\u2019s wake.\u00a0 Buses in areas with no subway coverage massively crowded.\u00a0 Morning commute racked with delays (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2226283\/Superstorm-Sandy-2012-Chaos-Manhattan-millions-battle-return-work.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>New York City residents \u2013 powerless, hungry, and homeless \u2013 have started scouring the dumpsters in search of food discarded by Grocery stores and restaurants. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/US\/ny-superstorm-sandy-food\/2012\/11\/01\/id\/462458\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">link<\/a>)\u00a0 Dumpster divers have grabbed $40,000 worth of food. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/dumpster-divers-grab-40-000-worth-food-article-1.1195338\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But finally this is what caught my eye.\u00a0 A friendly neighbor whose house has power and he\/she is helping the neighbors out: (<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/bMrOu.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17806\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/sites\/356\/NYNeighbor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The devastation by the Super storm Sandy has been mindboggling.\u00a0 A recap: 90 people are dead (link).\u00a0 Worst hit was Staten Island amongst all the boroughs.\u00a0 36 in New York City, and 14 from Staten Island.(link) At one time 8.5 million homes and businesses didn\u2019t have power.\u00a0 Now it is down to 4 million. 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