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A fallen tree rests against power lines in front of a house in Sanford, Va., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The tree was toppled during winds from superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Eastern Shore News, Jay Diem)
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A patient is wheeled to an ambulance in the rain during an evacuation of New York University Tisch Medical, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy marched slowly inland, leaving millions without power or mass transit, with huge swatches of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and dark. New York was among the hardest hit, with its financial heart in Lower Manhattan shuttered for a second day and seawater cascading into the still-gaping construction pit at the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
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Onlookers take photographs of two cars that collided during flooding outside the Consolidated Edison power sub-station on 14th Street, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy marched slowly inland, leaving millions without power or mass transit, with huge swatches of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and dark. New York was among the hardest hit, with its financial heart in Lower Manhattan shuttered for a second day and seawater cascading into the still-gaping construction pit at the World Trade Center (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
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A tree removal worker walks with a chain saw past the large tree that came down across the street on Cameron Mills in the Beverley Hills neighborhood of Alexandria, Va. following Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. This neighborhood still has no power, but fortunately no one was hurt. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Workers with Zamudio's Complete Tree Service load branches from a downed tree into a shredder on Cameron Mills in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Hurricane Sandy brought down two large trees here, one of which fell across the street. The trees took down the power lines. Fortunately no one was hurt. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Red Cross volunteer Julie Tarascio wipes down one of the cots in the Lee District REC Center in Alexandria, Va., which served as an animal-friendly shelter for people needing to evacuate their homes due to Hurricane Sandy. They said they had about 23 people stay here Monday night, the youngest of which was 7 weeks old. This image was made Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vince Gray visits a resident affected by hurricane Sandy, where a downed tree has blocked the road on Evarts St NE, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Mayor Gray surveys the damage as part of his job as Mayor of D.C., to ensure residents are taken care of. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vince Gray visits a residential area affected by hurricane Sandy, where a downed tree has blocked the road in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Mayor Gray surveys the damage as part of his job as Mayor of D.C., to ensure residents are taken care of. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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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)
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Utility crews work on damaged power lines in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy in Berlin, Md. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Barbara Sinenberg, left and Arlene O'Dell, second from left, talk with neighbors next to a tree that had fallen across Barberry Lane as a result of the powerful winds and rain of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct., 30, 2012, in Sea Cliff, N.Y. O'Dell's car was crushed by a fallen tree and her home, background was surrounded by fallen trees. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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A man passes by and navigates past O'Connell's Restaurant General Manager Doug Gruenberg (right) as he sweeps small debris from the sidewalk in front of his restaurant as people venture out to survey the damage in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Flood water in Old Town is slightly higher than normal after a heavy rain. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A girl walks in the flood water on King Street as people venture out to survey the damage in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Flood water in Old Town is slightly higher than normal after a heavy rain. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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James McConnon, 5, (left) and his sister Ryan McConnon, 7, of Alexandria, Va., play in the flood waters on King Street as people venture out to survey the damage in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Flood water in Old Town is slightly higher than normal after a heavy rain. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A woman stands at the corner of King and S.Union Streets as people venture out to survey the damage in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Flood water in Old Town is slightly higher than normal after a heavy rain. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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James McConnon, 5, of Alexandria, Va., crosses King Street by way of flood water, as people venture out to survey the damage in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Flood water in Old Town is slightly higher than normal after a heavy rain. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A fallen tree is propped up by a power line in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Alexandria (Meredith Somers/The Washington Times)
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With the aid of New Jersey State police, a man walks with his dog to a National Guard vehicle after leaving his flooded home at the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Sandy arrived along the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing a number of deaths. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
