Aftermath of Sandy

Mark and Kathy Rossi take a break as they use a toy wagon to move debris from their East Railway Avenue home inOrtley Beach, N.J.

Kathy Krieger removes a full trash bag as she cleans up her home on East Pennsylvannia Avenue with the help of her brother, Bill Krieger, who still can't get into his home.

Destroyed household goods and debris are piled outside homesin Ortley Beach, N.J.

Anthony Pedicine looks around his damaged home on Fielder Avenuein Ortley Beach, N.J.

A living room is filled with sand on Nov. 14 in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., more than two weeks after Hurricane Sandy struck.

People walk past a destroyed miniature golf attraction in the Point Pleasant neighborhood.

Lisa Baney walks to her family's home after taking a photo of a neighbor's destroyed house in Bay Head, N.J.

Floodwaters surrounds a damaged stop sign in Bay Head, N.J.

Workers on Nov. 14 move piles of storm debris in the parking lot of Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway, N.Y.

A woman places a mask over her face after getting free brooms at a distribution center on Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

Joan Reid, whose home was flooded, waits in line for donated food in Rockaway, N.Y.

Kelly Spector, left, and her mother, Suzanne Hasselmann, leave their destroyed home on Nov. 13 in Breezy Point, N.Y. A fire burned dozens of homes in the community during Hurricane Sandy.

A worker shovels sand out of Sandy Forino's living room in Longport, N.J.

Boats carried ashore by Hurricane Sandy rest on a driveway in Brant Beach, N.J.

Ernest Shallo throws a ruined air conditioner onto a pile of debris on Nov. 12 in Seaside Heights, N.J.

Arlene D'Amico cries as she rips out drywall and ruined flooring in her small summer house in Seaside Heights, N.J.

A FEMA worker photographs a damaged home in Seaside Heights, N.J.

Musician James Metalarc walks back to his home along a street still strewn with sand and debris after arriving in Rockaway, N.Y., on a temporary weekday ferry from Manhattan.

A worker passes out food donated by the Red Cross on Nov. 12 in the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Amber Whichard walks along a line of people waiting to receive relief supplies at the Red Hook Houses.

Metal worker Yannick Jacques cleans his shop in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. Jacques and other employees at Horus Bronze are waiting for electricity so they can return to work.

A work crew disinfects the lobby of a building without electricity in Red Hook.

A worker walks past giant drying blowers Nov. 12 in the financial district in New York City.

The contents of a damaged health club sit on the curb in New York's financial district.

Trash workers remove debris from a building in the financial district.

Workers clean out the contents of a storm-damaged restaurant in the South Street Seaport neighborhood of Manhattan, N.Y.

Mark Ciullo inspects his damaged home Nov. 11 on Bay Breeze Drive in Toms River, N.J.

Donated food and clothing items are organized by Occupy Sandy volunteers in the school gymnasium at St. Camillus Roman Catholic Church in Rockaway Park, N.Y.

Neighbors shovel deep sand away from a home on Beach 121 Street in Rockaway Park.

Volunteer Ashling Coleman and her husband, Jerry, throw out the last load of debris from the home of John and Ann Garvey in Rockaway Park.

Vincent Renz walks under his wrecked home in Ocean County, N.J. The structure was knocked off its foundation by a huge tidal surge generated by Hurricane Sandy.

A bulldozer piles sand to build a protective barrier in front of homes in Holgate, N.J.

Donna Greco looks over the wreakage at her Gloucester Drive on Long Beach Island, N.J.

Trang Bui, left, a physician with Doctors Without Borders, helps Jose Rodriguez with a prescription in the laundry room of an apartment building Nov. 9 in Rockaway, N.Y.

Staff from Doctors Without Borders work in the laundry room of an apartment building in Rockaway.

Police guard a gas station in New York City. Due to a fuel shortage brought about by damage from Hurricane Sandy, the state is rationing gas according to license plate number.

A resident speaks with an electrical repair worker on Nov. 8 in Long Branch, N.J.

Damaged and destroyed homes near Ocean Avenue in Ortley Beach, N.J.

Eric White removes a refirgerator from his father-in-law's damaged home in Breezy Point, N.Y.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Trina Azevedo carries a hose to pump out flood water in Breezy Point.

People wait in line to get gas at a station in Brooklyn, N.Y. Fuel shortages and distribution delays have prompted New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan.

People wait at an aid distribution site in Brooklyn.

Debris from Sandy sits along a beach in Long Branch, N.J.

Families receive a hot lunch in the Brooklyn. Food and blankets were distributed to residents by the non-profit Red Hook Initiative.

MaryBeth Miller, a volunteer with Christian Aid Ministries, breaks apart the walls and floors of Carolyn Gursky's flooded home on Nov. 8 in Union Beach, N.J.

Christian Aid Ministries volunteers from Pennsylvania clean out and break down the flooded walls, floors and rooms at Debra Schaub's Union Beach home.

Women with Christian Aid Ministries haul damaged drywall out of Debra Schaub's flooded home. The group is cleaning homes for free in the Port Monmouth and Union Beach areas.

Jessica Yoder, a volunteer with Christian Aid Ministries, carries debris from Debra Schaub's flooded home.

Utility workers repair power lines in Point Pleasant, N.J.

Snow covers piles of debris in Point Pleasant, N.J. A nor'easter brought snow to the Sandy-damaged area.

Donny Pascal shovels snow in front of his home in Elmont, N.Y. Pascal lost power to his home during Hurricane Sandy and again following the nor'easter storm.

Gina Kohm tries to keep a plastic sheet covering donated supplies from blowing away as a winter storm approaches on Nov. 7 at an aid station in New Dorp on Staten Island, N.Y.

Robert Munoz collects supplies from a mobile Red Cross unit as he prepares for an approaching storm on Staten Island.

A Nov. 7 NOAA satellite photograph shows a winter storm approaching the East Coast with rain, snow and possible gale force winds. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a limited evacuation of some neighborhoods still recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

Firefighters from New York City look at a pile of destroyed boats Nov. 7 in the Great Kills community on Staten Island.

A woman loads her truck with luggage while leaving her home as a storm approaches Nov. 6 in Brick Township, N.J.

Steve Sanzo has decided to ride out the approaching nor'easter as he stands on Paul Jones Drive in Brick Township.

A volunteer pushes a shopping cart full of donated sandwiches and food to the homes of victims of Superstorm Sandy in Oakwood Beach, N.Y.

People walk past damaged homes in Sea Bright, N.J.

Volunteer A.J. Firestone, 21, of Pennsylvania, helps clear out a basement in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood devastated by Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York.

Frank d'Amico, 46, left, and Orlando Vogler, 26, stand by their fire to keep warm after their homes in the New Dorp Beach were devastated by Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees use a pump train to get seawater out of the L train's tunnel in the aftermath of Sandy in New York. The MTA says the G and L trains are now the top priority. The signal system on the G still needs repairs, and the L tunnel under the East River is still being pumped out.

Ruth Hawfield sits next to her cot in a Red Cross evacuation shelter set up in the gymnasium of Toms River High School in Toms River, N.J.

A damaged home sits on the beach Nov. 5 in Belle Harbor, N.Y.

A badly damaged home sits above a destroyed vehicle in Belle Harbor.

Cora Nelsen calls her insurance company near her damaged home in Belle Harbor.

Christine Walker strolls past the destroyed boardwalk in Queens, N.Y.

People wait to fill their containers with gasoline at a Valero station in Mastic, N.Y.

Joe Esposito of HLM Designs cuts down a large tree that destroyed part of a roof in Morristown, N.J

Wreckage and debris litter the front of a beachfront home in the Manhattan Beach neighborhood on Nov. 5 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Stacks of damaged books sit outside a home in Manhattan Beach.

An American flag flies from the front steps of a destroyed home in Staten Island, N.Y.

Jasmine Vargas, center, and her children look through donated clothes at an aid station in Midland Beach, N.Y.

Volunteers belonging to North Carolina Baptist Men Disaster Relief unload food and supplies in Ocean County, N.J.

Samantha Pavia looks through a bag of donated toys in Midland Beach, N.Y. Pavia lost most of her belongings when Hurricane Sandy flooded her home.

A woman and her son scramble over a toppled tree as they head to Public School 195 on Nov. 5 in the Manhattan Beach neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. Students returned to school for the first time since Hurricane Sandy struck the city last week.

Ventilation pipes snake into a building in the financial district as cleanup continues on Nov. 5 in lower Manhattan.

Water is pumped out of a building in the financial district in lower Manhattan.

Residents salvage belongings from damaged homes on Nov. 4 in the Midland Beach neighborhood on Staten Island, N.Y.

People clean up a storm-damaged home in Midland Beach.

National Guard trucks drive down a street in Midland Beach.

Aid worker Jesse Jones sits on a cot in a restaurant at the Hilton Garden Inn on Staten Island. The hotel has taken in families who were left homeless by Hurricane Sandy.

Volunteer Fabrizzio Avila tries to stay warm as he rests near donated clothing in Midland Beach.

Volunteers unload and organize emergency supplies near Midland Beach.

Kate Traina looks at the wreckage of her grandparents' home on Staten Island.

Mike Lavelle tosses a damaged chair onto a pile of debris in Breezy Point, N.J.

A homemade sign by Ken Court was placed on a vehicle next to his mother's home in Breezy Point. Court cleaned out and discarded all of the furniture on the first floor.

People pray during Sunday Mass at St. Thomas More Catholic Church on Nov. 4 in Breezy Point.

Volunteers serve hot meals outside the Belmar Recreation Center in Belmar, N.J.

A worker scrapes up mud and tiles from flood-damaged Saint Rose High School in Belmar.

People try to keep warm by a fire during near-freezing temperatures in the Rockaway, N.Y., neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

Volunteers at Hoboken High School sort through clothing donations in Hoboken, N.J.

Galina Quacinella, right, gets some blankets for herself and her husband at a Red Cross aid station in Staten Island, N.Y.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, patrons wait in line to fill gas containers on Nov. 2 in Seaford, New York. This station had one line for cars and one for walkers with containers.

Hunterdon County Prosecutor's office employees Kristen Larsen and Mike Nugent load donated water into cars for people without power who visited the Hunterdon County Complex in Raritan Township. Those victimized by the storm could find shelter there and charge phones or access the Internet at the library.

Manager Dean Pappas, 40, of Long Island, pauses as he makes coffee at The Open Pantry store, which was still without power on Nov. 2, on New York's 12th Street. Consolidated Edison says it should have service restored by Saturday to about226,000 dark buildings, homes and businesses in Manhattan.

Kate Traina, 14, looks over the rubble of her grandparents' house in Staten Island, N.Y.

Sheila and Dominic Traina hug in front of their home, which was demolished during Superstorm Sandy, in Staten Island, N.Y.

A woman gets a bag of dry ice from a Con Edison employee in Union Square on Nov. 2 in New York.

People walk through the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood in Queens New York.

Mounds of debris are viewed in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood in Queens where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away.

The Midtown skyline remains lit as Lower Manhattan remains mostly without power on Nov. 1 in New York City. The storm has claimed at least 90 lives in the U.S., and has caused massive flooding across much of the Eastern Seaboard.

Margaret Knichel and daughter Rebecca O’Neill of Union Beach, N.J., look for any items belonging to Knichel’s son, Shawn Knichel, while standing on what was the kitchen floor of his home, destroyed by Sandy.

Jack and Colleen Feeney of Union Beach, N.J., sit on the front steps of what was their home, which was destroyed during Sandy.

Angela Spruiel of Keyport, N.J., spends the day at the temporary shelter at Keyport Central School after Sandy forced her out of her apartment.

Family members walk through Dianne Hague's flood-damaged kitchen in the Ocean Breeze area of Staten Island. The house, like most in the seaside community, was inundated by the saltwater surge caused by Sandy.

Hague family members try to salvage a washing machine from their flood-damaged home in the Ocean Breeze area of Staten Island.

Members of New York National Guard transfer bottles of water at the 1st Battalion, 69th Regiment Armory, in New York. The National Guard and federal emergency management officials will deliver 1 million meals and bottled water to Lower Manhattan, parts of Brooklyn and Queens and the Rockaways, which were hit by flooding and house fires.

Meat manager B.B. O'Hara throws perishables into a dumpster at Kings in Chatham, N.J., after the supermarket lost most of its power.

An aerial view shows Sandy's path of destruction in Seaside Heights, N.J.

Muriel Lauer of Keyport, N.J., stays at the temporary shelter at Keyport Central School after Hurricane Sandy forced her from her apartment.

Nico DeGallo cooks food to be distributed to other residents for free in Manhattan'??s East Village.

A utility truck from Southern California Edison is loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III on at March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley, Calif. Southern California Edison trucks are being flown to the New York area to help in the power restoration efforts.

A photograph released on Nov. 1 shows beach homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29 in Seaside Heights, N.J.

A photo released Nov. 1 shows destroyed homes the previous day in Seaside Heights.

A photograph released Nov. 1 shows debris covering the damaged Fun Town amusement pier a day earlier in New Jersey's Seaside Heights community.

A destroyed roller coaster sits in the Atlantic Ocean near the damaged Fun Town pier on Nov. 1 in Seaside Heights.

Destroyed amusement park rides are scattered around the Fun Town pier in Seaside Heights.

Yoriko Maio, left, and Kijung Takii wash clothes in the driveway of their home in Little Ferry, N.J.

A tree trimmer removes branches from a power line on City Island, N.Y.

A woman waits for her device to charge at a portable generator set up in the West Village in New York City.

People argue as they wait in line for more than two hours at a gasoline station in New York.

A man fills his gas cans as others wait in line in Hazlet Township, N.J.

A photograph released on Nov.1 shows homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy a day earlier in Seaside Heights, N.J.

A photograph released on Nov. 1 shows a fire still smoldering Oct. 31 in the devastated Seaside Heights community.

A photograph released on Nov. 1 shows damaged and destroyed homes the previous day in Seaside Heights.

Gordon Williams, left, Keith Downing and Daron Brown clean out a flooded furniture store on Nov. 1 in Atlantic City.

Repair crews gather in a parking lot at the Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrence Township, N.J.

Percy Thompson III unloads new electric transformers in a parking lot at the Quaker Bridge Mall.

People wait to board city buses into Manhattan at the Barclay's Center on Nov. 1in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Thousands of New York commuters wait to board city buses.

Joseph Leader, vice president and chief maintenance officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, looks at 20 feet of flood water inside the South Ferry 1 train station on Oct. 31 in New York City.

People board the NY Waterways ferry on Nov. 1 in Hoboken, N.J.

A board displays train cancellations at Penn Station in New York City.

A man sells flashlights in Union Square on Oct. 31 in New York City.

Buildings without power remain dark on Second Avenue in New York City.

People use a generator to recharge their phones in the East Village of New York.

Francis Schissler shops with his family at Garden of Eden Gourmet, which opened without power, on Oct. 31in Hoboken, N.J.

A worker uses a bulldozer to push sand back to the beach on Long Beach Island, N.J.

An American flag is submerged in flood water at Breezy Point on Oct. 31in Queens, N.Y.

Boats were tossed on shore by Hurricane Sandy in Sea Bright, N.J.

Boats are piled around buildings in Sea Bright.

Homes are surrounded by sand in Seaside Heights, N.J.

Waves break around a destroyed roller coaster in Seaside Heights.

Barbara Young digs out from her front door in Long Beach, N.Y.

Rob Kohler clears snowy branches off power lines on Oct. 31 in Terra Alta, W.Va.

Lisa Kravchenko stands amid flood debris in her princess Halloween costume Oct. 31 in the Staten Island borough of New York.

Trick-or-treaters pass by the remains of a large tree that fell during Hurricane Sandy in the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn on Oct. 31 in New York City.

An ambulance is guided down a flooded street Oct. 31 in Hoboken, N.J.

Residents attempt to restore order to their street, which experienced heavy flooding and dune erosion because of Hurricane Sandy, on Oct. 31 in Long Beach, N.Y.

Shopping carts full of food damaged by Superstorm Sandy await disposal Oct. 31 at the Fairway supermarket in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. The food was contaminated by floodwaters that rose to approximately 4 feet in the store during the storm.

People wait in line for gas at a Getty gas station Oct. 31 in Sayreville, N.J.

These boats were thrown on top of each other in a marina in Mantoloking, N.J.

A church cross stands amid wreckage from Superstorm Sandy at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 31 in Long Branch, N.J.

New Jersey Transit workers try to clear boats and debris off the Morgan drawbridge on Oct. 31 in South Amboy.

Police Capt. Charles Bodien Jr. posts a condemned sign on a damaged summer camp structure on Webster Lake in Franklin, N.H.

President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fly aboard Marine One as they take an aerial tour of  storm damage along the New Jersey coast on Oct. 31.

A section of a road was washed away by the storm in Seaside Heights, N.J.

An amusement park was heavily damaged in Seaside Heights, N.J.

Stranded passengers wait at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

New Jersey National Guard soldiers inspect a damaged home on Oct. 31 on Long Beach Island, N.J.

Workers push sand off a road on Long Beach Island.

A car is buried in sand on Long Beach Island.

Marine One flies over homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 31 on Long Beach Island, N.J.

Jeff Aiello, left, helps his father-in-law, Bill Schmith, salvage his belongings from his damaged home in Babylon Village, N.Y.

People look at the foundation of a home destroyed by Hurricane Sandy at the southern end of the Western Concourse at Amity Harbor, N.Y.

A woman looks at a section of the destroyed Rockaway boardwalk on Oct. 31 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Firefighters look at burned homes in the Rockaway neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. More than 100 homes were destroyed in a fire.

A firefighter stands on the stairs of a destroyed home in the Rockaway neighborhood.

The foundations of the historic Rockaway boardwalk line the shore. The structure was swept away during Hurricane Sandy.

A man walks by the wreckage of the Rockaway boardwalk.

People crowd into a Chase Bank ATM kiosk to charge phones and laptops at 40th Street and Third Avenue in New York City.

Sections of a boardwalk are scattered across a beach in Belmar, N.J.

Arcade games, bumper cars and game prizes from the Keansburg Amusement Park are scattered across a road Oct. 31 in Keansburg, N.J.

The Keansburg Amusement Park was heavily damaged by the storm.

Keansburg Borough Manager Ray O'Hare looks at one of many arcade games that were washed five blocks from Keansburg Amusement Park during Hurricane Sandy.

A dog named Shaggy is unloaded from a National Guard truck after being evacuated with his owner on Oct. 31 in Hoboken, N.J.

Carlos Garcia shows the height of the water in his children's bedroom at his rental unit on Water Street in South River, N.J.

Carl Brown tries to make a phone call as surf crashes against the wreckage of the boardwalk in Atlantic City.

John Kemp carries a case of water and coffee as he wades down a flooded street to his in-laws' residence on Oct. 31 in Crisfield, Md.

A tattered American flag flies over the Rockaway boardwalk in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Only the foundations of Brooklyn's historic Rockaway boardwalk remain after the storm.

The New Jersey Army National Guard released this photo on Oct. 31 that shows storm waves crashing over a roller coaster a day earlier at the Seaside Heights amusement park in New Jersey.

A U.S. Coast Guard photograph released on Oct. 31 shows damaged and destroyed homes the previous day along the New Jersey shoreline.

A photo released Oct. 31 by the U.S. Coast Guard shows property damage along the New Jersey shore.

A man looks up toward the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 31 as he returns to work on Wall Street.

People wait for buses on Sixth Avenue in New York City. The subway remains closed.

People wait for ferry tickets in Hoboken, N.J.

Trains stand idle in the flooded Metro-North Harmon Yard on the Hudson Line in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Lamar Stevens, left, looks at a destroyed boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J.

A worker clears sand and debris in Atlantic City.

A NOAA satellite image taken on Oct. 31 shows the remnants of Sandy as it moves across the eastern U.S.

Toi Brett and her husband, Steve, look down flooded First Street on Oct. 31 near their home in Hoboken, N.J.

A man surveys damage from Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, N.J.

Members of the New Jersey National Guard and Hoboken police ride through high water as they search for stranded residents in Hoboken.

A man stands on a forklift while recording flood damage for insurance purposes in Little Ferry, N.J.

A man photographs the grounded tanker John B. Caddell on Oct. 31 on Staten Island, N.Y.

People line up at a coffee truck in New York's financial district.

The New York Stock Exchange, right, prepares to open for trading. Much of lower Manhattan and the financial district are still without electrical power.

National Guard trucks prepare to rescue people stranded by high water in Hoboken, N.J.

People near the Brooklyn Bridge look at a darkened Manhattan skyline on Oct. 30 in New York. Much of lower Manhattan is still without electric power.

Most of the Manhattan skyline remains dark.

A man stands in a doorway on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan near the darkened Flatiron Building.

People charge their mobile devices on Oct. 30 at a free charging station at a 7-Eleven store in Manhattan.

The South Ferry subway station in New York City is flooded by seawater.

A man grills chicken on the sidewalk during a power outage in New York City.

People walk on a street covered with sand on Oct. 30 in Long Beach, N.Y.

People are evacuated in New York City Police Department trucks on Oct. 30 in Breezy Point.

Peter Andrews removes belongings from his father's beachfront home in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York.

Marcus Konner boards up his home in the Sea Gate neighborhood.

Flooded homes in Tuckerton, N.J.

Rocky Minotti uses a pump to remove ten feet of flood water from his home on Oct. 30 in Little Ferry, N.J.

Waves destroyed a road leading to the old bridge spanning the Indian River Inlet in southern Delaware. The new bridge, background, was undamaged but remained closed to traffic.

A man walks through a flooded neighborhood in Hoboken, N.J.

Pete Duhamed removes belongings from a damaged cottage at Roy Carpenter's Beach on Oct. 30 in South Kingstown, R.I.

A man walks down a flooded street on Oct. 30 in Milford, Conn.

A repair crew replaces a power pole in Ocean City, Md.

People walk past homes and businesses destroyed during Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York City.

An aerial view shows the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a massive fire ripped through the neighborhood. About 80 homes were destroyed by the fire.

Two men survey the damage in the Breezy Point area of Queens after fire destroyed about 80 homes.

Jeff Willard lights a candle in his living room as his girlfriend, Diana Conte, left, and her son, Ricky, wait for electricity to return in Ventnor City, N.J.

A woman watches the floodwaters while standing on her front steps in Hoboken, N.J.

Utility crews work on damaged power lines in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy in Berlin, Md.

Harold Berlowe walks through a flooded street in Hoboken, N.J.

A Portion of Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island, N.J., is underwater a day after Hurricane Sandy blew across the New Jersey barrier islands.

Bill Grasso shops for lamp oil in a powerless grocery store in New York.

A resident looks over the aftermath of a house explosion along Noe Street in Carteret, N.J. Three homes burned to the ground. One family had just been rescued from raising floodwaters.

High winds from Hurricane Sandy toppled trees along Route 516 in Old Bridge Township, N.J.

New York City cabs sit in floodwaters in a lot in Hoboken, N.J.

People look at a tree toppled by Hurricane Sandy that damaged a home in West Orange, N.J.

People wait in line to get gas at a filling station in Woodbridge, N.J.

An ambulance sits in floodwaters in Hoboken, N.J.

Deanna Bryant walks her dog around a fallen tree in West Orange, N.J.

Ken Howie and Erika Pappinaccioli escape their Hoboken, N.J., apartment in a borrowed fire department raft, carrying only their essentials items.

Deputy Cliff Tice of the Dare County Sheriff's Department walks down the damaged and impassable N.C. 12, which leads into Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, N.C.

Robert Connolly, left, embraces his wife, Laura, as they survey the remains of her parents' home that burned in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York City.

Sgt.Timothy Kelly of the Union Beach N.J., police looks at a Prospect Avenue home, which was knocked off its foundation and destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.

Union Beach, N.J., police officers Charles Ervin, left, and Shawn Gilkison help fellow police officer Robert Harriott, right, retrieve essentials from his sister's home, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Power company crews from North Carolina work with Dominion Power in Arlington, Va., to restore service after megastorm Sandy.

Brian Hajeski surveys the debris of a home that washed up on the Mantoloking Bridge Oct. 30 in Mantoloking, N.J.

Floodwaters surround damaged homes near the Mantoloking Bridge in New Jersey.

Brian Hajeski, left, rides on a front loader as he helps neighbors get evacuated from their flooded home in Brick, N.J.

The North Carolina 12 road is buckled after being pounded by big waves near Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, N.C.

A man surveys damaged sailboats at a marina on City Island, N.Y.

Joe and Linda Bays shovel snow in front of their home in Beckley, W.Va.

Travelers on Delta Airlines look at a departure screen in Detroit. Hurricane Sandy forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights.

People search through the remains of their homes destroyed by a Sandy-related fire in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, N.Y.

Boats are piled up on land at the Port Monmouth Marina in Middletown, N.J.

Police Sgt. Timothy Kelly, left, looks at a home knocked off its foundation on Brook Avenue in Union Beach, N.J.

Kenny Lewis found his deck, right, one block away on Prospect Avenue in Union Beach, N.J.

A home was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy on Brook Avenue in Union Beach, N.J.

Johnny Adinolfi, left, is comforted by neighbor John Vento in the living room of his damaged home in Massapequa, N.Y.

The 168-foot tanker John B. Caddell is grounded near Front Street in the Stapleton neighborhood on Oct. 30 on Staten Island, N.Y.

Only the foundations and pilings remain after Hurricane Sandy destroyed buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J.

Virgen Perez and her husband Nelson Rodriguez, center, look around their flooded home in Atlantic City.

People are rescued from their flooded neighborhood Oct. 30 in Little Ferry, N.J.

High winds destroyed the facade of an Avenue clothing store in Woodbridge, N.J.

Boats and debris fill a street in Perth Amboy, N.J.

An ambulance is stuck in snow generated by Hurricane Sandy off of Highway 33 West on Oct. 30 near Belington, W.Va.

A person walks through deep snow in Belington, W.Va.

Tony Inclan attempts to photograph himself while waves generated from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy crash into the shoreline on Lake Michigan in Chicago.

A man walks past damaged cottages Oct. 30 on Roy Carpenter's Beach in Matunuck, R.I.

Ken Esposito, left, helps neighbor Rob Hoxie sandbag his beachfront home before high tide on Oct. 30 in Milford, Conn.

Logs rests on a vehicle at Breezy Point in Queens, N.Y.

A boat rests on the railroad tracks at Ossining Station in Ossining, N.Y.

Sailboats are aground after being tipped over by Hurricane Sandy on City Island, N.Y.

A firefighter leaves a destroyed home in Pasadena, Md. The homeowner was killed when a tree fell on his home during the storm.

Paul Canavan looks at damage from Hurricane Sandy as he walks down Wetmore Avenue on Oct. 30 in Morristown, N.J. Canavan owns two properties in the neighborhood.

Workers clear a massive tree limb at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C.

A power company crew from North Carolina works with Dominion Power to restore electrical service in Washington.

A tree uprooted by Hurricane Sandy leans on a house in Bethesda, Md.

A car is crushed beneath a fallen tree on East Broadway.

A woman photographs the flooded entrance to the Plaza Shops in Manhattan.

A man passes a fallen tree on East 7th Street in a Lower East Side neighborhood.

A construction crane dangles from a luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan. The crane collapsed in high winds generated by Hurricane Sandy.

People look at the flooded Battery Park underpass in New York.

People view the area where a section of a boardwalk was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City.

Flooded yellow cabs sit in a parking lot in Hoboken, N.J.

Firefighters work at the scene of a house fire Oct. 30 in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

A tree blocks a flooded street in Lindenhurst.

A boat floats in the driveway of a home in Lindenhurst.

A man runs away from waves crashing over a seawall in Narragansett, R.I.

A firefighter inspects a downed tree on Chester Ave. in Waltham, Maine.

Glenn Heartley works on his car in a creek in Chincoteague, Va. Heartley and his wife were swept off the road into the shallow creek when Sandy struck the area.

A police officer removes a tree limb from a car in Washington, D.C.

The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial sits in floodwaters in Annapolis, Md.

Utility crews work on damaged power lines in Berlin, Md.

People ride in a National Guard vehicle after being rescued from the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J.

Andrea Grolon walks through waist-deep water in the Metropolitan Trailer Park.

A street sign is buried in sand Oct. 30 on Beach Avenue in Cape May, N.J.

People brace themselves against high winds and blowing sand in Cape May.

Nick Macero Jr. looks at the damage to his beach front home on Oct. 30 in Milford, Conn.

People work to free a car stuck in the sand in Milford.

A man takes photographs of waves generated from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30 on Lake Michigan in Chicago.

A NASA GOES satellite image on Oct. 30 shows megastorm Sandy moving inland across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Residents look at a huge tree toppled by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30 on Grand View Boulevard in Yonkers, N.Y.

A worker clears leaves from a sewer drain on Oct. 30 in Manhattan, N.Y.

A woman climbs over a fallen tree in the Battery Park neighborhood in Manhattan.

The Battery Park underpass in New York City is flooded.

Fred Brugge clears snow off his car at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park on Oct. 30 in Prestonsburg, Ky. Megastorm Sandy dumped snow across portions of the Appalachian region.

A large tree toppled during the storm in Methuen, Mass.

Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building on Oct. 30 in Atlantic City, N.J.

Sections of a boardwalk destroyed by Hurricane Sandy sit on the beach in Atlantic City.

A man photographs cars floating in a parking structure flooded by Hurricaine Sandy on Oct. 30 in the financial district in New York City.

A man surveys wreckage inside a flooded store in New York's financial district.

A woman walks past a store that had flooded in the Dumbo neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y.

A man picks up a section of a portable flood dike in the Dumbo neighborhood in Brooklyn.

The Manhattan skyline in New York remains dark on Oct. 30 after power was knocked out by megastorm Sandy.

Only scorched foundations and a statue remain on Oct. 30 after a six-alarm fire at Breezy Point, N.Y. The blaze began in a flooded area as the storm was sweeping through the area.

A burned railing from a destroyed home at Breezy Point. Between 80 to 100 flooded homes were destroyed by the six-alarm fire.

A block of destroyed homes at Breezy Point.

Flooded homes in the Breezy Point neighborhood were destroyed by a six-alarm fire.

Officials assess the damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point.

A National Guard vehicle travels through high water in Ocean City, Md.

Sveinn Storm, owner of Storm Bros. Ice Cream Factory, measures the flood waters outside his store in Annapolis.

Elaine Belviso, center, is rescued from her flooded home by Suffolk County police after being trapped overnight by the storm in Babylon, N.Y.

Many of the buildings in Manhattan remain without power on Oct. 30 after New York City lost electrical power due to damage from Hurricane Sandy.

People walk with their dog past a darkened Manhattan skyline in New York. Hurricane Sandy has caused widespread power outages in the city.

Workers use heavy equipment to clean sand off the road in Cape May, N.J.

Live electrical wires are tangled in a tree downed by Hurricane Sandy as firefighters battle an early-morning house fire on Heathcote Avenue on Oct. 30 in Edison, N.J.

Snow falls on Oct. 30 in Elkins, W.Va.

People walk down a darkened street in Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power in New York City on Oct. 29.

Firefighters battle a small blaze on Rockaway Beach Boulevard on Oct. 30 in New York.

New York City firefighters battle a blaze on Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

Medical workers move a patient into an ambulance during an evacuation of New York University's Tisch Hospital. The hospital evacuated 200 patients after its backup generator failed.

The facade of a four-story building on 14th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City collapsed during the storm.

A Con Edison worker walks down a flooded road on Oct. 29 at the corner of 33rd Street and 1st Street in front of New York University's Langone Medical Center in Manhattan.

Firefighters use inflatable boats to go on a rescue mission along 14th Street near the Hudson River in New York City.

A flooded street in the financial district in New York.

A vehicle is submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant in New York.

A transformer explodes in lower Manhattan.

The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot replica sailing vessel built for the 1962 film Mutiny On The Bounty, sinks after heavy seas caused by Hurricane Sandy swamped the ship on Oct. 29 off Hatteras, N.C.

The New York skyline, as seen from the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, remains dim late Monday.

A photo provided by 6abc Action News shows the Inlet section of Atlantic City as Sandy makes it approach Monday.

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey released this photo taken from closed-circuit television showing floodwaters rushing in to the Hoboken PATH station through an elevator shaft in New Jersey.

Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn.

Sea water floods the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel on Oct. 29 in New York.

Sandy's floodwaters rush into a subterranean parking garage in the Financial District of New York.

A car is submerged as the East River overflows into the Dumbo section of Brooklyn.

Streets flood in the Financial District of New York City.

A truck drives by a flooded gas station in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn.

Floodwaters from the Hudson River overtake a bank drive-through in Edgewater, N.J.

Jake Wilkerson, 20, and Kaityln Baker, 21, both of Annapolis, Md., struggle with their umbrellas as Hurricane Sandy approaches Annapolis.

Judi Doherty, a nurse and volunteer with Rockland County Animal Response Team, tends to the pets brought into the American Red Cross/Rockland County Disaster Shelter at SUNY Rockland in Suffern, N.Y.

Floodwaters overtake the streets in Rehoboth Beach, Del., as Hurricane Sandy moves up the East Coast.

A repair truck drives through standing water on a street Rehoboth Beach, Del.

Michael Wirtz, of Wilmington, Del., braves floodwaters and high winds that arrive with Hurricane Sandy along North Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City.

Firefighters respond after the facade of a four-story building on 14th Street and 8th Avenue collapsed onto the sidewalk Monday in New York City.

Johnny Jones watches the Indian River rise in Sussex, Del., underneath the home where he and brother David have lived their entire lives.

High winds churn the Hudson River near the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Waves crash against the remains of a previously damaged pier in Atlantic City.

People wade and paddle down a flooded street in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

A worker clears a tree dropped by high winds in Shrewsbury, Mass.

Flooding on Wilmington Avenue in Rehoboth Beach, DE, didn't stop resident James Overstreet from going out to explore storm conditions Monday morning.

Marley Buonopane-Wade, general manager of the Hampton Inn on Route 1in Rehoboth, DE, vacuums water out of the carpet midday Monday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the area.

Firefighters look at a damaged crane as it hangs over 57th Street in New York.

A construction crane dangles precariously over 57th Street in New York.

Noah Hickling, left, and his dad James jump away from storm waves at Chic's Beach on Oct. 29 in Virginia Beach, Va.

Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive in Winthrop, Mass.

People stay dry as they walk in Times Square in New York City.

People watch waves roll ashore at Rockaway Beach, N.Y.

Michele Rosenshein closes the tailgate of a truck after filling gas cans at a Sunoco station in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

A pedestrian's umbrella was destroyed by strong winds from Hurricane Sandy in Chambersburg, Pa.

A section of the Ocean City Fishing Pier was destroyed in Ocean City, Md.

Heavy rain from Hurricane Sandy floods 16th Street in front of Layton's restaurant in Ocean City.

Kayakers paddle along Elizabeth Street in South River, N.J.

Bruce Scott makes a bread delivey at a Giant supermarket in northwest Washington, D.C.

Pedestrians cross M Street in Georgetown in Washington, D.C.

Spray from storm waves crashing over a sea wall drenches a woman on Oct. 29 in Narragansett, R.I.

A worker retrieves a grappling hook on the dock next to Bubba's Restaurant in Virginia Beach, Va.

People walk along the boardwalk in Ocean City, Md.

A couple embraces as they watch the storm surge at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn.

Ken Lingo repairs his fence on Surf Avenue in Rehoboth Beach, Del.

Waves pound a sailboat onto the rocks after it broke free from its mooring on City Island, N.Y.

Sergio Vippolis, left, carries a lamp as Roger Vippolis and their friend Rich Moretto remove other valuables at Roger's home on Beach Road in Stony Point, N.Y.

Bob Casseday crosses a flooded street after checking the mooring lines of his boat in Lewes, Del.

Dare County utility workers check on conditions on flooded Ride Lane in Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Waves from Hurricane Sandy crash into the damaged Avalon Pier on Oct. 29 in Kill Devil Hills, N.C.

Debris litters a parking lot at Avalon Pier.

Shawna Burkhardt and James Johnson watch as waves from Hurricane Sandy crash over the outer break wall of Scituate Harbor in Scituate, Mass.

Storm waves batter the shoreline at Peggoty Beach in Scituate, Mass.

Andy Becica, left, and Peter Wilson stand in rough surf in Cape May, N.J.

Ken Herman, owner of Borregaard Interior Design, places plastic on his storefront windows in Denville, N.J.

Bill Schicke of Denville, left, and Jeff Sintic fill sandbags in downtown Denville, N.J.

Businesses are covered with plywood along the main street in Sea Bright, N.J.

People wade through floodwater in Broad Channel in the Queens borough of New York City.

Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, points to the satellite image of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29 at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Tourists run through Time Square on Oct. 29 in New York City.

A worker puts plywood sheets at the Disney Store in Times Square.

Rubber barriers protect a Starbucks coffee shop on Broad Street.

Workers sandbag a building in Battery Park at 200 West Street near the Hudson River in New York.

Workers add more sandbags to a barrier in front of a building.

People walk past the boarded-up Saks Fifth Avenue store in New York City.

People take photographs as the Hudson River spills over the retaining wall on the waterfront in Irvington, N.Y.

Peggy Mechmann sets up a cot at Linclon High School in Yonkers, N.Y.

James Overstreet walks along a flooded street in Rehoboth Beach, Del.

Storm surf generated by Hurricane Sandy pounds Rehoboth Beach near Wilmington Avenue.

Angelica Kotsifas prepares blankets and cots at an evacuation shelter in Toms River, N.J.

Terry Robinson wades through high water after retrieving some of his belongings from his flooded trailer at RV Park on Oct. 29 in Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Jose Alvarenga piles sandbags in front of the entrance to a building in Old Town in Alexandria, Va.

Charlie Priola, center, owner of Mangia Italian Grill and Sports Cafe, prepares his restaurant in Annapolis, Md.

A NASA GOES satellite image on Oct. 29 shows Hurricane Sandy in the Atlantic Ocean.

A woman fights the wind and rain Oct. 29 as she walks down South Street in Morristown, N.J.

A man walks past a barricaded subway entrance near Battery Park in New York City.

Waves wash over the seawall at high tide near Battery Park.

A police officer stands behind a barricaded subway entrance near Battery Park.

A man watches the waves at Battery Park.

Sandbags block the entry to the Staten Island Ferry terminal in New York. All public transportation has been shut down as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast.

Sandbags protect the New York Stock Exchange. The exchange was closed Oct. 29.

Barry Wherley, left, holds a waterproof radio as he waits for the grand opening of a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Springettsbury Township in York, Pa. The first 100 customers received free wings for a year.

People fill sandbags Oct. 29 at Fells Point in Baltimore.

Rough surf breaks over the dunes in Cape May, N.J.

People cross Beach Avenue as flood waters from Hurricane Sandy pour over a wall in Cape May.

The storm-generated surf pours onto Beach Avenue in Cape May, N.J.

Judiann Parker watches the rough surf from a partially boarded-up window in Cape May.

The floor of the New York Stock Exchange is empty Oct. 29 as Hurricane Sandy approaches New York.

Sandbags protect an entrance to the New York Stock Exchange.

Workers stack sandbags near the World Financial Center in New York City.

Vanessa Pumo walks her dog Bella in Brooklyn, N.Y.

A pedestrian walks through an empty Times Square on Oct. 29.

People watch a live weather broadcast outside ABC's "Good Morning America" studios in Times Square.

Al Daisey walks down a flooded street in front of his home on Fenwick Island, Del.

Resident Jack Devnew checks on his boat at a marina near downtown Norfolk, Va.

A man heads to work after chaining his bike to a post in downtown Norfolk, Va.

A car is parked in floodwater on a street in Norfolk.

The Manasquan River  overflows into the parking lot of the River Rock Restaurant in Brick, N.J.

A NOAA satellite image taken on Oct. 29 shows Hurricane Sandy moving north. The hurricane is predicted to make landfall around midnight Monday.

People talk outside the boarded up Congress Hall Hotel in Cape May, N.J.

High winds blow sea foam onto Jeanette's Pier on Oct. 28 in Nags Head, N.C.

Tara Basta tries to stay dry as rain from Hurricane Sandy begins falling on the boardwalk on Oct. 28 in Atlantic City.

A home on Atlantic Avenue in Margate is boarded up.

Sandbags protect shops on the boardwalk.

Jessica Ospina, left, and Allison Kane lean into the strong wind and rain off the Chesapeake Bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel in Virginia Beach.

In Rehoboth Beach, Del., businesses are closed in preparation for Hurricane Sandy's arrival.

Michael Bolick works to clear a tree off the roof of Chris Villarreal's house in Sunset Park, N.C.

Jay Smith boards up his home as residents of Bay View Beach in Delaware have been ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Sandy approaches.

Henry Paracchini, left, Steve Westfall, center, and Joe Bilotta put plywood over the windows of Bilotta Cabinetry in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

Jack Frey, 14, hands a screw gun to his father, Chris, as they board up the family's oceanfront home on Broadway near the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.

Matt Phillips places sandbags in front the driveway of his in-laws, Marsella and Luisa Ascenzino, in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

"I'm out in the middle of no where," said Bill DiBenedetto, of Briarcliff, N.Y., as he stocks up on extra gasoline at a gas station in Millwood, N.Y.

Rick Osborn, left, helps homeowners Stephani and Paul Derrick carry a refrigerator as the Derricks remove the contents of their Manville, N.J., home in preparation for Hurricane Sandy.

Ever Long, 1, and her dog, Bailey, peek out the backdoor of their boarded-up house in Bay View Beach, Del. The residents of the town have been given a mandatory evacuation order.

Anthony Romano of Harbeson, Del, left, and Sarah White of Rehoboth Beach, Del., watch the waves churn as Hurricane Sandy nears.

Mike and Carolyn Conti of Lewes, Del., shield their three children, Trey, left, Sarah, center, and twin sister Alexis, from winds as they watch the waves on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware.

Red Cross workers set up cots inside West Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia. The school is being used as one of the city's shelters for residents.

Shoppers emptied the bread shelves of Waldbaums Grocery store in Long Beach, N.Y.

People bag sand as part of preparations for Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a mandatory evacuation on low-lying coastal areas of the city.

President Obama receives a briefing on hurricane Sandy at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington on Oct. 28.

Residents express their displeasure with Mother Nature with this message on the plywood protecting Mario's Barber Shop in Long Beach Township as Sandy makes its way up the coast toward New Jersey.

Earth movers build protective berms on Compo Beach as the first signs of Hurricane Sandy approach in Westport, Conn.

Paul Maniscalco of the Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. police department goes door to door informing residents of the mandatory evacuation for Sandy.

A home along the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., has a message for Sandy.

A sign reads "Danger Ocean Closed" at the entrance to the beach in Ocean City, N.J.

Jim Kovach and Ellen Digregorio leave Perk's Cafe, on Ocean Ave. in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. The restaurant used recycled plywood from last year'p)

Tom Morehead, a driver with Ocean City, Md., public transportation, assists Evelyn Krainatc into the convention center shelter.

Steve Petrie loads several tanks of gasoline into his car in preparation for Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 27. Petrie spent over $100 for fuel to power a generator he purchased from Home Depot earlier in the day.

A technician with the Battery Conservancy removes below-ground fountain operation equipment near the water's edge at Battery Park in New York on Oct. 28.

As Hurricane Sandy approaches, the surfers were out at Rockaway Beach in Queens, N.Y., on Oct. 28.

A loader makes a sand barrier on the beach to help stop storm surge from approaching Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 28, in Atlantic City. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered Atlantic City's 12 casinos to shut down and surrounding states have also declared a state of emergency.

Jason Rouse covers up the windows at the Trump Casino along the boardwalk in Atlantic City.

Carpenters put plywood over the doors at the Bally's Casino on the boardwalk in Atlantic City.

This NASA satellite image shows hurricane Sandy as it churns off the east coast on Oct. 28 in the Atlantic Ocean.

Joseph Klein is assisted by Lowe's employee Ormani Rivera after his purchase of a generator Oct. 28, in Hicksville, N.Y.

Hannah Smith looks over a pile of sandbags with her dog Jamison in Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 27.

Jerry Velez, top, Richard Caguilat, left, and William Disburger, right, remove a large sign from the Sea Shell Ice Cream shop in Wildwood, N.J., on Oct. 27 in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. From the lowest lying areas of the Jersey shore, where residents were already being encouraged to leave, to the state's northern highlands, where sandbags were being filled and cars moved into parking lots on high ground, New Jersey began preparing in earnest for Hurricane Sandy.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers cover an entrance to the Canal St. A, C, and E station with plywood to help prevent flooding in New York. As Hurricane Sandy approaches the New York region, residents of some flood-prone areas have been told to evacuate and officials are preparing for a possible transit system shutdown.

Nick Almeter, 26, prepares for another storm, as he carries another sandbag to place by properties along Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk, Va. Hurricane Sandy, upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm, was barreling north from the Caribbean and was expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the Delaware coast, then hit two winter weather systems as it moves inland, creating a hybrid monster storm.

Jessica Rosenberg of Scarsdale, loads the last of many food and water items she purchased at the Stop and Shop in White Plains. Rosenberg, like most Lower Hudson Valley residents, was stocking up on essential items like water, canned and dry food items as well as batteries, in preparation of Hurricane Sandy.

Store manager L.P. Cyburt boards up the windows of his business as Hurricane Sandy approaches the Atlantic Coast, in Ocean City, Md.

Beachgoers watch waves generated by Hurricane Sandy along a breezy Coligny Beach Park on Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Scott Viviano, foreground, helps his friends to board up the windows of their home as Hurricane Sandy approaches the Atlantic Coast in Ocean City, Md.

Owner Mike Cannon stands in his fishing boat, MegaBites II, as a 50-ton lift carries the boat out of the Maurice River at Yank Marine Services marina in Dorchester, N.J., in preparation for Hurricane Sandy.

Hurricane Sandy churns off the east coast on October 27 in the Atlantic Ocean. As states of emergency are declared Sandy is expected to head up the coast this weekend and make a possible landfall anywhere from North Carolina to New England.

Cubans tries to recover belongings from a their destroyed house in Antillas population, Holguin province, 466 miles east of Havana, on October 26, 2012.

A resident of Leogane, Haiti, makes her way to her home as the water level continues to rise on Oct. 26. Residents of Leogane have had five consecutive days of rain in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which caused serious flooding and claimed at least 26 lives in the impoverished country.

Cubans make a line to receive charcoal in Antillas population, Holguin province, 466 miles east of Havana, on Oct. 26.

Men carry a gas container through a street that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Friday Oct. 26, 2012. Sandy was a Category 2 hurricane when it wreaked havoc in Cuba on Thursday, killing 11 people in eastern Santiago and Guantanamo provinces as its winds and rain destroyed thousands of houses and ripped off roofs.

A NOAA satellite photo taken on Oct. 26 shows Hurricane Sandy churning off the Florida coast in the Atlantic Ocean.

Red warning flags fly from a lifeguard station on Miami Beach.

Tourists Stephanie and Dan Koch take a photograph of high surf as Hurricane Sandy passes Miami Beach.

City workers use a bulldozer to pile sand in a gap between dunes on a beach as they prepare for the arrival of a huge storm in Manasquan N.J.

Sand bags line the front of an arcade on the boardwalk at Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.

A NASA television image from the International Space Station on Oct. 25 shows Hurricane Sandy in the Caribbean.

A NOAA satellite image taken on Oct. 25 shows Hurricane Sandy moving northward across Cuba.

A police cruiser is parked on a breakwater as a surfer, left, takes advantage of waves produced by Hurricane Sandy at Haulover Beach in Miami.

A woman empties muddy floodwater from her home on Oct. 25 after Hurricane Sandy struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A man salvages a metal sheet in Port-au-Prince.

A man eats outside his flooded home in the La Barquita neighborhood on Oct. 25 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Soldiers and rescue workers patrol through Santiago de Cuba on Oct. 25 in southern Cuba.

A woman looks at an uprooted palm tree.

People walk past the twisted metal supports of a sign after Hurricane Sandy blew through Santiago de Cuba.

Barbara Garces picks through debris as she salvages items from her home which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Aguacate, Cuba.

Antonio Garces searches for his belongings after his house was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Aguacate.

A woman looks at debris from the door of her home in Cueto, Cuba.

A man walks through wrecked buildings.

Corey Hutterli works on securing his sailboat with rope as the outer bands of Hurricane Sandy are felt in Miami Beach, Fla.

A satellite image shows Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 25 in the Caribbean. Hurricane Sandy plowed across Cuba as a Category 2 storm after battering Jamaica.

A driver dodges a huge wave generated by Hurricane Sandy as it crashes on the seawall on Oct. 25 in Havana, Cuba.

Nelson Carballosa stands in the doorway of his damaged home in Gibara, Cuba.

A woman peers from the doorway of her damaged home in Gibara.

Jose Aguilera sweeps the floor of his home near an empty bed frame after Hurricane Sandy damaged his roof, causing rain to soak his mattress.

Residents inspect damage after Hurricane Sandy.

Men clear debris in front of their damaged home in Guantanamo, Cuba.

Men try to free an electrical wire from debris.

Women wait inside the wreckage of their home in Santiago de Cuba.

A child retrieves utensils from his destroyed home.

Motorcycle riders protect themselves from heavy showers from Hurricane Sandy as they move through traffic on Oct. 25 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Heavy rain drenches people on a street in Port-au-Prince.

Haitians ride a bus through heavy rain generated by Hurricane Sandy.

A man looks at the wreckage of a home destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Gibara, Cuba.

A man rides his bicycle under a downed tree in Gibara.

Laura Rath, on vacation from the Netherlands, walks on the beach with her family as high winds from Hurricane Sandy hit Miami Beach.

Dominican school children cross a flooded streets in Santo Domingo on Oct. 24.

Workers collect garbage before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Bayamo, Cuba.

People in Bayamo prune trees as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.

People remove a boat before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Manzanillo, Cuba.

A man balances a child and umbrella on his bike in Manzanillo.

Santiago Porteiro, right, takes advantage of the wind generated by Hurricane Sandy to kite surf in Miami.

Stephanie Bilyeu walks along the ocean as strong winds blow through the palm trees in Miami.

A satellite image shows Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 24 in the Caribbean. The storm has picked up speed and strength as it approached the south coast of Jamaica and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane.

Residents evacuate their home as waves from Hurricane Sandy roll into the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica.

Storm waves crash into a home in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood.

A woman wades through floodwater in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood.

The seaside road leading to Jamaica's international airport is empty as Hurricane Sandy approaches Kingston.

Fisherman Hubert Dowie secures his boat before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Port Royal, Jamaica.

People buy food before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Bayamo, Cuba.

People line up for water in Bayamo.

Storm waves generated by Hurricane Sandy crash ashore on Oct. 24 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

A man walks along the beach during a storm in Santo Domingo.

Waves generated by Hurricane Sandy strike a coastal area.

Rain from Tropical Storm Sandy drenches people waiting at a bus stop  Oct. 23 in Kingston, Jamaica.

Garth Malcolm installs plywood sheets over a window at a primary health center in Kingston.

Drivers wait in line to fill their cars with fuel.

Pauline Daley covers herself with a plastic sheet.

Soaked commuters board a bus.