Oct 31, 2012

Residents and businesses in the eastern United States tried to return to normalcy on Wednesday following mega-storm Sandy. The storm, initially a hurricane, crippled transportation, knocked out power for millions and killed at least 64 people.

The New York City area was hit particularly hard by Sandy. With a paralyzed subway system, traffic-clogged streets and large areas still without power, the Big Apple faces a daunting path before things can fully return to normal.

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OCTOBER 30: Superstorm Sandy leaves destruction, darkness and death in its wake

OCTOBER 29: Feeling the effects of Hurricane Sandy

: Melvin Harris, a resident of Somerset County, is still without power in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. He lives in the house on the left. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Gary Catlin, Fairmont, talks about the damage his property sustained from tidewater that was pushed into his community by Superstorm Sandy. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Jerrod Brown, 5, clings to his mother, Kisha Jones, in their Somers Cove Apartments home. They were home when Superstorm Sandy struck, flooding the apartment with several inches of water. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Kisha Jones, Somers Cove Apartments, empties her refrigerator of food after losing power when Superstorm Sandy struck. Her apartment was flooded with several inches of water. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Superstorm Sandy forced caskets above ground in the cemetery on Halls Creek Road. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: At left, Maciej Skrzyniarz, and at right, Adam Rossman from Commonwealth Edison, which, like BGE, is owned by Exelon Corporation, remove a snapped telephone pole and replaces it with the pole at right, at the corner of Hilton Ave. and Ridge Rd. The work crew traveled from Northern Illinois to repair the damage from “superstorm” Sandy. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: An oak tree over a hundred years old on Maureen O’Donnell (pictured) and John Goebeler’s property caused a telephone pole to snap and several wires to fall at the corner of Hilton Ave. and Ridge Rd. O’Donnell said,’ You have no idea how thrilled we were that it didn’t hit anybody, anybody’s property or anybody’s car.” She said they plan to take down all the large trees around their home because of the stress wondering if and which tree/s will fall. Commonwealth Edison, which, like BGE, is owned by Exelon Corporation, fixes the snapped telephone pole in the background. ComEd, which has merged with BGE, fixes a snapped telephone pole at the corner of Hilton Ave. and Ridge Rd. The work crew traveled from Northern Illinois to repair the damage from “superstorm” Sandy. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: Jennifer Parker and Ken Erickson bring snacks and drinks to Eric Bannon and others with Commonwealth Edison, which, like BGE, is owned by Exelon Corporation, is fixing downed wires and telephone poles at the corner of Hilton Ave. and Ridge Rd. Parker said, “We’re so appreciative that they’re here.” She lives in the neighborhood. The work crew traveled from Northern Illinois to repair the damage from “superstorm” Sandy. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: Jennifer Parker hugs Eric Bannon with Commonwealth Edison, which, like BGE, is owned by Exelon Corporation, is the company fixing downed wires and telephone poles at the corner of Hilton Ave. and Ridge Rd. She and Ken Erickson brought snacks and drinks to Bannon and other workers. “We’re so appreciative that they’re here, she says. ComEd, which has merged with BGE, fixes a snapped telephone pole at the corner of Hilton Ave. and Ridge Rd. The work crew traveled from Northern Illinois to repair the damage from “superstorm” Sandy. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun Photographer)

: Harford County workers survey a large tree, uprooted by Hurricane Sandy, that brought down at least five utility poles when it fell across Wheel Road at Shirley Drive in Bel Air. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: A BGE crew works on restoring power lines at Wheel at Schucks roads in Bel Air. Both roads are closed after Hurricane Sandy caused wide spread power outage in the neighborhood. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

: Debris washed up during Hurricane Sandy caused the closure of the promenade at Tydings Memorial Park in Havre de Grace. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: A man carries his wife through the floodwaters in Hoboken, New Jersey, October 31, 2012. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)

: Renter Donna McBride reacts to seeing the damage done to her home by the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy in Lindenhurst, New York, October 31, 2012. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: People queue to use a payphone in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of New York from Hurricane Sandy in New York October 31, 2012. Cell phone coverage was widely affected by the storms that hit the region with Hurricane Sandy. (Andrew Kelly /Reuters)

: People buy food from a temporary street market in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of New York October 31, 2012. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

: A sheen caused by spilled fuel shines on water left in a street by the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy in Lindenhurst, New York, October 31, 2012. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: An unidentified pedestrian strikes a pose as fallen trees lie across parked cars in the borough Queens, New York October 30, 2012. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)

: Passengers at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport remain stranded on October 31, 2012 even as the airport resumes some service after being closed due to Hurricane Sandy. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports, both of which serve New York City, reopened Wednesday morning after being closed for days by Hurricane Sandy, the local port authority said. (Mehdi Taamallah/AFP/Getty Images)

: Blaine Badick walks through flood waters with her dogs while leaving home October 31, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man is confronted for cutting the line at a BP gas station October 31, 2012 in New York City. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: A firefighter stands among the remains of homes burned down in the Rockaway neighborhood during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: Damage is viewed in the Rockaway neighborhood where the historic boardwalk was washed away during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: Residents walk through the heavily damaged Rockaway section of Queens where the historic boardwalk was washed away during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: Mike Saracco checks out his water-logged power tools in his garage caused by Hurricane Sandy on Narraganset Avenue on October 31, 2012 in Seaford, New York. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

: Residents stand on the remains of part of the historic Rockaway boardwalk after large parts of it were washed away during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: Neighbors Lucille Dwyer, right, and Linda Strong embrace after looking through the wreckage of their homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of Queens in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: Neighbors Lucille Dwyer, right, and Linda Strong embrace after looking through the wreckage of their homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of Queens in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: Neighbors Lucille Dwyer, right, and Linda Strong embrace after looking through the wreckage of their homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of Queens in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: People crowd into a Chase Bank ATM kiosk to charge phones and laptops at 40th Street and 3rd Avenue, one block north of where power has gone out, on October 31, 2012 in New York City. “This is the modern campfire,” one man said. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: People crowd into a Chase Bank ATM kiosk to charge phones and laptops at 40th Street and 3rd Avenue, one block north of where power has gone out, on October 31, 2012 in New York City. “This is the modern campfire,” one man said. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: People crowd into a Chase Bank ATM kiosk to charge phones and laptops at 40th Street and 3rd Avenue, one block north of where power has gone out, on October 31, 2012 in New York City. “This is the modern campfire,” one man said. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: People crowd into a Chase Bank ATM kiosk to charge phones and laptops at 40th Street and 3rd Avenue, one block north of where power has gone out, on October 31, 2012 in New York City. “This is the modern campfire,” one man said. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: Commuters walk across the Brooklyn Bridge into lower Manhattan after subway service was suspended due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy. With New York City’s subway system paralyzed, millions of commuters are rethinking how they will get to work this week, and they are taking it one step at a time. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

: Commuters make their way across the Brooklyn Bridge after subway service was suspended due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy. With New York City’s subway system paralyzed, millions of commuters are rethinking how they will get to work this week, and they are taking it one step at a time. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

: Taxis sit in a flooded lot following the impact of Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, N.J. With New York’s tunnels flooded and the subway system closed, commuters have been forced to rethink how they will make their way to work in the New York area. (Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images)

: People walk to work on a normally busy street near the New York Stock Exchange. The NYSE opened for training after being closed for two days due to the arrival and aftermath of mega-storm Sandy. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

: People line up to buy food from a cart in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York October 30, 2012. Millions of people were left without power in the aftermath of the storm’s whipping winds and heavy rains. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: A woman asks the price of a flashlight in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York. Millions of people were left reeling after the massive storm’s whipping winds and heavy rains, as New York City and many parts of the eastern U.S. struggled with epic flooding and extensive power outages. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: A woman buys a flashlight in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York. Millions of people were left reeling in the aftermath of the massive storm’s whipping winds and heavy rains, as New York City and many parts of the eastern U.S. struggled with epic flooding and extensive power outages. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: Manager Devin Vilardi stands with a flashlight outside Professor Thom’s bar, which was still serving drinks to New Yorkers despite not having power due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

: People attempt to fit onto a crowded bus on First Avenue in New York City. With New York’s subway system closed due to the aftermath of Sandy, residents and businesses are relying on buses as they attempt to return to their daily lives and normal operations. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: People wait for buses on 6th Avenue in New York as the region copes with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The city’s crippled subway system, traffic-clogged roads and large areas still without power pose a daunting hurdle before the Big Apple can declare itself back to normal. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

: People wait for buses on 6th Avenue in New York as the region copes with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The city’s crippled subway system, traffic-clogged roads and large areas still without power pose a daunting hurdle before the Big Apple can declare itself back to normal. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pedestrians walk along a damaged section of a boardwalk in the borough of Queens in New York. The U.S. Northeast began crawling back to normal on Wednesday after monster storm Sandy crippled transportation, knocked out pwoer for millions and killed at least 45 people in nine states. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)

: Manager Devin Vilardi wears a headlamp while doing paperwork at Professor Thom’s bar, which was still serving drinks to New Yorkers despite not having power due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

: Two people look at a laptop screen in front of a building that still has wireless internet access in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York. Millions of people were left reeling after Sandy’s whipping winds and heavy rains resulted in flooding and extensive power outages. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: Residents stand on the remains of part of the historic Rockaway boardwalk after large parts of it were washed away during Hurricane Sandy in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. With millions of homes and businesses without power, the eastern U.S. is attempting to recover from the affects of floods, fires and power outages. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: Caution tape blocks pedestrians’ path on First Avenue in New York City. The city’s crippled subway system, traffic-clogged roads and large areas still without power pose a daunting hurdle before the Big Apple can declare itself back to normal. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: People attempt to fit onto a crowded bus on First Avenue on October 31, 2012 in New York City. The city’s crippled subway system, traffic-clogged roads and large areas still without power pose a daunting hurdle before the Big Apple can declare itself back to normal. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: John Shammah, a Con Edison employee, speaks to co-workers while working on a steam pipe on First Avenue in New York City. Residents and businesses across the eastern seaboard are attempting to return to their daily lives and normal operations as clean-up from Hurricane Sandy continues. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: People congregate in front of a building that still has wireless internet access in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York. Millions of people were left reeling after Sandy’s whipping winds and heavy rains resulted in flooding and extensive power outages. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

: A worker stands inside Fine Fare in lower Manhattan in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Fine Fare is in an area that has no power, so customers are lining up outside, asking for what they need at the door and paying cash. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: Workers load groceries into bags at Fine Fare in lower Manhattan in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York. Fine Fare is in an area that has no power, so customers are lining up outside, asking for what they need at the door and paying cash. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: Julio and Belinda Ramos, who lost power in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, hold their eight-year-old son Charles as they stand in line to pick up food supplies at a grocery store in Lower Manhattan. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

: A sporting goods and camping store displays its message to residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Huntington Station, New York. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

: Alex Sbrocchi of Melville, N.Y., fills up with gas in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Farmingdale, N.Y. The storm has claimed at least a few dozen lives in the U.S., and caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

: Sharon Karr leaves Home Depot with water for FEMA workers in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Plainview, N.Y. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

: A man looks through the debris of his destroyed home in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York City. New York was hit especially hard by the storm, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: People charge their phones at a mobile charging station in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York City. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: People charge their phones at a mobile charging station in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York City. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: People charge their phones at a mobile charging station in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York City. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: People charge their phones at a mobile charging station in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York City. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: A man walks down a flooded street in Hoboken, N.J., with his dog on his back after Hurricane Sandy. (Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images)

: Residents stand in front of a building on a flooded street in Hoboken, N.J. after Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images)

: A man rides a bicycle in to generate electricity so New York City residents can charge their cell phones after Hurricane Sandy left them without power. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: A man rides a bicycle in to generate electricity so New York City residents can charge their cell phones after Hurricane Sandy left them without power. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: Employees of the restaurant “Zum Schneider,” in the East Village neighborhood of New York City, enjoy food and beers in the empty dining room during a power outage caused by Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: New York City residents have a party on the sidewalk during a blackout after Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: A man stands in a doorway of a building with power on Fifth Avenue in a section of Manhattan still in a blackout in New York City. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: Police gather to tell a man to put out the road flare was using as an impromptu flashlight while walking with friends during a power outage in New York caused by the remnants of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: People charge their devices at a free charging station offered by a 7-11 store in an area with power in Manhattan following Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard and left millions of people without power. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: People charge their devices at a free charging station offered by a 7-11 store in an area with power in Manhattan following Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard and left millions of people without power. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: New York City residents have a party on the sidewalk during a blackout after Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: New York City residents have a party on the sidewalk during a blackout after Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: A New York City resident grills chicken on the sidewalk during a power outage following Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: Two women walk along a street flooded with water from Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, N.J. The storm caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard, leaving millions of people without power. (Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images)

: People arrive at a shelter at the Bergen County Technical Schools Teterboro Campus in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York and New Jersey particularly hard, left much of Bergen County flooded and without power. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

: People line up for pizza in the East Village in New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. New Yorkers are still coping with the effects of the storm, which left large parts of the city without power and transportation. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

: People line up for supplies at a hardware store in the East Village in New York. New Yorkers are coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which left large parts of the city without power and transportation. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

: People wait in line to fill containers with fuel at a Shell gas station in Edison, New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York and New Jersey particularly hard, left much of the Edison area flooded and without power. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

: A woman observes still-smoldering rubble in a neighborhood in the Breezy Point area of Queens in New York City. Fire destroyed about 80 homes as a result of Hurricane Sandy, which hit the area on October 29. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

: A family navigates their way home after flood waters receded to walkable levels in Little Ferry, New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York and New Jersey particularly hard, left much of the area flooded and without power. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

: Rocky Minotti uses a pump to remove ten feet of flood water from his family’s home in Little Ferry, New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York and New Jersey particularly hard, left much of the area flooded and without power. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

: Marco Celdo walks a bike through flood waters in Little Ferry, N.J., while traveling to another town in order to charge his cell phone. Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York and New Jersey particularly hard, left much of northern New Jersey flooded and without power. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Maryland ‘dodged a bullet’ with powerful storm
By By Scott Calvert, The Baltimore Sun
12:57 p.m. EDT, October 31, 2012

Hurricane Sandy’s howling winds and torrential rains walloped Maryland late Monday and early Tuesday, cutting electricity to more than 300,000 utility customers and disrupting life for millions from Ocean City to the suddenly snowy mountains of Garrett County.

Authorities linked the storm to two deaths in the state, as well as a carbon monoxide exposure that sickened three people in North Laurel and a leak of at least 20 million gallons of sewage into the Little Patuxent River in Howard County. The town of Crisfield saw major flood damage.

But by Tuesday morning, as it became clear that New Jersey and New York had taken the brunt of the storm, area officials expressed relief that the impact wasn’t nearly as bad as initially feared.

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