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'We are living like animals': Sandy victims hit outafter being forced to spend 12 days withoutpower

An estimated 300 residents in Hicksville, Long Island, took to the street onSaturday, protesting the Long Island Power Authority for ongoing power outagesThere are still over a quarter million New York customers without powerEarly on Saturday more than 500 people lined up in Far Rockaway with empty fuelcans

President Barack Obama is set to visit hard-hit areas of New York City on ThursdayBy Reuters Reporter and Damian Ghigliotty

PUBLISHED: 17:52 EST, 10 November 2012 | UPDATED: 11:36 EST, 11 November 2012

The trail of devastation left by Hurricane Sandy has been long and trying for those still overcoming setbacks.

An estimated 300 residents in Hicksville, Long Island, took to the street on Saturday protesting the Long IslandPower Authority at its headquarters for ongoing power outages 12 days after the storm hit the area -- thesecond protest against the energy provider this weekend.

There are still over a quarter million New York customers without power. As of Friday more than 170,000 ofthose customers were on Long Island, many of them staying in temporary shelters.

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Hardscrabble living: Residents search through donated clothing piles in the Rockaways,

Saturday in the Queens borough of New York

Charity: Donations are stored and distributed in the Saint Francis de Sales schoolgymnasium in the Rockaways to help victims of Hurricane Sandy living without power or

heat


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Devastation: A volunteer passes a damaged home emblazoned with U.S. flags in the

Rockaways

More than 500 angry LIPA customers in Oceanside staged a similar protest at a LIPA news conference onFriday saying the energy provider was giving them the run-around and they wanted to know why, CBSreported.

Many of the protestors were chanting 'LIPA sucks.'

Electric utilities have taken heat for being slow to restore power throughout the region. For a large number ofthose without power, no electricity means no heat, hot water or hot meals.


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Power hungry: LIPA protesters line up outside the company's headquarters in Long

Island to voice frustrations over ongoing power outages

Power plea: A plea to the Long Island Power Authority for electricity to be restored is


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posted on a barrier in Mastic Beach, New York

New Yorkers also faced their second day of gasoline rationing under a system introduced in New Jersey lastweek, in which cars with odd- and even-numbered license plates can fill up only on alternate days.

It's been terrible, Diane Uhlfelder, a former New York City police officer at the protest in Hicksville, told aReuters reporter.

The kids have been out of school for more than a week,' Uhlfelder said. 'All the food is totally ruined, it'sexpensive eating out every day, so most of the time it's McDonald's, but the cold is the worst. It's been hell.

Speaking out: The Oceanside board of education speaks at a local school about the lackof service provided by LIPA.


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Angry resident: A local Oceanside resident dressed in a wolf costume and held a placard

which read "LIPA -- I don't bite, I'm cold at night!"

Sandy battered the East Coast on October 29, killing at least 120 people and causing an estimated $50 billionin damage.

The storm destroyed homes around New York City and along along the New Jersey Shore, cut off electricityfor millions of people and knocked out much of the public transportation system.

Newly re-elected President Barack Obama is set to visit some of the hard-hit areas of New York City onThursday. Obama put off an earlier visit at the request of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who feared it could hinderrelief efforts and put an additional strain on resources, such as available police officers.


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Wreckage: Snow from the Nor'Easter storm coats homes burned in the aftermath of

Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, Queens

Nothing left: Damon Rasinya carts debris from his family home past the fire-scorchedlandscape of Breezy Point

Early on Saturday in Far Rockaway, a coastal area of New York City devastated by the storm surge, more than


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500 people lined up with empty fuel cans.

Word had spread Friday night that a tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of free gasoline was to arrive around10am.

The fuel was delivered under the auspices of the Fuel Relief Fund and apparently funded by an anonymousdonor.

The guy didn't want his name used, but he wanted to get gas to these people, said a New York Police

Department captain, who declined to give his name because he was not authorized to speak to the media.Pretty decent thing to do, he said. These people need it bad.

People wait in line for gasoline at a Hess station in Brooklyn


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Rations: Only a quarter of the city's gas stations are currently open

More than a quarter of gas stations in the New York metropolitan area did not have fuel available for sale onFriday, the same number as on Thursday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.

Millions of New Yorkers to continue to face difficult commutes, with large crowds waiting for trains running onreduced service after transport networks sustained major damage.

Subway services to coastal areas were slowly being restored. Service to Coney Island resumed on Friday, butthere was still no service to Far Rockaway. Widespread delays were reported on New Jersey commuter trains.


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Hectic: People wait at a crowded subway stop as the city tries to recover from the effects

of Hurricane Sandy in Brooklyn, New York. Some of the city's transit system is still notoperating

Patience: Last week, commuters had been forced to take cars or buses, sparkinggridlock across Manhattan

In New York's Broad Channel community, there was a boat in the middle of a road with a sign that read: Broad


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Channel - the forgotten town.

On Saturday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extended the deadline to February for New Yorkers who losttheir income due to the storm to apply for federal assistance.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who toured the Jersey Shore on Friday, said many popular vacationspots will not be fully rebuilt by next summer.

This is our Katrina, he declared, referring to the hurricane that washed out New Orleans in 2005.

Destruction: Much of the Jersey Shore has been ravaged by the unprecedented storm

last week


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New allies: Christie has worked with President Barack Obama to help New Jerseyrecover from Sandy's impact

Homeowners were able to return to an 18-mile (30-km) barrier island off New Jersey's Atlantic coast onSaturday, giving some of them their first view of the devastation wrought by Sandy.

Long Beach Island, an enclave of mostly affluent vacation homes, took a direct hit, with some homes washedfull of sand and seawater and others destroyed.

The island, with about 10,000 year-round residents and perhaps 10 times that number in the summer, hasbeen closed to residents except for brief visits to retrieve belongings.

There were 289,239 customers without power on Saturday in the states struck by Sandy, a drop of 144,901from Friday, the U.S. Energy Department said. At the peak 8.5 million were without power.

VIDEO: Governor of New York attacks power authorities over blackouts


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Read more:

Tempers fray as many in Northeast still without powerNational Grid On Power Restoration: Under Circumstances, Weve Performed Extremely Well - CBS New York

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Blue state? Pound sand.

- Justme , Windsor, United Kingdom, 11/11/2012 18:12

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Obama enjoyed his photo opportunity in this area ...then left town. Yet these people still voted for him It is a crazy World !!!

- ferrylas , Boca, 11/11/2012 18:08

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These people had the best in life, and now, they've become a bunch of crybabies. I don't know what the problem is, or who is toblame, but please stop whining, pull up your bootstraps, and behave like civilized people.

- Sugar Hump , Leeds, 11/11/2012 17:53


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Plenty of wood around - light some fire to keep warm and organise yourselves into groups. Get individuals organised and givepeople responsibility for finding food, organising toilet facilities, keeping the fires going etc. Build community spirit. I was without anypower for 8 days when my kids were little - it was tough as the shops had no food but it was a learning curve - it makes you realisehow fragile our modern society is as we are so reliant on technology. I now do survival training as I want to be able to fend for myselfin the event of disaster.

- Amber , UK, 11/11/2012 17:52


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If you vote blue, you suffer too! I'm loving it.

- Bob G , Pittsburgh, 11/11/2012 17:47


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Hard for the utilities ... there's overhead and underground lines etc. But no problem ... remember FEMA will be right on top of that,and Obama will cut through all that red tape ... and not a peep from liberal media who were screaming at Bush after Katrina ... easyto see they are not reporters. Watch CNN, CBS, ABC etc. and you won't hear one word about FEMA, or Obama's lack of response.All you hear about is the bad utility companies. Where's this government we send our taxes to?

- goldwebb , lincoln, 11/11/2012 17:47


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Do what the Germans did after WWII, start cleaning up themselves.

- PeterSterling , Vacaville, United States, 11/11/2012 17:46


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I am sorry that the northern east coast is experiencing these hardships. However, it is appropriate that the same people who votedfor the big-government nanny state are now facing the fallacy of their decision. Natural disasters are actually a valid area for

government to flex its muscle, but look at how inept they are. This is the problem. When you give government more and more to doyou end up with a government that can't do much of anything very well. This is a case study in proving that the media in this countryis totally in the bag for the left. Is there anyone out there willing to try to make the case that had this occurred during a Republicanadministration the media would not be screaming from the rooftops 24/7? If they don't get this lined out soon they are going toexperience even greater damage. If it gets really cold the pipes in those highrises and houses will begin to freeze and burst. Theyhad better get their act together fast. Time is running out

- Mogar , Chicago, United States, 11/11/2012 17:42


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Why weren't these people better prepared for the storm? They had a week's notice and still it seems like nobody stocked up on

water, food, etc. The general rule of them is to always have two weeks of supplies on hand when faced with a storm of thismagnitude. I guess The Great Nanny State has turned people into government zombies - no longer able to think or act for do forthemselves. Where is The Communist now? Or Mayor Doomberg? He wouldn't even allow The National Guard in NY because theycarry weapons. Now I'm willing to bet than his multiple bodyguards carry weapons. Liberal elitists once again. You voted for this NY.

- DarcyPan , Toronto, Canada, 11/11/2012 17:41


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And how much did obama spend on his campaign!!!!

- PAUL , LONDON, 11/11/2012 17:39


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