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East Coast Still on Hold After Sandy

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    WABC Radio’s Scott Salotto on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York and Connecticut.

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You're not a WABC radio discussed a lot of -- Good morning so -- you.

Other Ameritech on the show on shore in Westchester on the yellow account which was pretty hard -- And what are -- describe what you're saying there.

Others devastation on the shore line.

C violence sell basically who are -- over her good speech.

Up to the streets here that -- stocks took out there is some homes took out part took out property.

Likely -- -- big amusement park here got pretty much devastated at some of the big buildings words that the -- was ripped off.

There's some some strong damage there heavy damage but that it -- power and there's no place to get broad street in his -- The school and folks are just kind of running out of gas now they're generator so it's either -- getting old quick.

Numbers no more electricity is already appalled to house.

The -- sessions.

That's true and fact there are scrambled -- -- about two accurate pockets that do.

Electricity this morning and.

There are lines at the the mobile on the rug in the hedge stations with the convenience stores and it would -- forty minute wait for for coffee and -- yesterday.

And the -- for about that long this morning to and some crisis.

Westchester County in Connecticut.

So -- you -- more you've -- -- you are now.

I have to wait for the -- just opened yesterday because I was in Rockland county which is on the west side of the -- and which were targets and then at about 10:30 yesterday morning they opened up the -- complete bridge you know tables across the -- and get into Westchester south.

It's just a matter poking through streets that don't have trees data wires down and then.

This is the highways are pretty passable and -- open this up too much traffic because a lot of people staying home.

Coming up on a gentle and aren't arguments -- Discuss -- or as a warrior him.

American -- security let on the -- ensure the Long Island Sound.

You know one of the things are trying to get a report on his long rich -- I don't know where.

As a simply because.

For Bernard Lewis and nobody has heard from him cents.

-- money dollar on -- o'clock 8 o'clock Monday him.

Actually -- Long Beach on Sunday.

Sunday evening interest Sunday night I was in Long Beach reporting from bear.

The -- where it's coming into the water looked completely well it was it was -- -- ocean with angry there.

And it already started to -- for having problems there with power with sewage.

A lot of the -- this sewage treatment shut down there they're fighting not street water -- Atlantic beach Long Beach they're pretty much.

But the from our affiliated city and central region.

-- -- -- -- -- -- The traffic light -- our police presence there.

-- there are police that there are police surround it would depend upon where you go you'll see extra cops in areas that are completely blacked out.

You know distort that are -- -- -- cops either at intersections because there's a traffic signals.

Or out in front of you know shopping malls that kind of thing in the city that's what the president told not to come to the -- today in New York because Mayor Bloomberg said.

I don't come to New York I don't -- cops to get used to protect.

I need -- further -- So they'll come here so that your -- so so police presence and over time it's it's becoming a drain.

Do you see any of power crews out.

Morgan trying to restore power.

That -- status be that's the depressing part I've not seen.

Power crews.

-- not -- many of them at all in fact.

I've I've seen it move more -- lions and more downed poles.

And -- down everything and that nobody can think these.

It's -- that they've been knocked out and forgot.

Is there there are not cherry picking crews with the -- collect call.

I've not seen a lot of restoration.

-- that accent tells us that.

They're still -- section.

And it's gonna take seven to ten days for even the -- folks to get restored but I've not seen cruise.

It's depressing to drive currency think that what it looked yesterday 24 hours later look like somebody think that method.

-- New century is also offered on arms look.

What some some flooding -- -- Flooding it's not that bad unless you write.

The the waterways.

The Long -- -- -- the ocean the Atlantic Ocean New Jersey.

Violent as you mentioned Long Beach what Bernie is lower Manhattan of course you know that that you for the subways and it's -- were flooded out.

But -- Some of -- -- that we are during Irene last year Hurricane Irene.

Not so bad.

Injured in Milwaukee and other parts of the Hackensack -- flooded out.

But it's it's more the wind event -- more poles downed trees down.

Trees on houses.

Up power lines down that cut its deficit left of the flooding event more of a window that's.

Thousands and thousands -- morning.

But.

Rich -- it's raining but it's not appropriately at all.

Worried going now.

I don't Connecticut.

I -- told that there are still people trapped.

Coastal Connecticut Fairfield.

Stanford.

All the way up towards Bridgeport they're folks who don't hold out there and and some units -- -- what they've -- -- -- -- white sheets outside their home that they need help because they're trapped.

Because the ocean rushed in.

These sanctuary at -- -- they can't get out its -- power.

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