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At Least 13 Dead, 5.2 Million Without Power: Hurricane Sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 22:47
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Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast Monday, killing at least 13 people, hurling a record-breaking 13-foot surge of seawater at New York City and knocking out power to an eastimated 5.2 million people.
The massive storm was downgraded from a hurricane after it barged ashore in southern New Jersey, bringing more than 85-mph winds and a roiling wall of seawater as it moved through New York City. It sent water surging into two major commuter tunnels and into subway stations and tracks. It was unclear how much water had come in.
The 13 deaths were reported in New Jersey, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Some of the victims were killed by falling trees. Police in Toronto said a woman was killed by a falling sign as high winds closed in on Canada’s largest city.
Dear New Yorkers. I feel sad for this tragedy which has racked your piece of Earth. However, I must tell you that I felt something like this would happen to New York after reading in the NY TImes a few weeks ago that an antichristian blasphemous “art show” was held in the City. In said event a face was depicted with urine and faeces. It was then that I knew that something terrible would happen to the City. May this be a lesson to you all.