Hurricane Sandy Up and Down the Eastern Coast (Photos)

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer received this photograph sent in from a local resident in Long Island City, Queens. Long Island City is seeing a significant rise along the East River at the Gantries. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Van Bramer)

The few tourists who are left in Times Square, New York City, still enjoy their time despite Hurricane Sandy passing through at about 9:45 p.m. on Oct. 29, 2012. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)

Rising water, caused by Hurricane Sandy, rushes into a subterranean parking garage on Oct. 29, in the Financial District of New York. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Three customers in a deli at 9th and 32nd in New York City at about 10p.m. The manager Jimmy Ali said they are not planning on closing. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)

As Hurricane Sandy starts to approach strong gust of wind destroyed the facade of a building on the corner of 8th Ave and 14th Street in Manhattan on Oct 29, 2012. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)

A man being blown by a gust of wind from Hurricane Sandy, walks by a convenience store that is still open as of 8:00 p.m. on Oct. 29, 2012 in New York City.(Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)

A man stands at Chelsea Piers as he watches the water from the Hudson River begin to flood onto the West Side Highway in New York City at around 8 p.m., Oct. 29. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)

Water from the Hudson River floods the West Side Highway on Oct. 29, New York City. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)

A car drives southbound on the West Side Highway in Manhattan as water floods the roadway, Monday around 8 p.m.. Soon after this picture was taken the northbound side started to flood as well. (Seth Holehouse/The Epoch Times)

People walk through water on the beach near the time of high tide as Hurricane Sandy approaches Oct. 29 in Atlantic City, N.J. Hurricane Sandy drove a deadly tidal surge into coastal cities along the eastern U.S. coast and pushed storm-force winds, torrential rain, and heavy snow deep inland.  (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Resident Kim Levan of Long Neck, Delaware, takes shelter with her dog Charlie at Cape Henlopen High School as Hurricane Sandy approaches Oct. 29, 2012. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Streets are under water as Hurricane Sandy approaches Oct. 29, 2012 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall between Atlantic City and Cape May around 6 p.m. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Police officers and firefighters guard a scaffolding in the process of collapsing due to Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012 in New York City. What’s being called the storm of the century, threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

“Here we are marooned in Red Hook, Brooklyn!!” reads the tweet with this photo posted by Green Painting. (Courtesy of Green Painting)

Local residents take shelter at Cape Henlopen High School as Hurricane Sandy approaches Oct. 29, 2012 in Lewes, Delaware. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

A tourist struggles against gusting winds as the leading edge of Hurricane Sandy moves across the nation’s capital on Oct. 29, 2012 in Washington, DC. Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall later this evening in southern New Jersey. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Waves crash against a previously damaged pier before landfall of Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Storm-driven waves crashed ashore and flooded seafront communities across a swathe of the eastern United States as Hurricane Sandy barreled towards land. Officials warned that the threat to life and property was “unprecedented” and ordered hundreds of thousands of residents in cities and towns from New England to North Carolina to evacuate their homes and seek shelter. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

A large planter is blown over as Hurricane Sandy approaches, in the Flatiron district in New York City on Oct. 29, 2012. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)

A reporter runs from Air Force One after President Barack Obama returned at Andrews Air Force Base Oct. 29, 2012 in Maryland. Obama is returning from campaigning to Washington, D.C. to monitor Hurricane Sandy as it makes landfall. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

A sailboat smashes on the rocks after breaking free from its mooring on City Island Oct. 29, 2012 in New York. Hurricane Sandy’s winds picked up speed as the storm made a left turn toward the East Coast. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

The Holland Tunnel in New York City closed at 2 p.m. Monday until further notice due to Hurricane Sandy. The storm, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Water level rising in Battery Park, New York City, at midday on Oct. 29. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)

Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive in Winthrop, Mass., as Hurricane Sandy moves up the East coast on Oct. 29. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds, and possibly heavy snow to a wide area on the East Coast. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

A dog is dressed, ready for Hurricane Sandy in New York City, Oct. 29. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)

Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive in Winthrop, Mass., as Hurricane Sandy moves up the East coast on Oct. 29. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

The Hudson River comes over the sea wall along the West Side Promenade in the Battery Park area in New York on Oct. 29, as New Yorkers prepare for Hurricane Sandy, which is supposed to hit the city later tonight. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

A car sits in a flooded street near the ocean ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, in Atlantic City, N.J. Governor Chris Christie’s emergency declaration is shutting down the city’s casinos and 30,000 residents were ordered to evacuate. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Cape May Lighthouse can be seen as heavy surf from Hurricane Sandy pounds the shoreline on Oct. 29, in Cape May, N.J. Monday evening is when the full force of Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the New Jersey coastline bringing heavy winds and floodwaters. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

A man stands on the beach as heavy surf from Hurricane Sandy pounds the shoreline, on Oct. 29 in Cape May, N.J. Later on Monday the full force of Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the New Jersey coastline bringing heavy winds and floodwaters. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Police officers and a worker outside the Bowling Green subway station Downtown Manhattan, Oct. 29. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)

President Barack Obama speaks to the press in the briefing room of the White House Oct. 29, in Washington after being briefed in the Situation Room on the status of Hurricane Sandy as it approaches the Atlantic coast of the United States. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

A jogger runs in the rain as Hurricane Sandy tracks north on the Washington Harbor area located on the Potomac River on Oct. 29, in the Georgetown area of Washington. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Workers on Vesey street remove fire escape stairs because of the danger of the wind, New York City, Oct. 29. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)

A homeless person at the World Trade Center subway station on Barclay St, New York City, Oct. 29. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)

Lisa Cellucci (L), holds her umbrella as it is blown backwards from Hurricane Sandy’s winds, as her friend Kim Vo (R) looks on, Oct. 28, in Cape May, New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the New Jersey coastline Monday evening, bringing heavy winds and floodwaters. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Three woman in Chelsea decided they wanted to get some fresh air, “especially when nothing is happening.” Martine Delahaye (L) and Paulette Toth (C) are Chelsea residents, while Rose Milan (R) is visiting from Paris. The trio were walking around Battery Park, New York City midday Monday. (Kristen Meriwether/The Epoch Times)

A man walks down a flooded street ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29 in Atlantic City, N.J. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s emergency declaration shut down the city’s casinos and 30,000 residents were ordered to evacuate. The storm, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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