It's cold right now in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states still digging out from Sandy's aftermath. But things might get a lot worse, weather-wise, toward the middle of this week thanks to a developing nor'easter currently on track for the very same areas that were hit hard by the superstorm. According to Reuters, almost 2 million people are still without power on the East Coast a week after Sandy. In New York City alone, 40,000 to 50,000 people are in need of housing, and the still-rising death toll for the United States currently stands at 113. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.