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Kim Johnson looks over the destruction near her seaside apartment in Atlantic City, N.J., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)4
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A minigolf course on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach N.J., shown here on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The storm wrecked boardwalks and amusements up and down the 127-mile Jersey shore. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Debris covers the lower floor of Don Durando's house in Long Beach, N.Y. on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, after sustaining flooding and other damage from superstorm Sandy. Three days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, New York and New Jersey struggled to get back on their feet, the U.S. death toll climbed to more than 80, and more than 4.6 million homes and businesses were still without power. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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Household items destroyed from flooding from Hurricane Sandy line California Street on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. Three days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, New York and New Jersey struggled to get back on their feet, the U.S. death toll climbed to more than 80, and more than 4.6 million homes and businesses were still without power. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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** FILE ** Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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This NOAA satellite image taken on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, shows Hurricane Sandy off the mid-Atlantic coastline moving toward the north with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore towns, washing away a section of the Atlantic City boardwalk, and threatening to cripple Wall Street and New York's subway system with a huge surge of corrosive seawater. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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A man inspects an Aqua model at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Toyota's quarterly profit tripled, driven by a recovery from natural disasters, and the company raised its full-year earnings forecast despite a sales slump in China. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner (33) tries to get past Dallas Cowboys safety Danny McCray (40) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Rich Addicks)
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The Rev. Brian Jordan, right, embraces New York State Senator Malcolm Brown after Sunday mass at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Breezy Point, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York. Breezy Point, the beachfront enclave heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm when a fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed 100 or more homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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James Gasparino, left, a volunteer, and others gather around a fire for warmth in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Gasparino's girlfriend and his girlfriend's sister both had houses in the neighborhood that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. With overnight temperatures sinking into the 30s and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses still without electricity six days after Sandy howled through, people piled on layers of clothes, and New York City officials handed out blankets and urged victims to go to overnight shelters or daytime warming centers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A representative of the Salvation Army walks past homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm when a fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed 100 or more homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Enriqueta Gil watches as her daughters, eight-year-old Diana Gil-Velasco, right, six-year-old Elizabeth Gil-Velasco, second left, are served donated hot meals by volunteers Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, outside the Belmar recreation center in Belmar, N.J. After being battered by Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy much of the region is still without power and many homes have been damaged. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Carrying a backpack with goods and supplies, marathon runner Eitan Tabak runs past debris in the hard hit Midland Beach neighborhood of the Staten Island borough of New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Background right is marathon runner Michelle Mascioli and far left marathon runner Rachel Wheeler of New York. With the cancellation of the New York Marathon, hundreds of runners, wearing their marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies, took the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to neighborhoods hard hit by Superstorm Sandy to help. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Galina Quacinella, right, gets some blankets for herself and her husband at a Red Cross aid station in Staten Island, New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. With overnight temperatures sinking into the 30s, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are still without electricity in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Felice Vazquez, 40, of Hoboken, greets a neighbor as she mans a table providing hot drinks and snacks on Washington Street as the buildings around them remain without power due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
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Mary Wittenberg, president of the New York Road Runners, reacts after viewing areas heavily damaged during Superstorm Sandy, in the Staten Island borough New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. With the cancellation of the New York Marathon, hundreds of runners, wearing their marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies, took the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to hard-hit neighborhoods to help. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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A electrical worker cleans wiring at a substation on Harrison and 2nd Street as surrounding neighborhoods remain without power due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
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Volunteer Jamie d'Amico, 25, of Fort Lee, helps sort through donations at Hoboken High School as surrounding neighborhoods remain without power due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Hoboken, New Jersey. About 1 million homes and businesses across New Jersey are still without electricity due to Superstorm Sandy on Sunday, and officials say many of those customers may not have service restored until Wednesday. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
