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Marine One, the presidential helicopter, with President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on board, flies over the New Jersey shoreline in areas damaged by superstorm Sandy, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in New York. Traffic is snarled, subways out of commission, streets flooded and power out in many parts of the city, but the exchange opened without hitch Wednesday after a historic two-day shutdown, courtesy of Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Homes in Fenwick Island, Del. are surrounded by floodwaters from superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Officials said Fenwick Island and nearby Bethany Beach appeared to be among the hardest-hit parts of the state. Gov. Jack Markell lifted the state of emergency on Tuesday in New Castle and Kent counties, but has kept the order in place for Sussex County because some areas remain flooded from superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Randall Chase)
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Downed power lines and a battered road is what superstorm Sandy left behind as people walk off the flooded Seaside Heights island, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Members of the National Guard and Hoboken Police ride a large truck through floodwaters used to pluck people from high water in Hoboken, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Parts of the city are still covered in standing water, trapping some residents in their homes. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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The twisted remains of a Hudson River marina are seen across from New York City as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
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Vihaan Gadodia, 2, is handed from a National Guard truck after he and his family left a flooded building in Hoboken, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Some residents are being plucked from their homes by large trucks as parts of the city are still covered in standing water. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Stock quotes and traders in seen reflected in monitors on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Traffic is snarled, subways out of commission, streets flooded and power out in many parts of the city, but the New York Stock Exchange opened without hitch Wednesday after an historic two-day shutdown, courtesy of Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Traffic is snarled, subways out of commission, streets flooded and power out in many parts of the city, but the New York Stock Exchange opened without hitch Wednesday after an historic two-day shutdown, courtesy of Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A car is partially buried by sand that was washed ashore by superstorm Sandy in Atlantic City, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Rescue workers help stranded people out of their flooded homes in Seaside Heights, N.J., following the arrival of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people as he participates in a campaign event collecting supplies from residents and local relief organizations for victims of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 0212, at the James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney receives bags of food as he participates in a campaign event collecting supplies from residents local relief organizations for victims of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at the James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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People arrive to see the scene at the intersection of King and S. Union Streets which is submerged in flood water from the Potomac River late into the night in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The intersection of King and S. Union Streets is submerged in flood water from the Potomac River late into the night in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)