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Rising water from the Hudson River overtakes a bank drive-through in Edgewater, N.J., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy lashed the East Coast. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Police officers from Arlington County help remove a downed tree from an exit ramp off of state route 50, in Arlington, VA., Monday, October 29, 2012. Winds from hurricane Sandy removed the tree from his stationary position and toppled it over onto the road, blocking traffic. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Police officers from Arlington County help remove a downed tree from an exit ramp off of state route 50, in Arlington, VA., Monday, October 29, 2012. Winds from hurricane Sandy removed the tree from his stationary position and toppled it over onto the road, blocking traffic. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Police officers from Arlington County help remove a downed tree from an exit ramp off of state route 50, in Arlington, VA., Monday, October 29, 2012. Winds from hurricane Sandy removed the tree from his stationary position and toppled it over onto the road, blocking traffic. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Police officers from Arlington County help remove a downed tree from an exit ramp off of state route 50, in Arlington, VA., Monday, October 29, 2012. Winds from hurricane Sandy removed the tree from his stationary position and toppled it over onto the road, blocking traffic. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Anthony Reiner, of Annapolis, Md., tries to protect himself from rain and wind from Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Annapolis. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
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Pedestrian who try to cover from the rain try to control his umbrella from the heavy wins in Baltimore downtown as Hurricane Sandy approach in the coast of Maryland, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Sea foam washes over the beach as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Ocean City, Md. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Charlie Priola, owner of Mangia's restaurant in Annapolis, Md., tries to protect his restaurant from Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
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Leo, left, 3, and Jason Lemus, 8, sit on their sofa in their Huntington, Va. home on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 surrounded by all the belongings from the basement, which their parents brought upstairs because they are sure their basement is going to flood due to Hurricane Sandy. Their basement flooded in September, and they said they had about 6 feet of water then. They are planning to go to a relative's house in Clinton, Md. if the house floods again. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A natural gas hydraulic fracturing site run by Chesapeake Energy sits in operation a few miles outside of Steubenville, Ohio, Saturday, October 27, 2012. Once a productive steel town, Steubenville, Ohio's population has contracted faster than anywhere else in the country between 1980 and 2000 as their steel plants shut down. The area has seen a drop in unemployment in recent years due in part to the prospects of natural gas but the city still has a long way to go with unemployment figures higher then the the rest of the state and the country. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A few cars pass through downtown Steubenville, Ohio, Friday, October 26, 2012. Once a productive steel town, Steubenville, Ohio's population has contracted faster than anywhere else in the country between 1980 and 2000 as their steel plants shut down. The area has seen a drop in unemployment in recent years due in part to the prospects of natural gas but the city still has a long way to go with unemployment figures higher then the the rest of the state and the country. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather next to cars that were destroyed by a car bomb, at Jaramana neighborhood, in Damascus, Syria, Monday Oct. 29, 2012. A Syrian government official says a car bomb in a Damascus suburb has killed 10 people. The official said the blast on Monday in Jaramana also wounded 41 people and caused heavy damage. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. (AP Photo/SANA)
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Ambulances line up near the Hoboken University Medical Center, where patients were evacuated in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas as big cities and small towns across the Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Sandbags line the entrance of a building as people walk by near the Hudson River waterfront on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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High winds blow sea foam onto Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area. Governors from North Carolina, where steady rains were whipped by gusting winds Saturday night, to Connecticut declared states of emergency. Delaware ordered mandatory evacuations for coastal communities by 8 p.m. Sunday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
