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(EstateNewsWire.com, November 16, 2012 ) Chicago, IL-- Many of the cold and exhausted church patrons found their way to church on Sunday, most likely to pray for deliverance from the cold weather that has now settled across the New York metropolitan area. With another powerful storm on the way, the possibility of a painful punch may be added to the difficulty the residents have already endured.
With nighttime temperatures now reading the 30s, and hundreds of thousands still without proper working electricity and water, people are sleeping in layers of clothing and without much to look forward to in the upcoming Thanksgiving season. New York City officials have been busy handing out blankets and urging some to find overnight shelters at night, and daytime warming centers during waking hours.
Simultaneously, the government leaders began to grapple with the rather daunting concern of a long-term problem: Where will many find housing, as their homes are currently considered uninhabitable. Such homes will stay that way for weeks, months, and possible some will remain in such a state for over a year, through a combination of the initial storm, and subsequent storms to follow.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said that 30-40,000 New Yorkers may need to be relocated, which will be something of a monumental task within a city that has little housing available to begin with. That is not to mention the prices of basic living within the metropolitan area. The Mayor and officials hope that number will drop by half within the next couple of weeks as electricity returns in certain areas. That still leaves at least 15,000 New Yorkers with sustained living.
In Staten Island, Sara Zavala is like many, as she spent a night under two blankets and layers of clothing due to her power being out. She said she does own a propane tank, but only runs it early in the morning, as she does not want to use up the gas while she sleeps.
"When I woke up, I was like, 'It's freezing.' And I thought, 'This can't go on too much longer,'" said Zavala, a nursing home admissions coordinator.
It is not only the many without proper-working homes. The storm took the lives of 100 people in 10 of the affected states on the Eastern seaboard. It also affected gasoline allocation, causing shortages in many regions, and the result is akin to the 1970s gas shortages. Over a million homes and business still have no power in New Jersey, and just about two-thirds of a million in New York suffer the same lack of power.
There are pockets of the cities and states that are returning to something of a normal pace. Still, with so many without the basic necessities of life, it is more of a hollow shell of regular life for many of New Yorkers and Nor-Easterners.
"Prepare for more outages," said National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Pollina. "Stay indoors. Stock up again."
"Well, the first storm flooded me out, and my landlord tells me there's a big crack in the ceiling, so I guess there's a chance this storm could do more damage," John Lewis said at a shelter in New Rochelle, N.Y. "I was hoping to get back in there sooner rather than later, but it doesn't look good."
The North Eastern has seen its share of difficulties, and many believe they will be able to find their way through the coming storms and current difficulties. However, there is no doubt that the impact of so many being without homes will leave a scarring effect on the cities and states that are feeling the brunt of mother nature’s indifference to normal life.
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