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TOMORROW MARKS ONE
WEEK SINCE HURRICANE
SANDY CAUSED SEVERE
DAMAGE TO RHODE
ISLAND'S COASTAL
COMMUNITIES.
AND TODAY, SOME
HOMEOWNERS ONLY GOT
TO SEE THE DEVASTATION
TO THEIR PROPERTIES
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
CAMERAS WERE ROLLING
TODAY IN MISQUAMICUT.
ATLANTIC AVENUE WAS
OPENED TO PROPERTY
OWNERS AT EIGHT THIS
MORNING, WHILE THE
PUBLIC HAS
PERMANENTLY BEEN SHUT
OUT - UNTIL POLICE SAY
OTHERWISE.
MANY HOMEOWNERS
RETURNED TO CLEAN UP
AS MUCH AS THEY COULD.
THOSE WE SPOKE WITH,
DESCRIBED THE
SITUATION AS
OVERWHELMING.
["14:16:09 it's tough, i've had
to live
in a hotel, and a car, i had to
rent a
in a hotel, and a car, i had to
rent a
car. it's just really hard to
believe
that this happened 14:16:17"]
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RESIDENTS AND
CONTRACTORS WHO
NEED ACCESS TO THE
AREA MUST GET A PASS
FROM THE TOWN.
THE WESTERLY CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE WILL KEEP
EXTENDED HOURS THIS
WEEK TO ACCOMODATE
THOSE REQUESTS.