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Mike: BRINGING YOU IN-DEPTH
COVERAGE OF SANDY'S COMPAC IMPAN
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
Susan: FOLLOWING A
DEVASTATING STORM THAT HAS LEFT
SEVERAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES
ALMOST DEVASTATED.
Mike: TAKE A LOOK AT THE
HISTORIC COAST GUARD HOUSE
FOLLOWING THE WORST BEATING IT
HAS TAKEN FROM MOTHER NATURE IN
YEARS.
Susan: WE GO TO SOUTH KINGS
TOWN WHERE A NUMBER OF COTTAGES
ARE DESTROYED AND OTHERS LEFT
FLOODED BY THE POWERFUL STORM
SURGE.
Mike: THE STORM TOOK A HEAVY
TOLL BATTERTERING THE COST LINED
LEAVING NOTHING BUT SAND.
Susan: CAUSING POWER OUTAGE
FOR THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND
BUSINESS AS SOON AS WE HAVE TONY
PETRARCA AND T.J. DELL SANTO
STANDING BY.
Susan: AND FIRST WE GO LIVE.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE LIVE AT THE COAST GUARD
HOUSE.
WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS
HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT BY THE
WAVES.
THERE IS A LOT OF INTERIOR
DAMAGE, AND THE OWNERS TELL ME
THAT A PORTION OF THE FOUNDATION
IS CRACKED.
STILL, THEY PLAN TO REOPEN AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WAVES WASHED ON TO THE STREET
SWEEPING AWAY THE SEA WALL.
SANDY MAY HAVE LEFT THE AREA,
BUT SHE LEFT HER MARK HERE, MOST
PROMINENTLY ON THE HISTORIC
COAST GUARD HOUSE.
WE HAVE A MESS TO CLEAN UP.
LIKE FRANK SAID, NO ONE WAS
INJURED.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE
RESTAURANT, BROKEN TABLES AND
CHAIRS, BROKEN WINDOWS, BUSTED
BLAGLASS AND FLOODED FLOORS.
THE GOVERNOR TOOK A LOOK AT THE
DAMAGE WEDNESDAY THURSDAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE RESTAURANT
THAT STICKS OUT IN THE SURF.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO POPULAR.
WHEN YOU GET A STORM, YOU'LL
HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
Reporter: BY MIDDAY HUNDREDS
OF ONLOOKERS STOPPED BY TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENED, BUT TH THE CLEANP
HAD ALREADY BEGUN.
EMPLOYEES CAME HERE VOLUNTARILY
TUESDAY, AND SINCE EARLY IN THE
MORNING THEY'VE BEEN CLEARING
AWAY GLASS, BROKEN FURNITURE AND
STARTING THE REBUILDING PROCESS.
THE REAL SHAME OF IT IS, WE
HAVE A REALLY GOOD STAFF AND WE
WOULD LIKE TO GET THE PLACE OPEN
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM.
WE'LL GET IT DONE.
IT WILL BE BETTER THAN EVER.
Reporter: BACK LIVE HERE IN
FRONT OF THE COAST GUARD HOUSE
WHERE EMPLOYEES ARE NOW AN HOUR
TEN OF THE CLEAN UP.
HOW EXACTLY DOES THIS DAMAGE
FROM HURRICANE SANDY COMPARE TO
THE OTHER HURRICANES, AND WHEN
WILL THE COAST GUARD HOUSE OPEN.
WHILE THE OWNERS TOLD ME THEY
HAVE SET A DEADLINE ALREADY, AND
WE'LL HAVE THAT NEW AT 6:00.