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HURRICANE SANDY ARE STILL
WITHOUT POWER ON LONG ISLAND AND
STATEN ISLAND... AND THE
FRUSTRATION IS GROWING.
WENT TO HARD-HIT NEW YORK AND
NEW JERSEY WITH RED CROSS
VOLUNTEERS TO SEE HOW THE
RECOVERY IS COMING TOGETHER.
VOLUNTEERS FROM THE PIONEER
VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE RED CROSS
TODAY AS THEY PROVIDE AID TO
VICTIMS OF HURRICANE SANDY. AS
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THE
NORMAL BUT IT'S STILL LIGHTS OUT
FOR MAN RESIDENTS OF STATEN
ISLAND AND LONG ISLAND." NEARLY
THREE WEEKS AFTER HURRICANE
SANDY HIT THE NEW YORK AREA.
MANY ARE STILL RELYING ON THE
22NEWS TRAVELED WITH THE
VOLUNTEERS FROM THE PIONEER
VALLEY CHAPTER TO LONG ISLAND TO
FIND OUT HOW YOUR DONATIONS ARE
BEING SPENT.
FROM WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY AT
ARE LOOKING FOR CLOTHES, THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR BLANKETS THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR BATTERIES BECAUSE
MANY PEOPLE IN THIS AREA STILL
DON'T HAVE POWER TODAY." :29 BUT
POWER ON LONG ISLAND AND STATEN
GROWING.
8:10 "WE'RE STILL WITHOUT POWER,
OF GENERATOR)))
CHANGED WE DON'T HAVE ANY HEAT,
THE BOILERS HAVE TO BE CHANGED
SHORTAGE OF BOILERS UP AND DOWN
THE EAST COAST SO I DON'T EXPECT
TO GET THAT ANYTIME REALLY
SOON." :57 PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA WAS ON THE GROUND THURSDAY
SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WOULD NOT FORGET THE REGION AND
SEE THE RECOVERY THROUGH. BUT
LOVED ONE STILL QUESTION WHERE
THE HELP WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE STORM. A CRITICISM THE RED
CROSS UNDERSTANDS.
THE SAME OBSTACLES THAT OTHER
SITUATIONS, GAS RATIONING AND
THINGS OF THAT NATURE BUT THE
NOW."
SO FAR THE RED CROSS HAS RAISED
ABOUT $140 MILLION TOWARD SANDY
RELIEF EFFORTS. THEY'VE ONLY
SPENT ABOUT $40 MILLION SO FAR
AND IF ANY IS LEFT OVER AFTER
THESE VICTIMS, THAT MONEY WILL
GO TOWARD LONG-TERM RECOVERY
AT 5, WE'LL TRAVEL AGAIN WITH
MEMBERS OF THE PIONEER VALLEY
RED CROSS AS THEY GO TO AREAS IN
NEW JERSEY THAT WERE HIT HARD BY
SANDY. IN WEEKAWKEN, NJ, ELYSIA
RODRIGUEZ, 22NEWS.