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A WEEK AFTER SUPER-STORM SANDY
HIT, COMMUNITIES ALONG THE
ATLANTIC SEABOARD ARE FACING
TWO NEW CHALLENGES: ELECTION
DAY AND ANOTHER STRONG WINTER
STORM TARGETING THE REGION.
(("THE FORECAST IS FOR
CONTINUED COLD WEATHER AND
POTENTIAL A SERIOUS STORM WITH
WIND GUST OF 40 TO 50 MILES
PER HOUR BEGINNING WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY."))
THURSDAY."))AT LEAST 11-
THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE IN 178
SHELTERS ACROSS SEVEN STATES.
MORE THAN A MILLION DON'T HAVE
ELECTRICITY YET. VOLUNTEERS
CONTINUE THE HARD WORK ALONG
THE FRONT LINES OF THE
RECOVERY.SOME OF THE HELP IS
BEING FOCUSED ON POLLING
PLACES ACROSS THE STRIKE ZONE.
POWER WILL BE MOVED IN WHERE
IT'S NEEDED... BUT IN SOME
AREAS, THAT WON'T BE ENOUGH.
IN NEW YORK CITY ALONE, MORE
THAN 60 POLLING PLACES HAVE
OF THE STORM.
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FROM POWER OUTAGES, TO BLOCKED
ROADS, TO CANCELLED CAMPAIGN
EVENTS -- THE AFTERMATH OF
SANDY COULD HAVE A BIG EFFECT
COAST.
LIVE BY ERIKA KING, POLITICAL
SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT GRAND
VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY.
WE HAVE ALL WONDERED WHAT
EFFECT THE STORM WILL HAVE ON
TURNOUT...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE
SWING STATES...WHAT ARE YOU
WATCHING
FOR? 3