Athena brings misery to New Jersey and New York....

http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2012/11/hurricane-sandy-aftermath-new-york.html

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Aftermath: New York Considering Putting Displaced Staten Island Residents in Prison

“I lost everything, but I still have my pride. We don’t have to stay in a prison,” said Wally Martinez, 44, who was staying at the retreat with his wife, two children and dog. “My brother was once in that very prison, and my mother used to visit him regularly. She used to tell me how miserable he looked and how filthy and disgusting that prison was.”

From New York Post (11/9/2012):

Residents displaced by Sandy are staring at life in Staten Island 'jail'

By CHUCK BENNETT and FRANK ROSARIO

They want them to go from no house to the Big House.

The state is eyeing the recently shuttered Arthur Kill Correctional Facility on Staten Island as a temporary home for people displaced by the ravages of Sandy and this week’s nasty nor’easter, officials said yesterday.

Closed last December, the medium-security prison could feed and sleep as many as 900 people with nowhere else to go.

“Our facilities staff have to go through it to determine what it would take to get it up and running for such a purpose,” said Peter Cutler, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections.

“Of course, the challenge is the fact that it was closed a year ago and all of the major infrastructure components, such as boilers and wastewater system, were deactivated.”

There are as many as 40,000 New Yorkers who need shelter from the one-two punch of extreme weather events, according to city estimates.

On Staten Island alone, about 5,200 people applied for temporary FEMA housing, but only about two dozen people have been successfully placed, federal sources said.

So it may resemble a scene out of “The Walking Dead,” but officials and displaced people alike say the former prison ought to be considered as a refuge.

“It’s empty. They might as well use it,” said Rob Conigatti, 39, who lost his Dongan Hills home and is now staying with his extended family. “At least they have the right facilities. You can’t keep them in schools. The kids gotta go to school.”

Some people are toughing it out in homes lacking power and heat while others are bunking with friends and family.

“We have not got into the discussion of longer term transitional housings,” said Councilman James Oddo (R-SI). “If there is no other viable option, it shouldn’t be taken off the table because of a quote unquote stigma. Between being cold and having people dry, in a warm, secure place, I know what my choice is.”

Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro, however, is firmly opposed to using the prison, sources said. He didn’t return a call for comment.

His opposition was echoed by several of the 60 people staying at the Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in Shore Acres.

“I lost everything, but I still have my pride. We don’t have to stay in a prison,” said Wally Martinez, 44, who was staying at the retreat with his wife, two children and dog. “My brother was once in that very prison, and my mother used to visit him regularly. She used to tell me how miserable he looked and how filthy and disgusting that prison was.”

Currently, there are about 2,700 evacuees staying in emergency city shelters, according to Mayor Bloomberg.Some of those people have been arriving with what euphemistically has been called “pre-existing conditions” of mental disorders and substance abuse, according to sources.

Many people, including senior citizens, were too scared to stay in the high schools that were opened last week because they didn’t want to bunk with already homeless people.

Additional reporting by Joe Tacopino

One thing Mr. Conigatti doesn't know is that of course you can keep them in schools, at least a year and a half. Learn it from Japan, who has put evacuees from Futaba-machi in an abandoned school, made them sleep on the floor with cardboard partitions, and pay for bento lunch boxes. Yes we can!

The 200 mostly elderly residents of Futaba-machi are still housed in the school, as of November 5, 2012, according to an NPO who has been occasionally providing them with hot meals.

and from actual jails to quasi- jails.........

http://www.infowars.com/sandy-refugees-complain-of-prison-like-conditions-at-fema-tent-camps/

Sandy Refugees Complain of Prison-like Conditions at FEMA Tent Camps

Adan Salazar
Infowars.com
November 9, 2012

Residents of New Jersey, whose homes were ravaged by superstorm Sandy and are now having to endure yet another wintery storm, are revealing through first-hand accounts that camps FEMA is providing are more like prisons.

Photos taken by Brian Sotelo of the tent city set up at Monmouth Park in Oceanport by FEMA for victims of Sandy.

According to the Asbury Park Press, some displaced New Jersey residents have had to relocate to FEMA tent camps in the northeastern part of the state in alleged efforts to secure better shelter, running hot water and washing machines, but members of the camp are saying that none of what was promised is available.

“At (Pine Belt) the Red Cross made an announcement that they were sending us to permanent structures up here that had just been redone, that had washing machines and hot showers and steady electric, and they sent us to tent city. We got (expletive),” distraught Oceanport camp resident Brian Sotelo said.

As if adding insult to injury, the camp is referred to as “Camp Freedom,” however, Sotelo says camp residents feel more like they’re imprisoned: “Everybody is angry over here. It’s like being prison [sic].”

As no media is allowed beyond the fences of the camp, what little news has managed to escape the area is disturbing. Angered residents are revealing that they are intentionally being kept quiet, being denied electricity to charge their phones and suspect surveillance by roving vehicle patrols.

Sotelo also noted that several members of the camp had tried to contact the media regarding the horrendous living conditions, but were met with opposition: “After everyone started complaining and they found out we were contacting the press, they brought people in. Every time we plugged in an iPhone or something, the cops would come and unplug them.”

“As Sotelo tells it, when it became clear that the residents were less than enamored with their new accommodations Wednesday night and were letting the outside world know about it, officials tried to stop them from taking pictures, turned off the WiFi and said they couldn’t charge their smart phones because there wasn’t enough power,” reports Stephen Edelson of the Asbury Park Press.

According to Sotelo, victims are not being allowed to return to their homes, even though, as part of a relief crew, he’s passed his own rented home several times, noting it had only sustained about a foot’s worth of water damage.

A FEMA spokesperson refuted Sotelo’s claims, saying that “staff at the micro-city are providing for the needs of all the evacuees.”

Reportedly, several FEMA centers in New Jersey and Staten Island were also closed to due to the inclement weather anticipated from yesterday’s nor’easter.

Yesterday, NJ Gov. Chris Christie expressed confidence in his ability to “re-evaluate” the gas rationing system put in place about a week ago after residents were having to wait 3 to 4 hours for gas.

Today, Christie tried to salvage FEMA’s reputation and deflect negative criticism by praising utility crews and labeling the storm as the main perpetrator of all the suffering: “The villain in this case is Hurricane Sandy.”

Also today, FEMA announced that it would grant Governor Christie’s request to provide Disaster unemployment assistance to those unable to work “as a direct result of the damages caused by the storm.”

and someone does need to take charge as LIPA and other Utilities seem in over their heads....

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/mangano-calls-on-u-s-military-to-take-over-lipa-s-managerial-structure-1.4202500

Mangano calls on U.S. military to take over LIPA's 'managerial structure'

Published: November 8, 2012 4:29 PM
By ROBERT BRODSKY  robert.brodsky@newsday.com

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano is calling on the U.S. military to take over the "managerial structure" of LIPA during the restoration. (May 3, 2012)

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano is calling on the U.S. military to take over the "managerial structure" of LIPA during the restoration.

Mangano said he wants the military to be tasked with directing the flow of information to the public and directing crews to neighborhoods that need power restored.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said early Thursday afternoon that 108,000 LIPA customers in Nassau County were without power 11 days after Sandy battered Long Island.

Mangano said he has no jurisdiction to call on LIPA leadership to resign, but it is within his power to request that the military basically take over LIPA operations.

"We need a military-style flow of information," Mangano told Newsday.

He said he is awaiting a response from the Defense Department.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/08/gas-rationing-system-coming-to-new-york-city-long-island/

YAPHANK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — New York City and Long Island are following in New Jersey’s footsteps in instituting an odd-even gas rationing system.

In an effort to ease long lines associated with the the fuel crunch taking place in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a rationing system will go into effect on Friday.

Beginning at 6 a.m., those with license plates ending in an odd number will be able to buy gason odd numbered days.

Those with license plates ending in an even number will be able to buy gas on even numbered days.

“Last week’s storm hit the fuel network hard – and knocked out critical infrastructure needed to distribute gasoline,” said Bloomberg. “Even as the region’s petroleum infrastructure slowly returns to normal, the gasoline supply remains a real problem for thousands of New York drivers. Earlier today, I signed an emergency order to alternate the days that drivers can purchase gas, which is the best way to cut down the lines and help customers buy gas faster.”

The temporary odd-even system will remain in effect until further notice, and will operate as follows:

IN NEW YORK CITY:

• Vehicles with license plates ending in an even number or the number “0” can make purchases of motor fuel on even numbered days.
• Vehicles with license plates ending in an odd number can make purchases of motor fuel on odd numbered days.
• Vehicles with licenses plates ending in a letter or other character can make purchases on odd numbered days.
• Commercial vehicles, emergency vehicles, buses and paratransit vehicles, Medical Doctor (MD) plates and vehicles licensed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission are exempt.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced a similar plan Thursday to institute a fuel management system in both Suffolk and Nassau counties.

The rationing system will go into effect Friday at 5 a.m.

ON LONG ISLAND:

• Drivers with license plates ending in an even number will be able to purchase fuel only on even-numbered days and drivers with license plate numbers that end in an odd number will be able to purchase fuel only on odd-numbered days.
• License plates such as vanity plates that do not display numbers will be considered odd-numbered plates.
• Out of state vehicles will be subject to the same requirements when purchasing fuel in Suffolk County.
• This policy does not apply to commercial vehicles, taxi or limousine fleets or emergency fleets, nor does it apply to hand held gas canisters.

“This temporary fuel policy will ease the challenges residents of the bi-county region are experiencing in the aftermath of the storm,” said Bellone. “Our citizens travel between Nassau and Suffolk without regard to county borders and it only makes sense that we adopt a regional solution. I thank my counterpart Nassau County Executive Mangano for working with me to adopt this policy.”

Governor Andrew Cuomo released the following statement on Nassau County, Suffolk County, and New York City’s gas-rationing plans:

“Due to additional fuel supply disruptions caused by theNor’easter which hit the region last night, Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the City of New York have decided to implement temporary fuel management measures to reduce lines at retail gasoline stations. The plans are regionally synchronized and all will have the same rules. The plans will impose odd-even rules on the purchase of gasoline for non-commercial vehicles and have been designed in coordination. Westchester, Rockland, and Orange will not have fuel management measures at this time. The state will continue to coordinate among local governments, as well as the federal government, to ensure that the any fuel management measures are planned and implemented in conjunction with the Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Energy and the petroleum industry.”

The gas rationing plan is slightly different from the one in place in New Jersey.

IN NEW JERSEY, specifically Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Monmouth, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.

• Residents with license plates ending in an odd number can make gas purchases on odd-numbered days of the month.
• Residents with plates ending in an even number will be able to buy gas on even-numbered days.
• Specialized plates or those not displaying a number will be considered odd numbered plates.
• It does not apply to hand-held canisters.

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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Hurricane-Sandy-Floods-Gas-Refineries-NJ-Tri-State-Petroleum-Distribution-Linden-Phillips-66-177795021.html

Significant damage to northern New Jersey petroleum distribution facilities -- including the region’s largest refinery -- could keeps lines long at the gasoline pumps for weeks, NBC 4 New York's I-Team has learned. 

• Scarce Gas Leads to Long Lines at the Pump

When Sandy came ashore last week, the Bayway Refinery in Linden, N.J. took on 12 feet of salt water, according to Rich Johnson, a spokesman for Phillips 66, the refinery’s parent company. Floodwaters damaged critical equipment, hampering the facility’s ability to pump gasoline into pipelines that are typically accessed by tanker trucks.

“We had a lot of electrical equipment that was damaged,” said Johnson.

The Bayway refinery is the most productive refinery in the tri-state region, processing about 238,000 barrels of crude oil per day. On the East Coast, Bayway is second only to a plant operated by Philadelphia Energy Solutions, which has a production capacity of 335,000 barrels a day.

As a result of the problems at Bayway and other storm-damaged petroleum terminals, many delivery trucks must fill up with wholesale gasoline at terminals in the Philadelphia area, severely delaying shipments to New York and New Jersey gas stations.

“The south Jersey terminals are so overwhelmed that they are finding there is a three-, four- and five-hour wait to pull the truck under the rack and fill and then another two-hour trip back,” said Sal Risalvato, executive director of the New Jersey Gasoline Convenience Store Automotive Association.

A statement on the Phillips 66 website predicted it would be two to three weeks before the refinery would be able to pump gasoline out to the endpoints along northern New Jersey pipelines. The flood waters associated with Sandy also caused the Bayway Refinery to spill more than 7,000 gallons of fuel, according to the company.

Phillips 66 did not elaborate on what percentage of the Bayway facility’s gasoline delivery capacity has been crippled.

Other gasoline distribution facilities also suffered mightily during the super storm.

The Hess Corporation has given no public timeframe for the repairs necessary to fix its damaged Port Reading facility in Woodbridge Township, N.J.

Also in Woodbridge Township, N.J., two diesel storage tanks owned by Motiva Enterprises were ruptured during the storm, releasing at least 330,000 gallons of fuel into the Arthur Kill, which separates New Jersey and Staten Island. It’s not clear when those damaged tanks will be repaired or what impact the damage has had on the region’s supply chain.

A spokesperson for NuStar Energy said that company’s petroleum storage and marine terminals in Linden, N.J. took on 10 feet of water, causing mechanical and electrical damage. The facility has only partial ability to pump gasoline into supply pipelines.

Political leaders have suggested the persistent lines at New York and New Jersey gas pumps are being caused in part by “panic buying” – the hoarding of gas by nervous motorists. However, according to the New Jersey Gasoline Convenience Store Automotive Association, the latest data on driver demand seems to show motorists are actually buying fewer gallons of gas.

“Overall demand is down 2.4 percent since the advent of Hurricane Sandy,” Risalvato said.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/11/continuing-sandy-aftermath-new-noreaster-underscore-complex-system-fragility.html

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Continuing Sandy Aftermath, New Nor’Easter Underscore Complex System Fragility

Here we are, a mere nine days after Sandy, and what would ordinarily be a mere “sorta bad” winter storm is doing disproportionate harm by virtue of coming so close on the heels of the hurricane. But even this storm has two characteristics which are troubling: first, high wind speeds (up to 60 MPH) which are bringing down trees in hard hit New Jersey, and unusually heavy snow for this time of year. This storm may beat snowfall records for New York City for a storm in October or November. Remember, both more extreme storms and unusual weather patterns have been predicted as results of global warming.

Things are so bad in New Jersey that it’s getting hard not to feel sorry for Chris Christie, along with other residents of that battered state. From CBS:

Exactly as authorities feared, the nor’easter brought down tree limbs and electrical wires, and utilities in New York and New Jersey reported that nearly 60,000 customers who lost power because of Sandy lost it all over again as a result of the nor’easter….

“I am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. “We may take a setback in the next 24 hours.”…

On New York’s Staten Island, workers and residents on a washed-out block in Midland Beach continued to pull debris — old lawn chairs, stuffed animals, a basketball hoop — from their homes, even as the bad weather blew in…

At the peak of the outages from Sandy, more than 8.5 million customers lost power. Before the nor’easter hit, that number was down to 675,000, nearly all of them in New Jersey and New York.

This image comes from a photo series at Time by Eugene Richards of the devastation in Staten Island:

And the caption to picture 8 was revealing: “Clothing, blankets, supplies and water, mostly donated by fellow Staten Islanders, are distributed at Egbert Intermediate School in Midland Beach.” As Lambert chronicled in Campaign Countdown, not only were NYC efforts to deliver supplies and help to Staten Islanders thin, but supplying Central Park for the marathon was given priority and when it was cancelled, the city couldn’t be bothered to get the water and Mylar blankets to the sodden, cold borough.
The Financial Times tonight has a good report, which does not reflect the impact of the mini blizzard, on how Sandy has done real damage to the fuel shipping infrastructure. The piece interweaves considerable discussion of the New York harbor to futures traders; we’ll stick to the physical side. Key extracts:

Bulk terminals contain plenty of fuel, but stations have been running dry after Sandy damaged docks, tanks, pumps and power lines across the region. The situation puts a spotlight on the harbour’s status as the hub of the global petroleum products market and raises new questions about security of energy supplies…
“It is a very critical node for the east coast physical market, for the financial market and for the international market,” says Antoine Halff, head of the oil markets division at the International Energy Agency, the western countries’ oil watchdog. “The price in New York resonates across the world.”
The harbour is the meeting place for petrol delivered by pipeline from the Gulf of Mexico, by tanker from countries as far away as India and from nearby refineries…
Sandy exposed the vulnerabilities of this decentralised supply network, shaking futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange. As November-delivered gasoline last traded October 31, prices briefly surged by as much as 7.7 per cent. And traders say a handful of physical cargoes have in the past week traded at an almost 10 per cent premium to the prevailing price in the futures market, emphasising the scale of the disruption in the harbour.
The US government on Wednesday released data showing how hard Sandy hit: East coast refined product imports fell 63 per cent last week…
The Exxon station across from the biggest terminal, known as IMTT in the city of Bayonne, was operating on an electric generator before turning away cars on Tuesday. The nearby Phillips 66’s refinery in Linden, New Jersey, splashed by salt water, will take weeks to return to normal.

This is all good talk, but how much follow through will we see? Perversely, the financial traders might undermine efforts to come up with a more robust delivery system. Again from the FT (emphasis ours):

A combination of oil companies with big trading arms, such as BP and Royal Dutch Shell, trading houses such as Glencore, the investment bank Morgan Stanley and less-known distributors such as George E Warren, import fuel to the harbour. Analysts and executives say tank storage has shifted from a logistical function for integrated oil companies to an asset around which to trade…
Rapid growth in fuel exports from the US Gulf of Mexico coast threatens the harbour’s dominance in fuel pricing. But its status as the centre of the futures market will be hard to break.
“It’s like you’ve got this firetrap singles club that has 500 people and then a spanking new one with nobody on the dance floor. Which one am I going to go to?” asks Tom Kloza of the Oil Price Information Service. “I’m going to the firetrap.”

If you see worries about fragile delivery systems and the risks of extended supply chains fade quickly from financial news, it’s likely that even after Sandy, companies and officials lack will to take issues like infrastructure risk seriously. And when predictable bad things happen, the costs will again be borne by ordinary citizens.

and.....

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/noreaster-northeast-prep-20121106

Athena Pummels Battered Northeast

weather.com Published: Nov 8, 2012, 7:02 AM EST Associated Press

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A boat that washed ashore during Superstorm Sandy sits covered in snow on Hylan Blvd. in the Staten Island borough of New York as Winter Storm Athena hits the city, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Staten Island was devastated by Superstorm Sandy the last week of October, 2012.(AP Photo/Tom DeVito)

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NEW YORK — Winter Storm Athena, as promised, brought gusting winds, rain, snow and the threat of flooding. It menaced travelers with icy roads, snarled the Long Island Rail Road and knocked out power to people who had only recently gotten it back after Superstorm Sandy.

More winds are expected through Thursday and commuters may have to brave lingering snowfall. "We aren't out of the woods yet in terms of the winds of this system," Tom Nizol, winter weather expert for The Weather Channel, said Thursday morning.

Under ordinary circumstances, a storm of this sort wouldn't be a big deal. But large swaths of the landscape were still an open wound, with the electrical system highly fragile and many of Sandy's victims still mucking out their homes and cars and shivering in the deepening cold. As the storm picked up in intensity Wednesday evening, lights started flickering off again.

Mark L. Fendrick, of Staten Island, shared his frustration with others on Twitter Wednesday night, saying, "My son had just got his power back 2 days ago now along comes this nor'easter and it's out again."

Residents from Connecticut to Rhode Island generally got slammed with 3 to 6 inches of snow on Wednesday. There were 13 inches measured in Freehold, N.J., and a foot in Manchester Township. Worcester, Mass., had 8 inches of snow, although a number of other communities threatened to exceed that accumulation. 

New York's Central Park received a record 4.3 inches of snow, which was the city's earliest 4-inch snowfall on record, according to Nick Wiltgen, meteorologist for The Weather Channel.

"Silver dollar pancakes were coming down," said Jim Cantore, meteorologist for The Weather Channel, reporting from Trenton, N.J. That area received about 2 inches of snow.

The snow won't stick for long. Temperatures over the next couple of days will be in the 50s in southern New England, and on Sunday it could edge into the 60s.

In New York and New Jersey, rain and 60 mph wind gusts Wednesday evening and overnight carried the potential to swamp homes again, topple trees wrenched loose by Sandy, and erase some of the hard-won progress made in restoring power to millions of customers.

"I am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. "We may take a setback in the next 24 hours."

Ahead of the storm, public works crews in New Jersey built up dunes to protect the stripped and battered coast, and new evacuations were ordered in a number of communities already emptied by Sandy. New shelters opened.

Not everybody was hunkering down.

Katie Wilford was leaving her Brick Township home near Barnegat Bay as the nor'easter approached. She bundled her sons Nick, 14, and Matthew, 10, into the minivan in search of an open motel.

"It's a little overwhelming," she said. "I can't believe we're doing this again. We're going on Day 10 with no power. That's a long time. I just want the sun to come out and things to be normal again."

IWITNESS WEATHER PHOTO

Bristol, Conn. was among the first towns to see the wintry weather from Athena.

In New York City, police went to low-lying neighborhoods with loudspeakers, urging residents to leave. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg didn't issue mandatory evacuations, and many people stayed behind, some because they feared looting, others because they figured whatever happens couldn't be any worse than what they have gone through already.

"I'm staying," said 61-year-old Staten Islander Iliay Bardash. "Nothing can compare to what happened Still, authorities urged caution. The city manager in Long Beach, N.Y., urged the roughly 21,000 people who ignored previous mandatory evacuation orders in the badly damaged barrier-island city to get out.

All construction in New York City was halted — a precaution that needed no explanation after a crane collapsed last week in Sandy's high winds and dangled menacingly over the streets of Manhattan. Parks were closed because of the danger of falling trees. Drivers were advised to stay off the road after 5 p.m. and part of the busy Long Island Expressway was shut down in both directions because of icing.

About 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Long Island Rail Road suspended service in and out of Penn Station. But it was back on track for the Thursday morning rush hour on a modified schedule.

Airlines canceled at least 1,300 U.S. flights in and out of the New York metropolitan area, causing a new round of disruptions that rippled across the country.

By the afternoon, the storm was bringing rain and wet snow to New York, New Jersey and the Philadelphia area. Huge waves pounded the beaches in New Jersey. Firefighters in New York City responded to reports of tree branches falling into buildings, blocking streets and knocking down electrical wires.

Forecasters said the nor'easter would bring moderate coastal flooding, with storm surges of about 3 feet possible Wednesday into Thursday — far less than the 8 to 14 feet Sandy hurled at the region. The storm's winds were expected to be well below Sandy's, which gusted to 90 mph.

Sandy killed more than 100 people in 10 states, with most of the victims in New York and New Jersey. Long lines persisted at gas stations but were shorter than they were days ago. By early Thursday, more than 292,700 homes and business in New York state were without power, and another 403,000 in New Jersey lacked electricity. In some areas, the numbers began climbing again Wednesday evening.

The storm could bring repairs to a standstill because of federal safety regulations that prohibit linemen from working in bucket trucks when wind gusts reach 40 mph.

Authorities warned also that trees and limbs broken or weakened by Sandy could fall and that even where repairs have been made, the electrical system is fragile, with some substations fed by only a single power line instead of several.

"We are expecting there will be outages created by the new storm, and it's possible people who have just been restored from Sandy will lose power again," said Mike Clendenin, a spokesman for Consolidated Edison, the main utility in New York City.

The latest on areas affected by Superstorm Sandy, that also are in the path of Winter Storm Athena:

Power outages: More than 702,000 homes and businesses, mostly in New Jersey and New York, down from a peak of more than 8.5 million. Figures from Sandy have fallen greatly or disappeared but have started rising again in some places because of the new storm.

Connecticut: State's largest utility sends line workers and tree trimmers back to work as snow and winds start. As much as 8 inches of snow falls by Wednesday night. Power outages: 3,264.

Massachusetts: Up to 6 inches of snow falls Wednesday in many parts of the state. Temperatures expected to rise to the 50s by Friday. Rain expected on Cape Cod, Outages: 2,668.

New Jersey: Crews push sand back onto beaches to protect areas flooded by Sandy's surge. New evacuations ordered in some communities already emptied by Sandy; new shelters open. Some who just got power back after Sandy lost it in new storm. Outages: 403,000.

New York: Many areas see 3 to 6 inches of snow on Wednesday, but some get much more. Snow and high winds expected to move slowly out of the area on Thursday. Residents of low-lying neighborhoods are urged, but not ordered, to evacuate. Outages: More than 292,700, tens of thousands of them caused by the new storm.

Pennsylvania: Road and utility crews prepare for windblown snow, freezing rain and 1 to 5 inches of snow, including up to 4 in Philadelphia. Delays and cancellations at Philadelphia airport. Outages: About 415.

Rhode Island: Snowfall of 3 to 6 inches falls Wednesday; officials temporarily suspend recovery efforts. Outages: About 100.