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Assessing The Damage From Superstorm Sandy

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Originally published on Wed October 31, 2012 7:52 am

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning.

We'll talk next with the man coordinating the federal response to Hurricane Sandy. Craig Fugate is head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He's at FEMA headquarters in Washington.

Mr. Fugate, welcome to the program.

CRAIG FUGATE: Good morning.

6:54 am

Wed October 31, 2012

Latest On Sandy: Death Toll Rises, Wait For 'Normal' Life Continues

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Rescue in Hoboken: Much of the New Jersey city remains flooded and the National Guard has been called in to help rescue stranded residents. Tuesday, this was the scene on one of the city's flooded streets.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Wed October 31, 2012 8:30 pm

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From 'Morning Edition': Robert Smith in New York City
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From 'Morning Edition': David Folkenflik in New Jersey

Across New York City, much of New Jersey and other places hit hard by Superstorm Sandy, power remains out today and the long, hard process of digging through debris and starting to rebuild continues.

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Wed October 31, 2012

Spooky Puppets, Slow Pacing In 'Catechism'

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Christopher Golden's novels include The Myth Hunters, Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town and The Ferryman. He previously collaborated with Mike Mignola on the illustrated novel Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire.

By Glen Weldon

Mike Mignola's occult adventure comics B.P.R.D. (that's short for Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense) and Hellboy (about a demon who fights for the side of Good) combine furious action set pieces on a literally biblical scale with a wry and nuanced understanding of very human emotions. The novelist Christopher Golden has written many popular works of dark fantasy.

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Wed October 31, 2012

There's No Contingency Plan If Disaster Strikes On Election Day

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A crowd listens at a rally with former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday. President Obama canceled his appearance to return to the White House to monitor Hurricane Sandy. Both campaigns have urged supporters whose states allow early voting to vote as soon as possible.

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Originally published on Wed October 31, 2012 12:36 pm

Suppose Sandy had struck a week later. With power out across multiple states, how would people be able to vote on Election Day?

"If this were happening next week, we have no provisions for dealing with this in law," says Thad Hall, a political scientist at the University of Utah.

5:47 am

Wed October 31, 2012

Stranded In Hawaii By Sandy, Travelers Wait

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Originally published on Wed October 31, 2012 7:52 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Hurricane Sandy disrupted flights all across the United States. Even people far from the storm discovered planes could not get to their airports. And of all the people affected, the saddest were surely 1,300 people from the East Coast stuck in Honolulu.

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

What a shame.

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