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2:19 P.M. Open or Not: Manhattan Supermarkets Food Emporium stores in were open for business unless power loss or storm damage made that impossible. Westside Market stores were open except for the West 14th Street branch, where power had been lost. - Winnie Hu 1:58 P.M. Total Death Toll at 38 As searches revealed grim scenes up and down the Eastern Seaboard, the overall death toll from the storm had climbed to 38, officials said. Here are the state-by-state totals, reported by The Associated Press on Tuesday afternoon, with two deaths not listed: New York: 17 Pennsylvania: 5 New Jersey: 4 Connecticut: 3 Maryland: 2 Virginia: 2 West Virginia: 1 North Carolina: 1 Off the coast of North Carolina: 1 - Andy Newman 1:57 P.M. Cultural Cancellations For those interested in finding out about cancellations of cultural events, the Arts Beat blog has an updated list. - The New York Times 1:48 P.M. Obama Signs Disaster Declaration President Obama signed major disaster declarations for New York and New Jersey on Tuesday, authorizing the distribution of direct federal assistance to victims of Hurricane Sandy from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. http://projects.nytimes.com/live-dashboard/mobile/hurricane-sandy[10/30/2012 2:42:52 PM] - The New York Times 1:36 P.M. Congressman's Home Burned Down in Storm Uli Seit for The New York Times Bob Turner at his home in Breezy Point, Queens, in September 2011. Representative Bob Turner’s home in Breezy Point, Queens, was one of dozens that burned down in the storm, a spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. Mr. Turner, a Republican, was home when the fire broke out early Tuesday morning, but both he and his wife are safe, said Jessica Proud, who was a spokeswoman for his campaign. “They made it out safely. They were there well into the storm,” she said. Michael R. Long, chairman of the state Conservative Party, had a home nearby that also burned down, Ms. Proud said. It was not his primary residence and he, too, was safe, she said. The fire in Breezy Point, fueled by the storm’s unrelenting winds, reduced more than 80 homes to smoldering ash. Flooded streets in the area prevented firefighters from reaching the blaze, compounding the devastation. “If you and I were trying to walk in waist-deep water, it’s difficult — now picture doing that to fight a fire. It’s incredibly difficult,” said Frank Dwyer, a spokesman for the city’s Fire Department. “Very high winds were creating blow-torch effects on the blocks, spreading the fire around.” - Sam Dolnick http://projects.nytimes.com/live-dashboard/mobile/hurricane-sandy[10/30/2012 2:42:52 PM] 1:36 P.M. Blizzard Conditions in Appalachians J. Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel, via Associated Press Hikers clear off snow on Tuesday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. The freak winter storm that crashed into the tropical storm from the Atlantic brought as much of two feet of snow to Appalachian states, spreading blizzard or near-blizzard conditions over parts of Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, officials said. The storm dumped what may well be a record amount of heavy, wet snow in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “Our average snowfall for the month of October is two inches, and now here we are at over 22 inches and we still have another day to go,” Dana Soehn, a park spokeswoman, said on Wednesday morning. More than a foot had fallen at Newfound Gap, Tenn., a small community at about 5,000 feet near the Tennessee-North Carolina border, according to the National Weather Service. A few inches of snow had fallen in higher elevations in other parts of eastern Tennessee, as well, and in parts of the North Carolina mountains near Asheville, N.C. Wet snow and high winds spinning off the edge of the storm also spread blizzard conditions over parts of West Virginia and Maryland, The Associated Press reported. The National Weather Service said a foot and more of snow was reported in lower elevations http://projects.nytimes.com/live-dashboard/mobile/hurricane-sandy[10/30/2012 2:42:52 PM] of West Virginia, while higher elevations were getting more than two feet, according to The A.P. Authorities closed more than 45 miles of Interstate 68 on either side of the West Virginia-Maryland state line because of blizzard conditions and stuck cars. Meanwhile, gusty winds from the storm continued to be felt in eastern Alabama and parts of Georgia, some of them topping 35 miles per hour. - Kim Severson 12:56 P.M. Bus Service by 5 P.M., Cuomo Says; J.F.K. Open Tomorrow Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said that officials expected limited, and free, New York City bus service to be restored by 5 p.m. today. “Basically, a Sunday schedule,” he said. “Hopefully tomorrow, there will be full service on the buses.” No fares will be charged on the buses today or tomorrow. The governor said that he also expected Kennedy International Airport to reopen tomorrow, though not La Guardia Airport, “due to extensive damage.” Mr. Cuomo also said that the state’s death toll from the storm had climbed to 15. Other highlights from the governor’s 11:30 a.m. briefing. *Lower Manhattan flooding: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent its National Unwatering Team to drain out downtown, and is offering other assistance. *Power: About two million families are without power, nearly half of them on Long Island. *Bridges: All bridges reopened at noon today. The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel will remain closed. *Global warming: “Anyone who thinks that there is not a dramatic change in weather patterns is denying reality,” Mr. Cuomo said. “We have a new reality, and old infrastructures and old systems.” http://projects.nytimes.com/live-dashboard/mobile/hurricane-sandy[10/30/2012 2:42:52 PM] *Reflections: “What I saw last night in downtown Manhattan, on the South Shore of Long Island were some of the worst conditions I have seen,” the governor said. “The Hudson was literally pouring into the ground zero site, with such a force that we were worried about the structure of the pit itself. The Hudson River was pouring into the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel like a river at high velocity. The response of the first responders was as courageous as anything I’ve seen. They were running right into the face of danger. If it wasn’t for their heroism, things would have been much worse.” - Andy Newman and Sharon Otterman 12:51 P.M. Falling Tree Kills 2 Westchester Boys North Salem is horse country, known for some multimillion-dollar estates owned by film stars and other celebrities, but it is also mainly a working-class town with many winterized bungalows, and it was on one of those wood- frame cottages that a tree downed by high winds crashed through the roof Monday night and killed two boys. “I lost my son,” Valerie Baulmer told Danny Seymour, the boy’s uncle, as she clasped him and cried. “I lost my son.” Jack Baulmer, 11, a sixth-grader known as one of the best Little League baseball players in North Salem, and his best friend and neighbor down Bonnie View Street, Michael Robson, 13, were killed by the tree that tore through the roof of the one-room cottage. It is one of a number of modest homes on Peach Lake, some of which were once summer cottages. Two other boys who were also in the house while the storm raged outside were slightly injured. Ms. Baulmer was physically unscathed. “We lost two beautiful young boys last night,” said Mr. Seymour, choking back tears, in an interview outside the Baulmer house. “Our hearts are broken. The pain is raw. We believe faith will carry us through. North Salem has a huge heart, and they will wrap their arms around thee two families. These two boys exemplify everything that’s best about America. http://projects.nytimes.com/live-dashboard/mobile/hurricane-sandy[10/30/2012 2:42:52 PM] We’re so proud to have them in our lives.” Mr. Seymour was helping neighbors clear out furnishings from the house. It was so badly damaged that a police officer guarding the street said it might have to be demolished. - Joseph Berger 12:36 P.M. Flooding Blamed for New Jersey Power Failures Eduardo Munoz/Reuters Hoboken on Tuesday morning. PSE&G said it had 1.3 million electricity customers in the dark, including many customers in Newark without power, because a surge in Newark Bay had flooded substations and other equipment. The company, the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, had laid sandbags, based on previous experience with flooding from rain and runoff, but was not prepared for the surge, said Ralph A. LaRossa, president and chief operating officer of Public Service. The sandbagging “really didn’t match up with where this storm surge hit us in Newark Bay,” he said in a telephone conference call with reporters on Tuesday morning. “This wall of water that hit us was not something we could have prepared for, although I certainly wish we could have.” The surge knocked out power to Essex County and Hudson City, among other areas. Some gas-fired generating stations in Newark and the Raritan Bay area were also knocked out, Mr. LaRossa said. - Matthew L. Wald http://projects.nytimes.com/live-dashboard/mobile/hurricane-sandy[10/30/2012 2:42:52 PM] 12:21 P.M.