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Superstorm Sandy takes aim at Atlantic coast ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A furious Hurri- cane Sandy made the west- ward lurch that forecasters feared and took dead aim at New Jersey and Delaware on Monday, washing away part of the Atlantic City boardwalk, putting the pres- idential campaign on hold and threatening to cripple Wall Street and the New York subway system with an epic surge of seawater. Gaining speed and off the charts, basically.'' In New York City, authorities worried that salt water would seep through the boarded-up street grates and through the sandbags placed at subway entrances, crippling the electrical con- nections needed to operate the subway. power through the day, the storm knocked out electrici- ty to more than 1.5 million people and figured to upend life for tens of millions more. It clobbered the boarded-up big cities of the Northeast corridor, from Washington and Baltimore to Philadelphia, New York and Boston, with stinging rain and gusts of more than 85 mph. moved closer to converging with two cold-weather sys- tems to form a fearsome superstorm of snow, rain and wind. Forecasters warned of 20-foot waves bashing into the Chicago lakefront and up to 3 feet of snow in West Virginia. Airlines canceled more than 12,000 flights, disrupt- ing the plans of travelers all over the world, and storm damage was projected at $10 billion to $20 billion, meaning it could prove to be one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney canceled their campaign appearances at the very height of the race, with just over a week to go before Election Day. The president pledged the gov- ernment's help and made a direct plea from the White House to those in the storm's path. ''When they tell you to As it drew near, Sandy the surge of seawater could damage the underground electrical and communica- tions lines in lower Manhat- tan that are vital to the nation's financial center. Consolidated Edison Authorities also feared said it was considering cut- ting off the power to lower Manhattan to try to protect the system from damage from salt water. there was evidence of the storm's power. Tuesday, October 30, 2012 – Daily News 7A In Maryland, at least 100 feet of a fishing pier at the beach resort of Ocean City was destroyed, and Gov. Martin O'Malley said there would be devastating flood- ing from the swollen Chesapeake Bay. ''There will be people who die and are killed in this storm,'' he said. At least half a million people had been ordered to evacuate, including 375,000 from low-lying parts of New York City, and by the afternoon authorities were warning that it could be too late for people who had not left already. Hours before landfall, evacuate, you need to evac- uate,'' he said. ''Don't delay, don't pause, don't question the instructions that are being given, because this is a powerful storm.'' Sandy, which killed 69 people in the Caribbean before making its way up the Atlantic, began to hook left at midday and was about 40 miles south of Atlantic City by evening, moving west-northwest at almost 30 mph — faster than forecasters expected. Pete Wilson, who owns an antiques shop in Cape May, N.J., at the state's southern tip and directly in Sandy's path, said the water was 6 inches above the bot- tom edge of the door. He had already taken a truck- load of antiques out but was certain he would take a big hit. ''My jewelry cases are going to be toast,'' he said. ''I am not too happy. I am just going to have to wait, and hopefully clean up.'' New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said people were stranded in Atlantic City, which sits on a barrier island and was mostly under water late Monday. He accused the mayor of allow- ing them to stay there. With the hurricane fast approaching, Christie warned it was no longer safe for rescuers, and advised people who didn't evacuate the barrier islands to ''hunker down'' until morning. ''I hope, I pray, that there won't be any loss of life because of it,'' he said. By early evening, the hurricane was expected to barrel into southern New Jersey or Delaware. That would put New York City and Long Island along its dangerous northeastern wall, facing perhaps 11 feet of water. A construction crane atop a luxury high-rise in New York City collapsed in the wind and dangled pre- cariously 74 floors above the street. Forecasters said the wind at the top the building may have been close to 95 mph. Off North Carolina, a replica of the 18th-century sailing ship HMS Bounty that was built for the 1962 Marlon Brando movie ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' went down in the storm, and 14 crew members were rescued by helicopter from rubber lifeboats bobbing in 18-foot seas. Two other crew members were miss- ing. They were believed to be wearing survival suits capable of protecting them from cold water for 15 hours. While the hurricane's 90 mph winds registered as only a Category 1 on a scale of five, it packed ''astound- ingly low'' barometric pres- sure, giving it terrific energy to push water inland, said Kerry Emanuel, a professor of meteorology at MIT. ''We are looking at the highest storm surges ever recorded'' in the Northeast, said Jeff Masters, meteorol- ogy director for Weather Underground, a private forecasting service. ''The energy of the storm surge is At Cape May, water sloshed over the seawall, and it punched through dunes in other seaside com- munities. Sandy also tore away an old section of Atlantic City's historic boardwalk. ''When I think about how much water is already in the streets, and how much more is going to come with high tide tonight, this is going to be devastating,'' said Bob McDevitt, president of the main Atlantic City casino workers union. ''I think this is going to be a really bad situation tonight.'' Millions of people stayed home from work. Sheila Gladden evacuated her home in Philadelphia's flood-prone Eastwick neighborhood, which took on 5 1/2 feet of water dur- ing Hurricane Floyd in 1999, and headed for a hotel. ''I'm not going through this again,'' she said. Those who stayed behind had few ways to get out. New York's subways, which serve 5 million peo- ple a day, were shut down. The Holland Tunnel con- necting New York to New Jersey was closed, as was a tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan, and the city planned to shut down the Brooklyn Bridge, the George Washington, the Verrazano-Narrows and several other spans because of high winds. Stock and bond markets were closed Monday and Tuesday, the first shutdown since the days after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 and the first two-day clos- ing of the stock market because of weather since a blizzard in 1888. The New York Stock Exchange is inside the mandatory evac- uation zone in lower Man- hattan, blocks from New York Harbor. If the storm reaches the higher estimate of $20 bil- lion in damage, that would put it ahead of Hurricane Irene, which raked the Northeast in August 2011 and caused $16 billion in damage. 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