Tide posted the following on Facebook at approximately noon on Monday, November 12, 2012:

Good News fans! We’ve relocated our Loads of Hope truck to assist with the clean up efforts. The team will begin accepting laundry tomorrow from 10am-2pm ET at the intersection of Long Beach Rd and Warwick Blvd, Island Park, NY. We will be accepting one load of laundry per family per day. Thanks for your support!

https://www.facebook.com/Tide

It's been suggested that one of the recently closed NYC hospitals could possibly serve as shelter for the residents that will need to leave their homes.

The best option from the list might be Peninsula Hospital located on Broad Channel Drive Between 50 & 51. 

Apparently, there are related facilities in the hospital complex that are still open.  Can someone on the ground in the Rockaways please make their way over there to get the name and contact information of any adminstrator we can contact to see about using the hospital?  E-mail any information you gather to ***@***.***

Thank you!

http://www.peninsulahospital.org/  Closed permanently 4/09/12 after 104 years of dedicated service. Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation remains open.

List of closed hopsitals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_New_York_City

Image: A volunteer checked the health of a Queens woman left in a precarious situation by Hurricane Sandy.

easthamptonstar.com - November 11th, 2012 - Carrie Ann Salvi

Hundreds of elderly people in areas of Queens struck hard by Hurricane Sandy are stuck in high-rise apartments without food and water, according to Brian Lydon of East Hampton, who posted a report on East End Cares' Facebook page Saturday morning. This is just the tip of an iceberg of hidden devastation. There has been a lack of information provided to the outside world and minimal communication reaching the thousands who are suffering in cold, dark, conditions, Mr. Lydon said.

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Image: The 711 Seagirt complex, buildings A through D (c) Benepe

cyclistsinternational.com - November 9th, 2012 - Jen Benepe, Minda Aguhob and Tony Moy

Misery is rising in a large building in the Far Rockaways, and many residents are either unaccounted for, or not responding to visits to their doors.

Unofficial reports by neighbors said that four residents in the 900-unit building have died since Hurricane Sandy, including a couple who expired from carbon monoxide poisoning after using their oven to stay warm. All of the deaths occurred in the first week after the storm.

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pbs.org - November 9th, 2012 - Rick Karr

The homes of some New Jersey residents have been without power or heat more than 10 days after superstorm Sandy struck. And even with support from out-of-state utility workers untangling downed lines, erecting polls, and repairing the grid, many may remain in the dark for days to come. Special correspondent Rick Karr reports.

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tools.niehs.nih.gov

On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy, one of the largest and fiercest storms to threaten the East Coast, made landfall in New Jersey. The devastating storm caused extensive damage throughout the East Coast as it released torrential rains, ferocious winds, and widespread flooding.

This webpage provides documents and resources that address emergency preparedness in hurricane and flood situations.  Documents found on this page primarily address issues in government preparedness and public preparedness.  Some information has been taken from the Floods and Hurricane Katrina Emergency Preparedness Pages located on the National Clearinghouse Website.

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nytimes.com - November 12, 2012 - Raymond Hernandez

The New York Times reports that Governor Cuomo is planning to ask for at least $30 billion in disaster relief from the federal government. 

We need some of this money to be allocated for immediate food, water, medicine, and other supplies.

'In making the case for federal aid, the governor’s advisers provided a staggering inventory of need ... $3.5 billion to repair the region’s bridges, tunnels and subway and commuter rail lines; $1.65 billion to rebuild homes and apartment buildings; $1 billion to reimburse local governments for overtime costs of police, fire and other emergency personnel; and several billion dollars in federal loans and grants to affected businesses.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/nyregion/cuomo-to-seek-30-billion-in-aid-for-storm-relief.html?smid=fb-share

easthamptonstar.com - November 11, 2011 - Carrie Ann Salvi

Word is finally out about the dire situation in the Rockaways and how community-based volunteer groups are getting help to those in need.

'Hundreds of elderly people in areas of Queens struck hard by Hurricane Sandy are stuck in high-rise apartments without food and water...Several Montauk residents quickly organized East End Cares to help victims after the Oct. 29 storm struck the Northeast. Both the Sag Harbor and Montauk Fire Departments sent teams to striken areas on Saturday...

"Desperately needed" donations, according to Ms. <Melissa> Berman, can be made online, and updates can be found on the Facebook page. <https://www.facebook.com/groups/EastEndCares/> Clothes are not needed right now, she said. Shovels, mops, cleaning supplies, and heavy gloves will be welcomed...

"Does the world know how bad it is here?" asked Ms. <Alison> Thompson on Twitter yesterday from Rockaway, Queens. Top needs include medication, she posted. The power won't be on for a month at least, she said. "We need to get these people out."

November 9, 2012

Dear Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg,

We write first to thank you for your dedication to the constituents of this City and your support in addressing the unprecedented crisis of Hurricane Sandy. While there has been an incredible outpouring of help and attention to our friends and neighbors struggling throughout the five boroughs, we have learned in recent days that constituents of Queens in the Rockaways and Hamilton Beach, home to approximately 80,000 people, continue to live without vital necessities. As we continue to hear stories from the residents there, we are particularly concerned that this area will be without power for a minimum of the next three weeks, including the Thanksgiving holiday.

As concerned citizens of New York City and neighbors to those worst affected by the storm, the groups who have signed below would like to know the steps being taken to address these areas and, more importantly, to offer our assistance as you and your agencies increase emergency efforts.

From current communication with those in the field, we have assessed that thousands of residents have little or no access to the following resources:

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nytimes.com - by Joe Nocera - November 9, 2012

On Friday morning, I drove out to the Rockaways with Nan Shipley, a 48-year-old real estate broker and mother of three. Though we barely know each other, she had been sending me e-mails all week, updating me about the problems facing residents of the Rockaways, the thin peninsula on the southern edge of Queens that had been decimated by Hurricane Sandy.

Shipley, who lives in Manhattan, had been going out there every day since last Saturday, volunteering in the hard-hit enclave of Belle Harbor, where a Roman Catholic church, St. Francis de Sales, had essentially been taken over by relief workers.

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