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Sandy victims shiver through Arctic blast with no heat

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    David Lee Miller reports from Staten Island

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In the meantime that Arctic blast that's so many are feeling right now gripping the northeast bringing new misery to the victims of super storm sandy.

Nearly three months after that devastating storm thousands are without power and that means no heat summer living intense without that heat.

That's especially hard right now since it's only sixteen degrees real temperature.

David Lee Miller live in Staten Island where the wind has been below -- for some time vividly good morning.

Did -- wind has been blowing and it is very cold here in new.

-- -- Staten Island over my shoulder bill that is one of the -- that you're talking about this is one of the tents where.

Residents who have lost virtually everything have had to live and just be on this and you can see the tree line beyond that tree line that is the beach here.

The water began to.

Pour in from this direction when -- struck.

The water moved in this direction here and you can see what's left of what was a home.

Just a pile of debris completely destroyed.

There are still thousands and thousands in this area.

Living under very dire conditions and that's why they have set up this tent city here in new Stuart beach there are warming centers at the city of New York is set up but -- only operate during the daytime hours after 4 o'clock.

People have to fend for themselves this warm this center here.

Is operated 24 hours today staffed entirely by volunteers let me just show you very quickly we'll go inside.

And I'd like you to meet.

The woman who is made all of this possible.

-- a -- you have for eighty days now volunteered spent every day making this.

Ten city possible what would happen if it was in here.

It's people would have no way of -- it would freeze.

Have no they actually called us there out conference own kind of a place to get away from.

Every day of seeing no walls and dealing with the mold and the cold and.

You provide heat you provide three meals a day and you provide help yes we -- much much longer do you think this facility's going to be needed.

It looks like it's gonna -- long process I mean these people are getting concerns -- money to rebuilds and it's the same is taking so long.

Thanks very much for speaking with us and as bad as it is now bill there are reports that is not only gonna stay cold during the next 48 hours.

There's word now that snow is also on the way many will be coming here for the next few days to seek help seek help and.

You know I don't need that David Lee thank you is going to be a long weekend could get another Arctic blast again next week after things -- warm up a little.

Our best all of them David Lee Miller Staten Island New York.

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