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We saw the sky explode and bright lights of green. it was transformers exploding. power went out all across this area. we're near hotels where generators have kicked back up. i want to show you the scene here, brian. this is one of the major thoroughfares in this area. you can see the wind is blowing sideways. the street lights fortunately are on. the good news is there are no cars in this area. over the last several hours police have been driving up and down this area over their loudspeakers telling everyone this is a mandatory evacuation. you must leave now. i can tell you just about an hour...

I've never experienced a war. i think i'm in survival mode. >> monday night was probably the most terrifying night of my life, hearing the transformers exploding, the car alarms dying. just an incredibly eery sound, and the smells coming in. >> people need places to live. they need clothes, they need food, they need shelter. you're going to have the children going to school? how are they going there? how are you getting the kids in the shelters to the schools they have to go to? >> people's lives disrupted due to the devastating effects of hurricane sandy. at this hour, over 2 million customer...

>> shepard: some new pictures in on the east coast. crane dangling. see that? see the white flashes? that's either lightning or transformers exploding. we have reports of hundreds of transformers exploding in and around the new york city area. we're worried very much about the tides here as well. the storm surge is now a record in history for new york city. 2 feet above any storm surge previously. the tide now 13 feet in lower manhattan and all of the lower part of new york city is flooded. now all the way up to 14th street and the union square area. for those of how are familiar. power is now...

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Kind of catty-corner there. it was an amazing event to experience. it was very frightening, when it started to impact the homes of several residences of hammond, the excitement kind of turned to fear and concern immediately once that happened. finding out there was no injuries was a great relief. >> and the flare we see in the rear, that kind of blue light, i'm assume that's, what, transformers exploding? >> yeah. it actually took out a power line across town there, and knocked the power lines across the road and stuff. they actually had to close the road, i believe, for a while. so -- >> it's...