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Superstorm Sandy: Lethal Storm Leaves Millions in the Dark | Reduction

Superstorm Sandy: Lethal Storm Leaves Millions in the Dark

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Ferocious superstorm Sandy lashed with the northeastern United States early this morning, leaving millions in the dark as intense winds downed trees and powerlines and sent effective storm surges, as high as almost 14 feet in New York City, into the streets. Sandy was reduced from a hurricane to a post-tropical storm shortly before it made landfall at 8 p.m. in Atlantic City, N.J., on Monday, nonetheless the huge and effective storm still proved to be lethal. A minimum of 13 deaths in the United States were blamed on the storm, according to The Associated Press. 5 deaths were reported in New York, featuring 3 children in Westchester County just north of New York City. One death was taped in the city and a 5th Ulster County. 2 people were additionally reported dead in New Jersey, 2 in Connecticut, 3 in Pennsylvania and one in West Virginia.

People:

John Miksad

Overall Sentiment: -0.115641

Relevance: 0.461618

SentimentQuote
-0.0488475"When we went into today, we knew the forecast was for strong winds from Sandy as well as the potential for flooding, so we had anticipated and reported to you all that we were expecting overhead outages," Miksad said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0488475
  • Mean: -0.0488475
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Gov. Chris Christie

Overall Sentiment: -0.346581

Relevance: 0.290012

SentimentQuote
-0.21196Christie told residents that it was now too dangerous for crews to go in to rescue people who chose to stay, and they would have to "ride out the storm" ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.21196
  • Mean: -0.21196
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Lorenzo Langford

Overall Sentiment: -0.272843

Relevance: 0.237235

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  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

NaturalDisaster: Hurricane Sandy

Overall Sentiment: 0.102848

Relevance: 0.926146

NaturalDisaster: hurricane

Overall Sentiment: -0.163389

Relevance: 0.356454

City: New York City

Overall Sentiment: -0.0816415

Relevance: 0.825878

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StateOrCounty: New Jersey

Overall Sentiment: -0.110012

Relevance: 0.443047

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StateOrCounty: Westchester County

Overall Sentiment: 0.110077

Relevance: 0.335514

StateOrCounty: West Virginia

Overall Sentiment: -0.0858948

Relevance: 0.308104

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Country: United States

Overall Sentiment: -0.797357

Relevance: 0.355877

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