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Sandy Brings Economic Booms, Busts to Northeast | Essentials

Sandy Brings Economic Booms, Busts to Northeast

“Angela Merkel thinks we're at work” flag: Irish football fans from the University of Limerick on their way to Euro 2012 at Dublin Airport. via @damomac #donttellmerkel
“Angela Merkel thinks we're at work” flag: Irish football fans from the University of Limerick on their way to Euro 2012 at Dublin Airport. via @damomac #donttellmerkel by dullhunk
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On a storm-battered stretch of Connecticut's shoreline, landscaping crews use heavy equipment to repair damage from Superstorm Sandy, racking up overtime pay at a time of year when many are typically looking for part-time jobs to carry them through the winter. Just down the same road in Fairfield, business is more subdued at the Beachside restaurant. Flooding forced owner John Taxiltaridis to close for three weeks. A sign outside says "OPEN" in black spray paint, and he has gotten a boost selling sandwiches to construction workers, but many of his local customers have yet to return home. "I just had twins. It came at the wrong time," said Taxiltaridis, who is trying to look forward to next year.

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Superstorm Sandy

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Relevance: 0.956443

Joe Settineri

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Relevance: 0.758917

SentimentQuote
-0.264303"You have to feel bad for these people, but at the same time, I got flooded out of my house so I know what they are feeling," Settineri said. ...
-0.264303"You have to feel bad for these people, but at the same time, I got flooded out of my house so I know what they are feeling," Settineri said. "We're all dealing with the same things."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.528606
  • Mean: -0.264303
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Jesus Torres

Overall Sentiment: 0.330967

Relevance: 0.726482

SentimentQuote
0.301679"This is great," said Torres, ...
0.219289"This is great," said Torres, who is originally from Costa Rica. "There's more money to buy everything we need."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.520968
  • Mean: 0.260484
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

John Taxiltaridis

Overall Sentiment: -0.173265

Relevance: 0.676358

SentimentQuote
-0.483632"I just had twins. It came at the wrong time," said Taxiltaridis, ...
-0.346986"I just had twins. It came at the wrong time," said Taxiltaridis, who is trying to look forward to next year. "Summer will be here before you know it."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.830618
  • Mean: -0.415309
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Key:

  • 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:

Holiday: Christmas

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.452435

Automobile: Jeep

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Relevance: 0.384821

Region: Northeast

Overall Sentiment: -0.0768471

Relevance: 0.617597

City: Fairfield

Overall Sentiment: 0.133198

Relevance: 0.44972

City: Bridgeport

Overall Sentiment: 0.664481

Relevance: 0.428329

City: New York

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.421375

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Relevance: 0.551421

Disambiguation: Location | Region | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | FilmEditorReferences:

Country: Costa Rica

Overall Sentiment: 0.136899

Relevance: 0.444254

Facility: Beachside restaurant

Overall Sentiment: -0.644857

Relevance: 0.545128

StateOrCounty: Connecticut

Overall Sentiment: 0.0174292

Relevance: 0.510291

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StateOrCounty: N.Y.

Overall Sentiment: 0.0475438

Relevance: 0.378037

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | Country | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USState | WineRegionReferences:

StateOrCounty: Conn.

Overall Sentiment: 0.549143

Relevance: 0.367256

GeographicFeature: Long Island

Overall Sentiment: 0.163072

Relevance: 0.430242

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