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Sick, frail struggle most in aftermath of superstorm Sandy

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Chinese Scholars Garden, Staten Island, New York by Bogdan Migulski
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Nov. 10, 2012: Volunteers carry water, food, and other supplies up darkened stairwells at the Sand Castle houses to assist residents who continue to live without power in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York. NEW YORK –  Some of society's most vulnerable people -- the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill -- have been pushed to the brink in the powerless, flood-ravaged neighborhoods struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy. The storm didn't just knock out electricity and destroy property when it came ashore in places like the Far Rockaway section of Queens. It disrupted the fragile support networks that allowed the neighborhood's frailest residents to get by. Here, the catastrophe has closed pharmacies, kept home care aids from getting to elderly clients and made getting around in a wheelchair impossible. The city has recorded at least two deaths of older men in darkened buildings.

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Daisy Nixon

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Relevance: 0.812881

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0.464963"It's been cold. Lord, have mercy," Nixon said. ...
0.348198"Can I kiss you? Don't you walk away from me," she said, ...
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.813161
  • Mean: 0.4065805
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Irwin

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Sheila Goldberg

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0.0387561Goldberg said, "I could take care of him by myself and survive."
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Mandie Collins

Overall Sentiment: -0.191451

Relevance: 0.515075

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-0.191451"It's surreal," Collins said. ...
-0.11567"It's surreal," Collins said. "I lived down the block before. I passed by my old apartment and it's gone."
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  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.307121
  • Mean: -0.1535605
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Joseph Williams

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Nate Thompson

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Sandy

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Relevance: 0.444623

Joanne

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Relevance: 0.43887

Nancy Clark

Overall Sentiment: 0.430307

Relevance: 0.437808

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0"sheltered in place" during the storm, who might need assistance, said Nancy Clark, ...
Sentiment Stats:
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
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Sheila

Overall Sentiment: -0.5078

Relevance: 0.4276

SentimentQuote
-0.159843 "I'm running out of my blood pressure medication. We're both going to drop dead in this apartment," Sheila said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
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  • Mean: -0.159843
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Joanne McClenin

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Relevance: 0.424865

Mary Lou Sabatini

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Relevance: 0.32229

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  • 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.

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GeographicFeature: Staten Island

Overall Sentiment: -0.0270424

Relevance: 0.717422

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Overall Sentiment: -0.854735

Relevance: 0.426619

City: New York

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City: Queens

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City: Manhattan

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.40115

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City: Brooklyn

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City: West Brighton

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StateOrCounty: New Jersey

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StateOrCounty: South Carolina

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StateOrCounty: Westchester County

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Facility: Sand Castle

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Facility: St. Anthony's Church

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.367334

HealthCondition: aids

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Relevance: 0.504867

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