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But no sooner did we arrive in New York than we had to move yet again. Hurricane Sandy was on its way north and Mariane's assisted living center is in Battery Park City near the southern tip of Manhattan in "Zone A" - which meant "mandatory evacuation".

When the New York subway system, which runs 24/365, shuts down you know things are serious. It was shut down on Monday Oct. 29 and parts of the system remained down for more than a week.