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Frankenstorm 2012!

Frankenstorm--the superstorm created by the collision of Hurricane Sandy and a giant Nor'easter--pounded the Mid-Atlantic yesterday and early today. It was massive, stretching an incredible 1,000 miles, and fierce.  Its power resulted from record-setting low pressure. Thanks to weather-system computer models, round-the-clock news and the Internet, we were given lots of advance notice.  Landfall of the relatively small but strong hurricane had been predicted for somewhere between Ocean City, Maryland and New York.  Forecasters said the storm would settle in and churn for days, and electricity was expected to be out for days for millions of people along the East Coast. Donna and I spent Saturday preparing.  I had gone out Thursday evening to try to buy a generator but they had been snapped up.  Early Saturday morning I went to the local Lowe's and scored.  They had received a shipment of 200 and forklift operators were unloading palettes of them to the retail floor.  Eager--