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Before the Storm: How People Are Bracing for Sandy | Redux

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Before the Storm: How People Are Bracing for Sandy

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New York City, Manhattan, Theatre District, Times Square, Broadway Ave. / W. 49 St. " Mama Sbarro's " by (vincent desjardins)
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Excerpt:

Along the East Coast, residents are preparing for Hurricane Sandy to hit and merge with two other weather systems to create a fearsome storm. Here are their stories. The remnants of Hurricane Irene spawned river flooding that laid waste to homes more than a year ago in Pompton Lakes, N.J., where some residents were already tossing belongings to the curb as Sandy approached. Kevin Gogots, who has lived there since the 1980s, helped a woman put furniture and other belongings into a rented van Sunday to move them to higher ground. "People are worst-case-scenario-ing it," Gogots said. "They're figuring, divide and conquer. They'll take the stuff they want to save and put the rest out.

People:

Kevin Gogots

Overall Sentiment: 0.140727

Relevance: 0.610621

SentimentQuote
0"People are worst-case-scenario-ing it," Gogots said. ...
0.0565871"People are worst-case-scenario-ing it," Gogots said. "They're figuring, divide and conquer. They'll take the stuff they want to save and put the rest out. Of course, if the street floods again, we'll just have things floating around."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0565871
  • Mean: 0.02829355
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Alex Zwick

Overall Sentiment: -0.26481

Relevance: 0.570522

SentimentQuote
-0.325693"Everybody's a little gun-shy this time around," Zwick said. ...
-0.247103"Everybody's a little gun-shy this time around," Zwick said. "People are still like, 'We can't trust anybody' and are assuming the worst.'"
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.572796
  • Mean: -0.286398
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Jackson Grimes

Overall Sentiment: 0.0835421

Relevance: 0.567928

SentimentQuote
0"You never know who you'll meet," Grimes said ...
-0.301997"While there is a very grave concern in the back of my mind that I might lose my house," Grimes said, ...
-0.118645"While there is a very grave concern in the back of my mind that I might lose my house," Grimes said, "being here will ease the distress to a certain degree because of the friendly people and the kind hospitality and the food."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.420642
  • Mean: -0.140214
  • Standard Deviation: 1

Alyssa Marks

Overall Sentiment: 0.0160796

Relevance: 0.527507

Howard Molt

Overall Sentiment: 0.0394802

Relevance: 0.46209

SentimentQuote
0.0351877"We're going to be as safe here as we would be anywhere because we're going to be as high as the water gets, plus we've done the prep work," 62-year-old Howard Molt said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0351877
  • Mean: 0.0351877
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

David Marmanillo

Overall Sentiment: 0.0555333

Relevance: 0.455544

Hans Eriksson

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.448575

Verena Dobnik

Overall Sentiment: 0.17561

Relevance: 0.412551

Maryclaire Dale

Overall Sentiment: 0.144133

Relevance: 0.412223

Dave Porter

Overall Sentiment: 0.0672716

Relevance: 0.408945

David Dishneau

Overall Sentiment: 0.08537

Relevance: 0.399472

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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.

Additional Info:

NaturalDisaster: Hurricane Sandy

Overall Sentiment: -0.124686

Relevance: 0.66593

NaturalDisaster: Hurricane Irene

Overall Sentiment: -0.330941

Relevance: 0.513662

NaturalDisaster: storm

Overall Sentiment: -0.266636

Relevance: 0.385375

GeographicFeature: Delaware River

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.64142

GeographicFeature: East Coast

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.480277

GeographicFeature: Pompton Lakes

Overall Sentiment: 0.0453167

Relevance: 0.449049

City: New York City

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.597073

Disambiguation: PoliticalDistrict | GovernmentalJurisdiction | PlaceWithNeighborhoods | WineRegion | FilmScreeningVenueReferences:

City: Philadelphia

Overall Sentiment: 0.132889

Relevance: 0.473557

Disambiguation: AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | OlympicBiddingCity | PlaceWithNeighborhoods | AirportOperatorReferences:

City: New Castle

Overall Sentiment: 0.0277197

Relevance: 0.447206

City: Manhattan

Overall Sentiment: -0.282772

Relevance: 0.403083

Disambiguation: GeographicFeature | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | Island | PlaceWithNeighborhoods | USCountyReferences:

City: Queens

Overall Sentiment: 0.121255

Relevance: 0.369435

Disambiguation: References:

StateOrCounty: N.J.

Overall Sentiment: -0.019551

Relevance: 0.543029

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

StateOrCounty: Del.

Overall Sentiment: 0.159892

Relevance: 0.482078

Region: Caribbean

Overall Sentiment: 0.227343

Relevance: 0.447246

Facility: Times Square

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.422639

Sport: football

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.412595

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