'I know everyone's patience is wearing thin,' John Miksad, senior vice president of electric operations at Consolidated Edison, the chief utility in New York City, told the Associated Press.
As the nor'easter closed in, thousands of people in low-lying neighborhoods staggered by the superstorm just over a week ago were urged to clear out.
Authorities warned that rain and 60 mph gusts in the evening and overnight could swamp homes all over again, topple trees wrenched loose by Sandy, and erase some of the hard-won progress made in restoring power to millions of customers.
