![New Yorkers from Rockaway wait in line for gasoline on Tuesday, November 8 in the Rockaway area of Queens, New York.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/121109024602-01-sandy-rockaway-1109.jpg?q=w_4288,h_2848,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New York town struggles to recover —
New Yorkers from Rockaway wait in line for gasoline on Tuesday, November 8 in the Rockaway area of Queens, New York.
![Burned out husks are all that remain of these homes in Rockaway.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/121109025022-02-sandy-rockaway-1109.jpg?q=w_4288,h_2848,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New York town struggles to recover —
Burned out husks are all that remain of these homes in Rockaway.
![Seagulls seek food at in remnants of Rockaway Beach homes.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/121109025248-03-sandy-rockaway-1109.jpg?q=w_4288,h_2848,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New York town struggles to recover —
Seagulls seek food at in remnants of Rockaway Beach homes.
![Anne Wyley, 55, waits in line for gas in Far Rockaway, Queens, where she had major damage to her home and remains without power.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/121109025742-04-sandy-rockaway-1109.jpg?q=w_4288,h_2848,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New York town struggles to recover —
Anne Wyley, 55, waits in line for gas in Far Rockaway, Queens, where she had major damage to her home and remains without power.
![Residents try to stay warm while waiting for gas.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/121109025912-05-sandy-rockaway-1109.jpg?q=w_4288,h_2849,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New York town struggles to recover —
Residents try to stay warm while waiting for gas.
![Rockaway residents wait in line for gas.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/121109030024-06-sandy-rockaway-1109.jpg?q=w_4288,h_2847,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New York town struggles to recover —
Rockaway residents wait in line for gas.
![Rosemary Shephard, 60, has been without power since last Monday. Authorities cut off her electricity as a precaution ahead of Sandy, much like others across the tri-state area.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/121109030830-07-sandy-rockaway-1109.jpg?q=w_4007,h_2661,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New York town struggles to recover —
Rosemary Shephard, 60, has been without power since last Monday. Authorities cut off her electricity as a precaution ahead of Sandy, much like others across the tri-state area.
![In Manhattan, only about 200 customers now remain in the dark -- a fact that does not escape many Rockaway storm victims as they wait in line for gas.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/121109030935-08-sandy-rockaway-1109.jpg?q=w_4288,h_2848,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New York town struggles to recover —
In Manhattan, only about 200 customers now remain in the dark -- a fact that does not escape many Rockaway storm victims as they wait in line for gas.
![Rockaway residents remain without power as temperatures drop.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/121109031145-09-sandy-rockaway-1109.jpg?q=w_4288,h_2848,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
New York town struggles to recover —
Rockaway residents remain without power as temperatures drop.