More than one week after Superstorm Sandy hit, the Northeast prepares for a nor'easter, a strong low pressure system with powerful northeasterly winds coming from the ocean ahead of a storm. This satellite image captured at 9:15 a.m. ET on Wednesday, November 7, shows the winter storm over the East Coast. See photos of the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. This satellite image shows the storm at 11 a.m. on Monday, November 5. NOAA predicts the system will travel northward paralleling the U.S. East Coast by Wednesday morning. The Western Hemisphere was relatively calm on Sunday, November 4, at 12:45 a.m. ET. The eastern U.S. was still coping with the aftermath of Sandy at 8 a.m. on Friday, November 2. Superstorm Sandy was just a low pressure area at 5 a.m. on Thursday, November 1. The Northeast Corridor slowly struggled back to life on Wednesday after the knockout punch from Superstorm Sandy. This image shows the storm at 9:10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, October 31. The destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy mounted Tuesday morning as electrical fires and record power outages added to the misery of devastating flooding in the Northeast. This image shows the storm at 9:40 a.m. ET on Tuesday, October 30. Superstorm Sandy officially made landfall Monday evening along the coast of southern New Jersey, the National Hurricane Center reported. This image shows the storm at 7:40 p.m. ET. This satellite image shows Hurricane Sandy at 2:59 p.m. ET on Monday, October 29. The storm, which threatens 60 million people in the eastern third of the United States, is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. A satellite image of the Western Hemisphere shows Hurricane Sandy's massive size at 2:22 p.m. on Monday, October 29. This satellite image shows Hurricane Sandy at 2:22 p.m. ET on Monday, October 29. A satellite view shows Hurricane Sandy's position at 2:47 p.m. ET on Saturday, October 27. An earlier satellite view of the storm from 10:15 a.m. ET on Friday, October 26. Hurricane Sandy is seen from from the International Space Station on Friday, October 26. Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Northeast storms from space
Photos: Weather from space "Drivers are still facing long lines, frustrations are only growing and it now appears that there will be shortages for possibly another couple of weeks," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters Thursday afternoon. "The best way, we think, to cut down the lines and help customers buy gas faster, to help gas stations stay open longer and to reduce the potential for disorder, is to alternate the days that drivers can purchase gas."
The move brought applause from many.
"I think it will make the lines go down," Sue Powers of Long Island told CNN affiliate NY1. "Waiting on line here for eight and a half hours is not fun."
"It is smart because the lines will be half as long," New Yorker Ryan Schroeder told the affiliate. "But if it is an emergency and you need gas on a certain day you may be out of luck but for your average person it may be smart."
New Jersey, where Sandy made landfall October 29, put similar rules into effect last week in 12 counties.
Hundreds of thousands of customers were without electricity across the region, most of them in New York and New Jersey, with the nor'easter that swept through Wednesday only adding to those totals.
Cold brings fresh misery to Sandy victims
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told reporters Thursday morning that the nor'easter was responsible for 167,000 new outages, but praised utility workers who were trying to get the lights and heat back on.
"These men and women on the utility companies are working 16-hour days, every day," Christie said. "So I know that unless your power is turned on, that doesn't mean anything to you -- but I'm telling you, I've watched these people work. They were working last night through the snow."
Along with the relief from gas lines, many may get a break from the recent snowstorm that blanketed the area.
Temperatures were expected to rise to 50 degrees on Friday and continue to rise close to the 60s over the weekend, forecasters said.
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