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  Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers cover subway ventilation grates with plywood to help prevent flooding at South Ferry, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 in New York. People on the Eastern Seaboard are bracing for a rare megastorm that experts said would cause much greater havoc than Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers cover subway ventilation grates with plywood to help prevent flooding at South Ferry, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 in New York. People on the Eastern Seaboard are bracing for a rare megastorm that experts said would cause much greater havoc than Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)