Analysts expect many of the 30, 000 new construction jobs - the sector's best performance in 15 months - to reflect rebuilding in the north-east of the US following the damage inflicted by Storm Sandy in October.
On the call, the President asked Secretary Napolitano and Administrator Fugate to provide the officials with an update on the resources and steps FEMA has taken to support their communities and first responders as they continue to confront ongoing flooding and damage caused by the storm.
That paint and wood will go far toward repairing the damage wrought by that wild storm.
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They lost power for a week and suffered storm damage not covered by their insurance.
The real damage, of course, will be caused by the storm itself and by flooding, which New Jersey governor, Chris Christie, estimates will be in the billions or tens of billions for his state alone.
The pattern of damage was similar to the pattern of big-storm frequency uncovered by Dr Elsner.
As it stands now, we are still supporting in North Carolina requests for assistance as they go to the recovery phase and begin damage assessments -- a lot of power outages, roads that were heavily damaged by storm surge, particularly in the Outer Banks, as well as a lot of debris in the eastern part of the state.
Two mainstays of the state's economy -- oil and tourism -- were both hit hard by the storm, with New Orleans possibly shut down for months and substantial damage to the oil infrastructure.
In Lindenhurst, Eddie Malone said he was frightened by the specter of more damage to his house, which has been under renovation since the October storm "wiped out" his first floor.
It was textbook public relations, aided by the failure of Quebec's mainstream media to examine just why the storm had done such damage.
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