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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, Ray Marten poses with the street number sign he recovered from the ashes of his fire-destroyed home in the Belle Harbor section of the Queens borough of New York. Six months after Superstorm Sandy passed through, Marten says, ìIf you go up my block now, all the houses have been demolished and removed, they're pretty much just holes in the ground. Sand pits.î (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) ( Superstorm 6 Months Later )

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2013 file photo, the sun rises in Seaside Heights, N.J., behind the Jet Star Roller Coaster which has been sitting in the ocean after part of the Funtown Pier was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy. Six months after the storm, the roller coaster is still in the ocean, although demolition plans are finally moving forward. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) ( Superstorm 6 Months Later )

A home rests in Barnegat Bay, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Mantoloking, N.J., after it was swept away last October by Superstorm Sandy. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

Homes severely damaged last October by Superstorm Sandy, are seen along the beach Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Mantoloking, N.J. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2012 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gives 9-year-old Ginjer Doherty a pep talk outside the Port Monmouth fire station in Port Monmouth, N.J., where he visited residents and first responders a week after Superstorm Sandy devastated New Jersey. In an essay Ginjer recently had published in Time magazine she wrote, "My house was all messed up, and people told us we couldn't stay there anymore," she wrote. "The governor told me not to worry - that my parents would take care of everything - and he looked very serious and sad, and he cried." At left, wiping her eye, is Ginjer's mom, Gail. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Clem Murray, Pool, File) ( Superstorm 6 Months Later )

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2012 file photo, Anthony Gatti, whose home was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy, makes a call while resting in a tent outside of his house in the Midland Beach section of the Staten Island borough of New York. Six months after the storm, Gatti recently drove a U-Haul packed with his meager belongings to Killeen, Texas, where he will start a new life as a car mechanic. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ( Superstorm 6 Months Later )

Homes destroyed last October by Superstorm Sandy are seen Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Brick, N.J. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

Yuri Pismennyi unloads 36 poles to be used as pilings to rebuild the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., Thursday, April 25, 2013. Six months after Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

A home rests along Barnegat Bay, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Mantoloking, N.J., after it was severely damaged last October by Superstorm Sandy. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

Homes destroyed last October by Superstorm Sandy are seen Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Ortley Beach, in Toms River, N.J. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2012 file photo, Marge Gatti stands in front of her home, which was damaged by Superstorm Sandy, in the Midland Beach section of the Staten Island borough of New York. Six months after the storm, Gatti, the matriarch of her family, said "The whole family's separated, and it's terrible, you know?" The flood-soaked place was demolished months ago, and they're waiting for a government buyout. Now the family is scattered across New Jersey, New York and Texas. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ( Superstorm 6 Months Later )

A realty sign stands Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Mantoloking, N.J., on a lot where the home was destroyed last October by Superstorm Sandy. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

The Jet Star roller coaster rests in the ocean, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J., near the rebuilding of the boardwalk. Six months after Superstorm Sandy, the roller coaster that plunged off a pier in Seaside Heights is still in the ocean, although demolition plans are finally moving forward. The region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

An oceanfront home is being raised to protect from flooding in Ortley Beach, N.J., Thursday, April 25, 2013. Six months after Suprestorm Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

A home rests next to a pier in Barnegat Bay, Thursday, April 25, 2013, near the Mantoloking Bridge in Mantoloking, N.J., after it was swept away last October by Superstorm Sandy. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

The Jet Star roller coaster rests in the ocean Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J., near the rebuilding of the boardwalk. Six months after Superstorm Sandy, the roller coaster that plunged off a pier in Seaside Heights is still in the ocean, although demolition plans are finally moving forward. The region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

Homes severely damaged last October by Superstorm Sandy, are seen along the beach Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Mantoloking, N.J. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( APTOPIX Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )

A home rests in Barnegat Bay, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Mantoloking, N.J., after it was swept away last October by Superstorm Sandy. Six months after Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City and pounded coastal areas of New England, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Superstorm Sandy 6 Months Later )