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Traverse City/ Northern Michigan Buzz

Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City is warning everyone to stay off the water. More from 7 and 4 news here.... 

The Governor (no not the guy from the Walking Dead TV show) was in town yesterday. More from 9 and 10 news here...

There's a Blood Drive today at Oryana at 2 pm with the Michigan Blood Bus
 

Hurricane Sandy Buzz

Locally, stay off the beaches and water in Northern Michigan with waves getting up to 15 feet near shore and possibly 30 feet on the open lake!!

Hurricane Sandy was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone at 7:00 P.M. Eastern last night, but it hit the East Coast with driving rain and hurricane-force winds all over the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.  Here are Five Things to Know About Superstorm Sandy: 

#1.)  At least 13 people were killed . . . including a woman as far away as Toronto, Canada who was hit by flying debris.  Another 67 people were killed in the Caribbean earlier as the storm moved north, including 51 in Haiti. 

#2.)  The storm made landfall in southern New Jersey around 8:00 P.M. Eastern, with a storm surge strong enough to destroy parts of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, and causing MASSIVE flooding in New Jersey and New York. 

The flooding was up to five feet . . . even higher in some places . . . flooding coastal homes, covering cars, and submerging downtown intersections of urban areas. 

#3.)  Because of winds 85-miles-per-hour and higher, downed trees and power lines, and flooding of electricity substations, over five million people were without power in 11 states and Washington D.C., from Virginia up to Maine.

New York and New Jersey took the worst hits in terms of power outages, including about 700,000 New Yorkers alone.  

 And that involves fires and downed power lines in flooded areas that authorities and emergency crews couldn't even GET to when the storm was at its most powerful.  About 7,000 National Guard troops were on active duty in seven states

#4.)  The damage could cost around three BILLION dollars.  To give you an idea of the damage and the chaos in New York City alone, the city's 911 system was receiving 10,000 calls every half hour. 

There was flooding in subway stations and in one of the tunnels into Manhattan, and some hospitals had to evacuate patients because of power outages.

A lot of people were also talking about a giant crane on top of the tallest residential skyscraper in New York City . . . a building in midtown Manhattan called One57. 

The building is still under construction, and the crane was damaged by wind at about 2:30 P.M. in the afternoon.  So the part of the crane that sticks out into the air was hanging down and swaying dangerously throughout the storm.

#5.)  The storm also created a BLIZZARD in Virginia and West Virigina, with snow, 55-mile-per-hour winds, and reports of LIGHTING and THUNDER WHILE it was snowing.

Here's an idea, lets take a jet ski out on the ocean during a hurricane...

Hollywood Buzz

One of TOM CRUISE'S security guards tased a guy TWICE after he climbed over the wall at Tom's house early yesterday morning.  Turns out it was a guy who's been living on an adjacent property.  He was HAMMERED, and apparently just thought he was at his own place.  Tom's attorney says he won't pursue charges.

ANDERSON COOPER'S syndicated daytime talk show "Anderson Live" has been canceled after just two seasons.  It will get a full second season, so new episodes will continue airing through NEXT summer.

Earlier this year, NBC was developing a spin-off of "The Office" starring Dwight . . . who's played by RAINN WILSON.  It was about Dwight's life on his family's beet farm and bed & breakfast, which has been featured on "The Office" several times. Well, the show, which was called "The Farm", is no longer in development.  Yesterday, Rainn Tweeted, quote, "NBC has passed on moving forward with 'The Farm' TV show.  Had a blast making the pilot . . . onwards & upwards!"

"Assassin's Creed III" is out for the Xbox360 and PS3 this week.  It will also be available for the new WiiU console when that launches on November 18th. 

Random Fun

Taco Bell had a World Series promotion where if a player stole a base, everyone in the country would get a free taco.  And one of the San Francisco Giants players did.  So today, between 2:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., you can get a free Doritos Locos Taco just by walking into Taco Bell.  There may be a line, so decide beforehand if it's worth waiting 20 minutes to save $1.19.