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Yvette Clarke: I just wanted to add to the DHS question that I had raised earlier that one of the observations of the Sandy event was…

On the recordMay 7, 2014
I just wanted to add to the DHS question that I had raised earlier that one of the observations of the Sandy event was the unintended consequence of the grid going--the electricity going out was that people forgot that fuel stations are run through--by electricity, and so we ended up having a fuel crisis at the same time.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke highlights the impact of electricity outages on fuel availability during crises.

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