0 other health concern is carbon monoxide poisoning. a woman in ocean side died after she had a generator she was using in her garage. concerns over power go it's coming back in pockets. really the numbers to be misleading we're getting from power companies because they don't include tens of thousands of storm ravaged victims whose electrical systems that the power companies can't get in there to help them. >> gregg: the coastline lost a whole lot of sand during sandy. what is going to be happening senator sn. >> reporter: you can see hundreds of thousands of tons of sand behind me from nassau county crews. when i woke up on tuesday morning, all that sand was all over the streets. they have been clearing the streets. it will take another couple of weeks to do so. the next part of the process is food, but now they are faced with this. they say everybody is kind of pointing fingers it's tough for them to figure out. >> gregg: sad situation. we'll check back with you as well as our meteorologist in just a moment. >> heather: long chnd power authority pay some of the highest rates in the country. >> gregg: is that what they get for it. >> heather: as the northeast recovers from super storm sandy a new net on the horizon. maria molina joins us with more from there. >> good to see you. that is right. we're talking about another storm system that is going to be impacting portions of the northeast. relatively good news impacted by sandy is we're not expecting to see significant snowfalls but there will be a big drop in temperatures behind that next cold front. let's take a look at the forecast. today was beautiful day and good day for cleanup efforts. tomorrow during the afternoon hours we are expecting some sunshine, some clouds to be moving in later in the day and >> gregg: honoring america's veterans. president obama laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldiers at arlington today. then sending this message to our military men and women and their families. >> we take care of our own. we take care of our verses. we take care of your families. not just by saluting i on one way dai, once a year, but by fighting you every day of every year. that is our obligation, a sacred obligation to all of you. >> gregg: national correspondent steve centanni with more. steve, what was unusual about today's commemoration? >> reporter: the vietnam memorial to mark the 30th anniversary of its dedication. the wall contains the numbers names of 58,000 americans killed in vietnam between 1958 and 1975. the name carved in the panels. ceremony, general a general was the main speaker. >> all of us who fought in vietnam came home changed, older than our years, tougher, more serious, no less vital but somehow less light-hearted. >> it marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of that war in vietnam. >> gregg: what other ceremonies were held in washington? >> you had the big event in arlington. a quiet remembrance the world war ii memorial. a few hundred of the surviving veterans from that war were on hand for the event. there are only a few of them, fewer every year since they are in their 80s and 90s. a few of them shared their thoughts with fox news.