suffered as a result of hurricane sandy, especially restaurants and retail hit by that storm surge. but as you mentioned, some businesses are seeing a boom, especially in the home improvement area. construction jobs, plumbers, electricians, landscapers, roofers, drywall finishers, they re all working very, very hard, getting a lot of new business. we spoke to a couple, dana that and anthony devigne know, who run their own electrical contracting business, here s what they told us. people want their work done right away, and we re working as hard as we can to get that done for them. and i m a firm believer in taking the work while it s there, so we really don t pass up too much. if we have to work saturdays and sundays, we will. reporter: no vacations in the near future? maybe after. after, when it settles a little bit. we ll be good. reporter: and that could take a couple of years according to anthony and another benefit to this storm would be retail businesses like home depot