welcome back to morning joe. brian shactman here in seaside heights, nightly news. when hurricane sandy made landfall, no one knew what to expect. it was a category one hurricane like they have seen many of them. but the damage it caused was more than anyone could have imagined. the fact that no one died here in seaside hooieights is perhap miracle or you can maybe thank the firefighters. one of the firefighters gave us a look of the community. my family came in. my grandfather came in probably in the late 20s. once you get the sand in your shoes, it s hard to get out. seaside was always a blue collar working town. we live by tourism and die by tourism. like a broadway show you have to put your best foot forward and
you see the sea of tents behind me. the majority of those are still bangladeshi and that s the priority for the u th hcr which is held to set up this camp. they have about seven flights going out from the airport tomorrow. there are some 40-odd-thousand egyptians who came through the border and most of them have now been evacuated from the airport where a couple days ago you saw the c-130s coming in with humanitarian aid. it s on those flights and on other flights that mostly egyptians have now been returned home. let me just stand away from the camera and you can see exactly what s going on here. just down behind me you see some guys. i think they re bangladeshi getting clean water. they are able to wash. there s a food camp and hospital facilities. you can see to a certain extent it looks like a working town at