MaryAnne Hayes, left, shovels debris with her sister Anne Marie Widmer, center, and Tom Musumeci, right, at her daughter Sandy Hayes' home in Union Beach, New Jersey, U.S. on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. Recovery progressed slowly in New Jersey, where Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, praised the “patience and resilience” of New Jerseyans and released a timeline Saturday of which neighborhoods without electricity should be restored over the next few days. Photograph: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images