Grand Central Station --it's almost synonym for bedlam was an echo chamber a day after Sandy slammed into the East Coast.<br/> <br />The superstorm swamped New York's subway system. Those who chose to walk, had to negotiate buckled sidewalks, downed trees and flooded streets among other things.<br/> <br />And there was also a problem few have ever encountered in New York --- money to spend but no place to spend it. Stores and businesses were closed throughout the city.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: John Balsey, Tourist From Charlotte, North Carolina, Saying:<br/> <br />"There's lots of cabs and lots of cars and lots of people on the streets with money to spend but there isn't lots of places to spend it."<br/> <br />Even in the superstorm's aftermath, there was element of supsense --- most it having to do with this collapsed crane which dangled precariously above midtown.<br/> <br />The United Nations also fell victim to Sandy as did the recently-installed Space Shuttle Endeavor at the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum.
