Cardinal Angelo Comastri puts ash on Pope Benedict XVI's head during the celebration of Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of 40 days of prayer and self-denial leading up to Easter. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Angelo Comastri puts ash on Pope Benedict XVI's head during the celebration of Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of 40 days of prayer and self-denial leading up to Easter. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
** FILE ** A religious statue stands in the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snowstorm on Nov. 8, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (Associated Press)
Firmo Banez poses next to a downed tree in front of his home in Elmont, N.Y., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Firmo lost electrical power to the house following Superstorm Sandy ten days ago, had it restored Wednesday by the Long Island Power Authority, only to have it go out again Wednesday night during a Nor'easter snowstorm. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
**FILE** Workers use heavy machinery spread sand in Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island, N.J. A nor'easter smacked the storm-ravaged Jersey shore a week and half after Superstorm Sandy wrecked many of its beaches, dunes and boardwalks, and left low-lying communities newly vulnerable to flooding, wind damage and power outages. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Patrons are directed away from the Long Island Railroad as service is suspended on Nov. 7, 2012, due to an approaching nor'easter sweeping the same regions hit by Superstorm Sandy more than a week ago. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Firmo Banez poses next to a downed tree in front of his home in Elmont, N.Y., on Nov. 8, 2012. Firmo lost electrical power to the house following Superstorm Sandy ten days before, had it restored two days later by the Long Island Power Authority, only to have it go out again a week later during a Nor'easter snowstorm. (Associated Press)
People wait in line Nov. 8, 2012, for gasoline at a Hess station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)
People wait in line Nov. 8, 2012, for gasoline at a Hess station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)
