US storm turns airport into vast used-car purgatory
- Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 10.45
- Online news: World
Mother nature in all her fury tossed them about like toys. Now they fill two airport runways -- parked, obedient and damaged -- as they await nibbles from buyers.
Tens of thousands of vehicles damaged by super storm Sandy are being temporarily stored on runways and taxiways at Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, New York, on January 9, 2013 in this aerial view. Insurance Auto Auctions Inc, a salvage auto auction company specializing in total-loss vehicles, acquired the cars and trucks and will put them up for auction
Cars -- thousands upon thousands of them, of every size, color, make and model -- roughed up to one extent or another by Superstorm Sandy in October are crammed into a New York-area airport on Long Island.
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