Congressman's home in Queens burns down

[Tony_FLADEM]

WASHINGTON — The home of New York congressman Bob Turner was one of about 80 in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens that burned down during the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy.

The Republican lawmaker said in a statement that, along with many other Breezy Point residents, he had lost his home. He expressed gratitude that he and his family were safe after the destructive storm.

The cause of the blaze was still under investigation.

Turner won his seat in the Queens and Brooklyn area in a special election after Democrat Andrew Weiner was forced to resign because of a text-messaging scandal. His district is about to be eliminated because of redistricting and he ran unsuccessfully to be the Republican candidate for the Senate in the race against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121030/us-congressman-s-home/

[BeyondGeography]

1. Andrew Weiner?

[Tony_FLADEM]

2. The Republican that replaced Anthony Weiner in the Congress.

[edhopper]

3. He's been redistricted

or should i say undistricted. He tried for the Senate nomination and lost. Would have been trounced by Gillibrand any way.
No loss to NY. Sad about his and the other houses though.

[matt819]

4. Sorry his house burned down, etc.

I do hope he doesn't plan to accept any support from FEMA. After all, that's his party's position. No trailers, no emergency funding, nothing. Hope he has good insurance.

[madinmaryland]

6. I think Mittens has quite a bit of canned food he could send to him.

[kirby]

5. Ignored the mandatory evacution...

You would think he would have set an example, but as a Republican he probably wanted to demonstrate how much he hates gov't.