div classmeta span classcaptiontext Neighbors, Don Schweikert, left, Mike Duvall, stand on the porches of their victorian homes Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy continues toward landfall. The neighbors say they would not evacuate because theirs is the highest street in Cape May, N.J., and has never flooded. The faststrengthening Hurricane Sandy churned north Monday, raking ghosttown cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts. The monster hurricane was expected to make a westward lurch and aim for New Jersey, blowing ashore Monday night and combining with two other weather systems  a wintry storm from the west and cold air rushing in from the Arctic  to create an epic superstorm.  AP Photo Mel Evansspandiv