Salvage Titles scrubbed clean by Sandy's Waters?

Flood damaged cars lined up in Long Island on an airport tarmac. Doug Kuntz, New York TimesWhat ever happened to all those flood damaged cars left after Hurricane Sandy's waters receded?  Apparently, insurance companies, after writing them off as losses, are auctioning them off.  However, due to certain laws, the buyers of these damaged cars car re-register them out of state, and resell them to customers who might never know they are buying a flood damaged vehicle!  Read the entire report in the New York Times