Traffic Lights out In Nassau County and Queens after Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy - Traffic light out at Major intersection. The Weather Channel. President Obama Speaks on Hurricane Sandy. Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 28, 2012 Remarks By The President on Hurricane Sandy FEMA Headquarters Washington, D.C. THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Obviously, all of us across the country are concerned about the potential impact of Hurricane Sandy. This is a serious and big storm. We just had an excellent meeting with the FEMA team here, the various agencies that are in charge, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy and others that are going to need to respond very quickly.
Under Craig Fugate's leadership here at FEMA we've had a chance to talk to the regional officials as well. At this stage, everybody is confident that the staging process, the prepositioning of resources, commodities, equipment that are going to be needed to respond to this storm are in place. I want to thank all the members of the team for the outstanding work that they’re doing. So again, thank you, everybody. MR. THE PRESIDENT: Okay. All right. Hurricane Sandy Calm Before its massive hit! Hurricane Sandy Update Queens NYC. When Sandy Came our Way -- Another Perfect Storm? Is the name given to a tropical storm that started shaping up over a week ago. We don't want to delve into why they chose women names most of the time, but Sandy is already making history. As of 11a.m. Sunday October 28th Sandy was at Category 1 strength, packing 75 mph winds, about 250 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and moving northeast at 14 mph as of 11 a.m.
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