Hurricane Sandy Becoming a Superstorm

By Douglas V. Gibbs

The headlines tell the story as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the American East Coast:

5 Reasons Sandy will be Epic - The Weather Channel

Hurricane Sandy Strengthens and Heads to Northeast - NYTimes

Meteorologist: Storm Could be Bigger than Worst East Coast Storm on Record that Killed 800 - CBS DC

Sandy Considered a Hurricane Again, Winds Clocked at 75 MPH - Fox News

New York City Mayor Bloomberg: A decision on mass transit closing expected early Sunday afternoon - broadcast

Bloomberg: The beaches are dangerous, and surfing is extremely dangerous. No surfing tomorrow, please - @NYNJSurf

ALERT: Gov. Christie suspends tolls on northbound Garden State Parkway and westbound Atlantic City Expressway starting at 6 a.m. Sunday

All Fire Island, New York, residents ordered to evacuate by 2p ET Sunday - @SteveKopack

Delaware governor orders mandatory evacuation of coastal areas at 8pm throughout the state - @GovernorMarkell

@NBCConnecticut tweeted: #Breaking: Fairfield issues Mandatory Evacuation for beach area beginning at noon on Sunday #Sandy

@NBCPhiladelphia tweeted: #BREAKING: State of Emergency Declared in Wilmington, Del http://t.co/EzxjS9xt #Sandy

Mayor declares state of emergency for Baltimore, Maryland - @ABC2NEWS

Sandy forces Romney to cancel Sunday afternoon campaigning in Va. after previously canceling evening events -@CBSNews

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick declares state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Sandy - @cbsboston

NJ Gov. Christie: Tolls to be waived on AC Expressway starting tomorrow at 6am to help with evacuations - @NBCPhiladelphia

Connecticut Gov Malloy: We have 350 National Guardsman, will increase to 400 to assist in recovery - @NBCConnecticut

Live video: Connecticut Gov. Malloy's briefing on Hurricane Sandy http://cour.at/vvBzMo - @hartfordcourant

Voluntary evacuations issued for Pamlico County, North Carolina, due to possible storm surge - @WITN

Mandatory evacuations of Atlantic City, New Jersey, casinos to begin on Sunday - @AP

Experts: Sandy wider, stronger than Irene, which caused $15B in damage in 2011 - @AP

We will continue to watch this story. . . 

Is this the crisis the Obama administration has been waiting for?

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