Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy destroys Breezy Point, Queens

Hurricane Sandy struck with a vengeance on Oct. 29, 2012, causing unprecedented destruction as 80 mph winds and record storm surges wreaked havoc across the East Coast, flooding tunnels, destroying homes and leaving more than 8 million without power. The superstorm is one of the costliest to ever hit the region, with property damages estimated around $20 billion. Here, an aerial shot shows the burnt remains of Breezy Point, a beachfront neighborhood in Queens completely destroyed by fires during the monster hurricane. See more images from Sandy’s catastrophic wake

    Barack Obama

 

 

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2009 - present: President of the United States
2005 - 2009: US Senator, Illinois
1997 - 2004: State Senator, Illinois
1993 - 2004: Attorney, Davis, Miner & Barnhill
1992 - 2004: Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School
1991: JD, Harvard Law School
1985 - 1988: Community organiser, Chicago
1983: BA in Political Science, Columbia University

 

 

 

President Obama Makes a Statement on Hurricane Sandy

 

 

   

Governor Chris Christie 

Christopher James "Chris" Christie (born September 6, 1962) is the 55th and current Governor of New Jersey. Upon his election to the governorship in November 2009, Christie became the first Republican to win a statewide election in New Jersey in 12 years. Christie, an attorney, previously served as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and as a Morris County, New Jersey Freeholder. In 2011, he considered entering the race for the Republican Presidential nomination but ultimately decided not to run.
Christie delivered the keynote address at the 2012 Republican National Convention.

New Jersey Gov. Christie

President Barack Obama

  Storm-Stricken Parts of New Jersey on Wednesday

Barack Obama toured storm-stricken parts of New Jersey on Wednesday with the state's Republican governor Chris Christie. With less than a week to go until election day, the two made a show of putting aside political differences in the wake of super storm Sandy.

President Obama offered words of comfort to those left bereaved by the storm.

"Our hearts go out to the families who have lost loved ones. It is true that because of some good preparation, the loss of life was kept lower than it might have been but for those individual families, obviously their world has been torn apart, and we need to make sure that everybody who has lost a loved one knows they are in our thoughts and prayers, and I speak for the whole country there," Mr Obama said.

Mr Christie, a vocal backer of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, praised the President for his response to the disaster, saying " I cannot thank the President enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our state."

Hurricane Sandy on Bikes in NYC