FRANKENSTORM: -"Take Hurricane SANDY Seriously"- OBAMA & FEMA WARNING to America
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- Updated: 17 Oct 2014
FRANKENSTORM: -"Take Hurricane SANDY Seriously"- OBAMA & FEMA WARNING to Americans
Ahead of Hurricane Sandy's impending landfall, President Obama on Sunday visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency's headquarters for a briefing on the latest storm preparations. During a press conference after meeting with FEMA Director Craig Fugate, the president said: "My first message is to all people across the Eastern seaboard is that you need to take this very seriously."
Ahead of Hurricane Sandy's impending landfall, President Obama visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., for a briefing on the latest storm preparations.
"My first message is to all the people across the Eastern seaboard..., you need to take this very seriously and follow the instructions of your state and local officials," Mr. Obama said after meeting with FEMA Director Craig Fugate. The president also held a conference call with governors and mayors whose states and cities are likely to be impacted by the storm.
Officials "don't yet know where it's going to hit," the president said, stressing, "This is a serious and big storm."
The president said resources "are in place" to respond to Sandy and that local, state and federal governments are prepared to "respond big and respond fast."
The storm, which is currently moving north over the Atlantic Ocean, is expected to veer west and hit the east coast and collide with two other storm fronts sometime early Tuesday.
FEMA Director Fugate recommended that people visit the website for information and preparation advice. He also advised people to "check with your neighbors."
With nine days left until Election Day, Sandy is causing disruptions to the presidential campaigns' schedules. Mr. Obama has cancelled a campaign event in Virginia Monday evening and one in Colorado Tuesday morning, and Mitt Romney has also changed his campaign schedule. He is spending more time in Ohio instead of holding campaign events in Virginia today.
President Barack Obama warned on Sunday that Hurricane Sandy was a "serious and big storm" and called on East Coast residents to heed the orders of state and local officials to protect themselves from its onslaught.
Obama, speaking after a briefing at the federal government's storm response center in Washington, said officials had assured him that they had all the resources they needed in place, and he stressed that "it is important for us to respond big and to respond fast" to the hurricane's onslaught.
"We're going to cut through red tape and we're not going to get bogged down in a lot of rules," said Obama, who was having to juggle both is re-election bid and his efforts to stay on top of the storm's impact just nine days before Election Day.
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FRANKENSTORM: -"Take Hurricane SANDY Seriously"- OBAMA & FEMA WARNING to Americans
Ahead of Hurricane Sandy's impending landfall, President Obama on Sunday visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency's headquarters for a briefing on the latest storm preparations. During a press conference after meeting with FEMA Director Craig Fugate, the president said: "My first message is to all people across the Eastern seaboard is that you need to take this very seriously."
Ahead of Hurricane Sandy's impending landfall, President Obama visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., for a briefing on the latest storm preparations.
"My first message is to all the people across the Eastern seaboard..., you need to take this very seriously and follow the instructions of your state and local officials," Mr. Obama said after meeting with FEMA Director Craig Fugate. The president also held a conference call with governors and mayors whose states and cities are likely to be impacted by the storm.
Officials "don't yet know where it's going to hit," the president said, stressing, "This is a serious and big storm."
The president said resources "are in place" to respond to Sandy and that local, state and federal governments are prepared to "respond big and respond fast."
The storm, which is currently moving north over the Atlantic Ocean, is expected to veer west and hit the east coast and collide with two other storm fronts sometime early Tuesday.
FEMA Director Fugate recommended that people visit the website for information and preparation advice. He also advised people to "check with your neighbors."
With nine days left until Election Day, Sandy is causing disruptions to the presidential campaigns' schedules. Mr. Obama has cancelled a campaign event in Virginia Monday evening and one in Colorado Tuesday morning, and Mitt Romney has also changed his campaign schedule. He is spending more time in Ohio instead of holding campaign events in Virginia today.
President Barack Obama warned on Sunday that Hurricane Sandy was a "serious and big storm" and called on East Coast residents to heed the orders of state and local officials to protect themselves from its onslaught.
Obama, speaking after a briefing at the federal government's storm response center in Washington, said officials had assured him that they had all the resources they needed in place, and he stressed that "it is important for us to respond big and to respond fast" to the hurricane's onslaught.
"We're going to cut through red tape and we're not going to get bogged down in a lot of rules," said Obama, who was having to juggle both is re-election bid and his efforts to stay on top of the storm's impact just nine days before Election Day.
- published: 17 Oct 2014
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