East Coast Begins To Clean Up And Assess Damage From Hurricane Sandy

FARMINGDALE, NY - OCTOBER 30: Minnesota based Incident Management Team led by Brian Pisarek (back to camera) meets at the Courtyard Marriott to plan out strategy in dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Farmingdale, New York. The storm has claimed at least a few dozen lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. U.S. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a "major disaster" for large areas of the U.S. east coast, including New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)