When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.

Before Katrina, it was a longstanding tradition in our country for political officials to wait until the last minute to warn, to take action, to evacuate. No more. With Irene, you had mass evacuations - mandatory ones - issued days ahead of time. That was the right thing to do.

People need to be cautious because anything built by man can be destroyed by Mother Nature.

You were born free by accident. You live free by choice. To die free is your responsibility.

The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches.

Superstorm Sandy inflicted havoc and heartache throughout the Northeast, hitting the Big Apple and its surrounding coastal towns hard.