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FBN’s Rich Edson breaks down how the nation’s Capital is preparing for Sandy.
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I would beach Delaware.
We had a little bit further south to Washington DC and asked the question what are the federal agencies.
Planning to do are they ready to respond to this widespread.
Disaster.
This devastating damage potentially rich -- standing by in the nation's capital rich.
Hey good morning dig in there watching and it there waiting FEMA has deployed assets up and down the East Coast including water bottles and blankets.
The Department of Defense says the National Guard stands ready to help but at this point it's really about where this comes ashore where the damages we don't know that yet we're not gonna know that.
For the next few hours or possibly even the next.
Few days as for the president's response he was supposed to do a campaign event Florida this morning.
He's leaving Florida early coming back here Washington DC.
To monitor events as for Washington DC itself basically all federal agencies.
Are close date and got to tell you when you driving to work -- like Columbus Day and a federal holiday there's nobody on the roads you've got that effect here today with a lot of rain and a lot of wind.
Really hasn't picked up quite yet and watched yet we were supposed to get some strong wind gusts by 8 o'clock this morning that really hasn't materialize it's just -- heavy.
Steady rain throughout the day.
Metro was close that's our subway system also metro buses are shut down here -- around the region.
There are some power outages reported in suburban Maryland parts -- Virginia but when you head further south.
Hampton roads Virginia that area Norfolk Virginia.
Those places are reporting most of the power outages so far and that's really here at least without the wind even picking up yet so.
You pretty much say it's thirty started here at least the power outages remember we had that huge storm.
Back in June some people without power for a couple of weeks.
And die and this really hasn't even started with a win yet and already we're seeing.
Couple hundred folks in the DC area without power.
-- -- -- On it's only gonna get worse from here rich thank you so much that rich -- and.
