also work with his some of the communities and is just fwlad for the help. so i'm grateful to be here. >> of course, we haven't even mentioned hurricane season. it begins today. experts say it will be an active season in the atlantic, with as many as 11 hurricanes. but any look forward is haunted by looking back to hurricane sandy. we've learned a lot from that romney storm. >> from texas to maine, people are being warned to be prepared. last year's hurricane sandy certainly reinforced that point. from florida to maine, superstorm sandy's long reach touched every state along the eastern seaboard. hardest hit, new jersey and new york. cities, towns, swallowed up as sandy's catastrophic storm surge swept ashore.