U.S. prepares for Hurricane Sandy

Cody Billotte walks through the high water as he loads his car to go to work as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast Oct. 28, 2012, in Ocean City, Md. Governors from North Carolina, where steady rains were whipped by gusting winds, to Connecticut declared states of emergency. Delaware ordered mandatory evacuations for coastal communities by 8 p.m.

Credit: AP Photo