Joaquin’s forecast track shows it could be near North Carolina by Monday and possibly New Jersey a day later — a path that could bring it hauntingly close to where Superstorm Sandy made landfall in 2012.
Christie said the executive order was intended to give state officials the tools “to ensure a speed and orderly response.”
“There is no question, listen, I’m much better prepared,” Christie said. “For the folks who are up here, who lived through Sandy, they are all much better prepared.”
It was just three years ago this month that Sandy slammed the northeastern United States, devastating parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
But the projected path of the current storm system already has changed multiple times and could change again.
“The bottom line is, although you can’t be prepared for everything, there is no doubt that we are in a much, much better position than we have ever been before,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters Thursday.
