Hurricane Sandy
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Hurricane Sandy was predicted (in late October 2012) to arrive "somewhere along the East Coast late Sunday into early Monday, is anticipated to affect 50-60 million people along the East Coast."[1]
The Governor of Pennsylvania declared a State of Emergency Saturday night. Other emergencies have been declared in Maryland, New York, Virginia and Washington D.C., with widespread power outages expected. The New York City subway system began shutting down at 7:00 Sunday night, and the mayor announced that public schools would not open Monday.
Nickname
It was dubbed the "Frankenstorm" (a reference to the Halloween monster) after weather forecasters said that a cold front and a jetstream would turn the hurricane into a monster storm.