"I've worked multiple disasters, but I've never worked an ice storm with a forecast like this.
The cyclone has approached from the east after crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria from Queensland's Cape York Peninsula where it made landfall as a category four storm but caused minimal damage.
The governor's work leading New Jersey through the recovery from the storm, which damaged more than 360,000 homes and businesses, helped cement his national reputation as a no-nonsense, hard-driving governor willing to work closely with Democrats to get things done.
Lowe, unaware of the storm about to break above his head, reportedly turned to a friend and said "Damn!
"The storm of airplanes will not stop," Abu Ghaith was heard warning in an October 2001 video that was played for the jury.
For me the lull before the storm was illustrated by the complacent attitude of the Federal Reserve's vice-chairman Stanley Fischer, in his question and answer session after the annual Per Jacobsson lecture – not least when he dismissed that great central banking veteran Paul Volcker's call for a more structured international financial system.
The Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, has admitted that this week's wave of arrests and corruption allegations have "unleashed a storm" but improbably called for "unity and team spirit" as he appealed for a fifth term of office.
Killing starfish is akin to swatting a locust storm with a butterfly net.
So, that was the year that was: storm, death, war, pestilence and some excellent baking.
The storm sewer drains into a lake and rescue crews were using sonar and boats to search.
In Iowa, rescue crews were searching for 17-year-old Logan Blake, who was swept away in a Cedar Rapids storm drain Monday night.
