Officials were also deciding whether to cancel school on Monday. Julia Xanthos/New York Daily News 
 
 He also said he will call up repair crews and reach out to other states that may have crews available. “The thing that we worry about the most is that people decide not to listen to the order to evacuate and then later on find themselves in harm’s way and then our police and fire departments have to put their lives on the line,�? The deadly tempest, which killed at least 41 people in the Caribbean, according to The Associated Press, is expected to make landfall late Monday night near Delaware. Bloomberg said during a hastily called afternoon press conference on Friday. On Friday afternoon, the hurricane's center was about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north-northeast of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas and 430 miles (695 kilometers) south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. Even the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ exchange in New York City said they would close; it was the first weather-related closure of the NYSE in 27 years. Cuomo canceled plans to campaign in Florida for President Obama so he could stay in New York. FLOODING, HIGH WINDS EXPECTED: SIGNIFICANT STORM 
 
 Throughout the day Monday, our winds will be steadily increasing to the 30 mph range with gusts of 40-55 mph. MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said officials would begin the second shutdown of all buses and subways in its history if winds reach 39 mph. Farther north, a... (Associated Press) 
 
 Meteorologists expect a natural horror show of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow for several days beginning early Sunday, peaking with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday. When she interacts with the cold Jetstream winds, she’ll become “sub-tropical” and her energy will be generated by the huge temperature differences in the atmosphere. The combination of storms will even bring a chance of snow to our area -- just flakes near D.C., but snow was reported in West Virginia as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Winter storm watches are in effect for Maryland and West Virginia. "The Perfect Storm only did $200 million of damage and I'm thinking a billion" this time, Masters said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday that wherever the storm comes ashore, there will be 10 inches (254 millimeters) of rain and extreme storm surges. Franklin Reyes/AP 
 
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 “But the storm is moving at a rate that we’re still not going to have a good sense of when and where it’s going to hit land.�? Some have compared the tempest to the so-called Perfect Storm that struck off the coast of New England in 1991, but that one hit a less populated area. With a rare mix of three big merging weather systems over a densely populated region, experts say there could be at least $1 billion in damage.  In the face of a potentially devastating storm, Gov. Cuomo declared a state of emergency for all 62 counties and said at a Long Island event that the state was taking “every precaution possible.�? “We are preparing and we encourage our customers to prepare as well,” the message said.
– Officials in the northeast declared states of emergency today as Hurricane Sandy and two nasty weather systems moved ominously toward the region, the Daily News and NBC Washington report. New York, DC, Maryland, and Virginia each declared a state of emergency, and New York City said it may evacuate up to 375,000 people before the hurricane arrives Sunday. Sandy—now churning north as the weakest-category hurricane—will likely converge Tuesday with frigid air from Canada and a wintry storm from the west, creating "a very serious storm that could be historic," a meteorologist tells the AP. Forecasters give the East Coast a 90% chance of being hit with extreme tides, harsh wind, heavy rain, and possibly snow for days starting Sunday morning. "It's going to be a long-lasting event, two to three days of impact for a lot of people," says the National Hurricane Center's top forecaster. He compared it to the "Perfect Storm" that lashed New England's coast in 1991: "The Perfect Storm only did $200 million of damage and I'm thinking a billion" with Hurricane Sandy, he said. "Yeah, it will be worse." Sandy has already killed at least 40 in the Caribbean. You can follow its path here.