great to see her again, secretary jo-ellen darcy. said assistant secretary in august of 2009, i am pricking a pattern here -- picking up a pattern here -- 2009 was a good year. until 2000 she served as a theessional staff master -- line she then moved out on to the senate finance committee where she served on the senate environmental our advisory. thank you for your work and the great work of the folks you need. we ask you to start your testimony. please keep it close to five minutes. voting aroundtart 11:15. please proceed. >> thank you. hurricane sandy was essentially two disasters in one. it covered a geographical area that today we know the heaviest impact that it were in. landfall weaver anticipated impacts as far south as keep patterson. as far west as virginia, which was under a blizzard warning, all the way up to the central ohio valley and into the new england states. to prepare for that we are able to utilize the authorities granted if the law when fema was authorized as opposed to the format. that clearly stated that in th