Rain and clouds on the east coast do not necessarily mean that you will escape from Hurricane Sandy, because in her case you can run, but you can't hide from that bad girl.
Bad Betsy - now that was another bad gal. We all thought she blew up the coast, but then she stalled off South Carolina, took her good ol' time about it, went back south to the Bahamas, then came back up and trashed Florida, then trashed New Orleans. Sandy is a big girl, and nasty.