Sandbags are used to protect the entrance to the designer Tory Burch store in the Meatpacking District in New York on Monday, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continues its steady advance with heavy wind and rain. New York has shut down the schools, the transit system and the Holland and Hugh L. Carey Tunnels have been closed. Evacuations have been ordered in the &quot;Zone A&quot; areas including Battery park City. (&copy; Richard B. Levine)