The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Nov. 1-4, 2012, among 1,011 adults, finds that interest in the storm is particularly high in the Northeast: fully 730% of those living in this region say they are following news about Sandy very closely, compared with 530% of those in the South, 46% of those in the Midwest and 430% of those in the West.