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"Late-night hosts David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon sent home their live audiences Monday afternoon as Hurricane Sandy started to whip through New York City, but that didn't stop them from taping.\nBoth shows began with the hosts outside in rain coats, followed by pan shots of empty audience seats.\n\"Because of safety, we thought if we got 500 people here in the audience that would be great, but they would be getting out just in time for the full-on attack of Hurricane Sandy, and that wouldn't be a good idea,\" Letterman told band leader Paul Schaffer. \"We felt like we would be putting the audience \u2014 hell, we've been doing that for 30 years!\"\n\nSEE ALSO: 7 Fake Hurricane Sandy Photos You\u2019re Sharing on Social Media\nAlthough Letterman still performed his Top 10 List \u2014 the topic was rejected names for Frankenstorm such as iPaddy \u2014 and cracked jokes about the presidential candidates, the hurricane was clearly top of mind throughout the show. \nActor Denzel Washington joined Letterman on stage, saying he \"swam\" to get there. Fallon also had a strong lineup of guests, including Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers, Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi, director Robert Zemeckis and the band Imagine Dragons.\n\n\"Hurricane Sandy is on its way, and I'm hoping if you're home and watching, you're safe and warm,\" Fallon said. \"We sent our guests home, but we're here. All of our guests came, which is big for us. We were worried we weren't going to get guests.\"\nMore Coverage of Hurricane Sandy\n\n\nThe Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreezy Point, Queens\n\"Destruction after fire in Breezy Point, Queens.\" Via Official New York City Fire Department\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreezy Point, Queens\n\"Destruction after fire in Breezy Point, Queens.\"Via Official New York City Fire Department\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuantanamo Bay, Cuba\n\n\"Damage being repaired on the roof of the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Arts and Crafts Center after Hurricane Sandy made landfall.\"\nVia Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs/Sgt. Brett Perkins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNorth Carolina\nVia North Carolina Department of Public Transportation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nManhattan\n\n\"No traffic on the FDR today. This was all under water the night before. It's amazing how a storm like Sandy can completely shut down an entire city.\"\nVia WanderingtheWorld\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSouth Ferry Station, Manhattan\nA submerged escalator at the South Ferry subway station in Lower Manhattan. Via MTA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEast Village, Manhattan\nPeople bail water from a basement of an East Village business. Via Brennan Cavanaugh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWest Village, Manhattan\n\n\"Bleeker Street Pizza: OPEN- The electricity was still out, but they were making pizza anyway, with the help of their gas-fired oven and a few spelunker head lamps.\"\nVia Nick Sherman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEast Village at Avenue C, Manhattan\nVia jesseandgreg\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBattery Park\nA truck is submerged in Battery Park, Manhattan. Via Andrea Canning\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBelmar, New Jersey\n\"Hurricane Sandy damage in Belmar, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.\" Via Talk Radio News Service\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeaside Heights, New Jersey\n\n\"Aerial views of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast taken during a search and rescue mission by 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, Oct. 30, 2012.\"\nVia U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhite Hall subway station in NYC\nVia Andrew Cuomo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNorth Wildwood, New Jersey\nVia thejkinz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWest Wildwood, New Jersey\nA street underwater. Via thejkinz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLong Island, New York\nA tree uprooted in Long Island, New York. Via nikki_skye\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStonybrook, Long Island, NY\nvia Meghan Pipe\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichigan\nVia lafontainenissan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNYC\nVia miss_pagano\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDumbo, Brooklyn\n\"Main St. After Hurricane Sandy\" Via DumboNYC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDumbo, Brooklyn\n\"Jane's carousel is basically an island now. Poor horses.\"  Via andjelicaaa\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToronto\nVia toastmatic\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStaten Island\nVia katemcdermott7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWest Virginia\n\"John Schmidt, of the West Virginia Field Office, photographed his backyard during Hurricane Sandy.\" Via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFort Greene Park, Brooklyn\nVia juspostbellum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStaten Island\nVia anitaaaaaaaaaa3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRed Cross Digital Command Center\n\"President Obama visits the American Red Cross Digital Command Center following Hurricane Sandy\"Via Dell\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPortsmouth, Virginia\n\"Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, visits Soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment Oct. 30 in Portsmouth, Va. \"Via Virginia Guard Public Affairs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPiscataway Township, New Jersey\n\"Spc. Anthony Monte along with Soldiers from the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, mobilized for Hurricane Sandy provide assistance to displaced residents at an emergency shelter at the Werblin Recreation Center, Piscataway Township, N.J., Oct. 29, 2012.\"Via U.S. Army\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDamaged Space Shuttle Enterprise\nVia John deGuzman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMears, Virginia\n\"Virginia National Guard Soldiers trudged through high water and cut trees to clear a path for two rescue missions that transported seven adults and one child to safety at two locations on Cattail Road in the Mears, Va. area Oct. 30.\" Via The National Gaurd\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFort Greene, Brooklyn\nA car that has been smashed by a tree in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Via CSondi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew York City Subway Stations Turn Into Eery, Empty Platforms \n6 Fake Hurricane Sandy Photos You\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDre Sharing on Social Media\nHere\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDs Proof That Hurricane Sandy Is Nothing Like Irene\nIncredible Viral Soldier Pic Debunked by Military\nBoy Rides Air Mattress Through Flooded Virginia Streets\nHow Will Hurricane Sandy Affect The Internet? [VIDEO]\n5 Emergency Apps to Download Before Hurricane Sandy Hits [VIDEO]\nHow to Use Facebook and Twitter Without the Internet\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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