Here are some pictures during and after Hurricane Sandy. This is part of our local playground. This was before the hurricane even hit. High tide around noon when she was making landfall later in the evening.
At around 11pm, Dad and I walked down the end of our block. It was supposed to be the worst part of the storm. The sound the trees made were unreal. You expect for trees to come uprooted by storms. But there were huge trees that just snapped. Our flashlights caught a glare where the road should have been and I couldn't understand what I was seeing. "Dad, I think thats a boat?" It took him a while to believe me because we couldn't get very close. The next morning we walked down. Yes, it was a boat. A boat appropriately called Tip-Sea.
I can't complain about our lack of power. We had a lot of candles. We made due with Candyland, lanterns and candles. I drank lots of wine and cooked all the food in the freezer on our gas stove that was remarkably still working. It was actually kind of nice.
This is one of the main road into our town that got partially washed away. They are trying to open it back up in July. Until then its the long way out of town.
One of the most shocking pictures I've seen. (Taken by a friend). This is Long Beach. Wyatt and I have walked down this street hundreds of times. It is going to take a while but it will be back and stronger then ever.
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