Sandy roared ashore between Sea Isle City and Avalon, NJ at 8pm last night as a Category 1 storm (maximum sustained winds of 80 mph). This is 5 miles south of Atlantic City (pictures below) and just a few towns south of Ocean City, NJ (pictures below).
We made it through! We didn't even lose power (but we did lose internet until this afternoon). I went out to see the Schuylkill River cresting and was surprised to see it was much lower than last year's Hurricane Irene. Unfortunately, many many places were not so lucky.
Ocean City, NJ High School:
Long Beach Island, NJ:
Ocean City, NJ (10th St):
Atlantic City, NJ (that's a piece of the boardwalk floating there):
World Trade Center / Freedom Tower construction site in NYC:
Stay safe during the clean up. Be patient. Some people, especially those along the Jersey shore and the people affected by the fire in Queens, were impacted deeply by this storm.
You all were lucky, there were some that faired worse. Prayers are with those who were effected by this storm.
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