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Huntington, Long Island here. We're on the north shore about 1 block south of the harbor. Our neighborhood looked like a war zone after the storm, but the Power Authority did one of the most outstandind jobs I've ever seen - and comming from a Heavy Marine Contractor, that's quite a compliment! Land line phone service has been restored, but cell service is still intermittant. Our internet service returned yesterday.
Last year we we had no power for over 6 days after Irene. This year we were out for 4, and this storm was much more severe. However, as of today, about 1/2 of the homes on our block are still dark. We've been helped by, and are helping family, friends and neighbors by making our home availabe for warmth, hot showers and food, as needed.
On Long Island, the north shore had the wind damage, but the south shore, as well as Manhattan and New Jersey suffered wind AND tidal surge. From the southwest tip of the Long Island barrier beaches (Breezy Point/Long Beach) all the way east to Suffolk County, there was over 12 feet in tidal storm surge. We had a wind and a moon, thus amplifying the tidal height. This is not wave height, but an increase in the mean sea level elevation. My neice was stranded on the top floor of her boyfriends house for the duration, as the bottom floor was flooded up to the ceiling. Unbeknownst to my sister, they did NOT evacuate as instructed (not a neuron between them) and she had to wade through chest-high water on Tuesday at low tide to get to high ground. Luckily the house stood during this episode. The south shore is truly a disaster, as is the Jersey shore all the way down.
I'm one of those guys who howels at the horrible excuse for a medial that routinely has it's hands in the air and its hair on fire when 'reporting' upcomming weather events. 'Storm alert, wind alert, fog alert, sun alert, pollen alert, cold alert, ice alert, humidity alert' and on and on adnauseum. Now, like the boy who cried wolf, many people did not pay attention and this real, old fashion storm took them by suprise.
Make no mistake, this one truly was the real deal and my heart goes out to those on on the south shore of Long Island and on the New Jersey shoreline. Despite our damage and ongoing inconveneince, we are very lucky compared to their recent and ongoing plight.
Last year we we had no power for over 6 days after Irene. This year we were out for 4, and this storm was much more severe. However, as of today, about 1/2 of the homes on our block are still dark. We've been helped by, and are helping family, friends and neighbors by making our home availabe for warmth, hot showers and food, as needed.
On Long Island, the north shore had the wind damage, but the south shore, as well as Manhattan and New Jersey suffered wind AND tidal surge. From the southwest tip of the Long Island barrier beaches (Breezy Point/Long Beach) all the way east to Suffolk County, there was over 12 feet in tidal storm surge. We had a wind and a moon, thus amplifying the tidal height. This is not wave height, but an increase in the mean sea level elevation. My neice was stranded on the top floor of her boyfriends house for the duration, as the bottom floor was flooded up to the ceiling. Unbeknownst to my sister, they did NOT evacuate as instructed (not a neuron between them) and she had to wade through chest-high water on Tuesday at low tide to get to high ground. Luckily the house stood during this episode. The south shore is truly a disaster, as is the Jersey shore all the way down.
I'm one of those guys who howels at the horrible excuse for a medial that routinely has it's hands in the air and its hair on fire when 'reporting' upcomming weather events. 'Storm alert, wind alert, fog alert, sun alert, pollen alert, cold alert, ice alert, humidity alert' and on and on adnauseum. Now, like the boy who cried wolf, many people did not pay attention and this real, old fashion storm took them by suprise.
Make no mistake, this one truly was the real deal and my heart goes out to those on on the south shore of Long Island and on the New Jersey shoreline. Despite our damage and ongoing inconveneince, we are very lucky compared to their recent and ongoing plight.
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