11-02-2012, 03:07 AM
We actually had Obama fly over our house yesterday with the governor of nj to survey the wreckage. It was definitely a weird sight to see.
I live about a mile from the beach and my family owns a beach house about a block from the beach. We took as many precautions as we could with both houses. Our main house made it out fine. We had a few large limbs come down outside our house and most of our fence blow over, but that's about it. Our rental property condition is still unknown. They will not let us get down to the beach to see it because the condition is still unsafe. The storm hit us around 7pm. The dunes for our beach that were supposed to keep the water out washed away around 3pm. This was before the hurricane even hit. There are reports that there was about 10 feet of water where our rental property was. The prospects are not good. I managed to make it down to the bridge that goes to the beach area on bike, but they have it blocked off and you can see large boats sitting in the street over the bridge. It's really hard to imagine the destruction that one storm can cause until you see it with your own eyes.
Luckily we are starting to see some signs of life. Some local restaurants in my town were giving out food and coffee today and a local pizza place was giving out free pizzas even. Everyone is helping out and doing as much as they can.
I'll keep everyone posted and upload a bunch of pictures when I can, but for now ill have to settle with typing from my phone in my pitch black house
I live about a mile from the beach and my family owns a beach house about a block from the beach. We took as many precautions as we could with both houses. Our main house made it out fine. We had a few large limbs come down outside our house and most of our fence blow over, but that's about it. Our rental property condition is still unknown. They will not let us get down to the beach to see it because the condition is still unsafe. The storm hit us around 7pm. The dunes for our beach that were supposed to keep the water out washed away around 3pm. This was before the hurricane even hit. There are reports that there was about 10 feet of water where our rental property was. The prospects are not good. I managed to make it down to the bridge that goes to the beach area on bike, but they have it blocked off and you can see large boats sitting in the street over the bridge. It's really hard to imagine the destruction that one storm can cause until you see it with your own eyes.
Luckily we are starting to see some signs of life. Some local restaurants in my town were giving out food and coffee today and a local pizza place was giving out free pizzas even. Everyone is helping out and doing as much as they can.
I'll keep everyone posted and upload a bunch of pictures when I can, but for now ill have to settle with typing from my phone in my pitch black house