Life After Sandy: One Year Later
Saturday, October 26, 2013
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Boardwalk at 92nd Street in Rockaway Park, Queens in October 2013.
(Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
Early on Oct. 29, 2012, tropical storm Sandy, churning through
Atlantic Ocean waters in an easterly direction along America's
Eastern Seaboard, hit a high pressure cold front and curved
north-northeast. It was a left turn that became a left hook, aimed
straight at the ribs of New Jersey.
Sandy's center made landfall at 7:30 p.m. at Brigantine, just
north of Atlantic City. Its storm surge and 40 to 60 mile per hour winds
delivered a uppercut to New York City, a lethal blow that was cloaked
in darkness.
The combination of a huge tropical storm colliding with a massive cold front at high tide during a full moon meant were in for something that no one alive had ever experienced in the NY area.
New York City's 24/7 subway system — 656 miles of it — were shut down. All three area airports were closed. Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered mandatory evacuations of low lying and coastal areas. Millions of people lost power. Our region hunkered down and WNYC was on the air live watching and waiting with our listeners.
58 people in New York, NJ and Ct lost their lives to the storm, mostly due to drowning. The material damages were massive. Sandy would become the second-costliest hurricane in US history after Katrina leaving assessed damages of over $68 billion dollars. And as we’re learning, the emotional toll is still being tallied everyday by those still putting their lives back together.
Listen as we follow up on where we stand twelve months after Sandy.
Sandy burned down more than 100 homes in Breezy Point. In the days after residents continued to pick through the rubble for belongings. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
(Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
The morning after Sandy in Coney Island. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
Outside of the housing projects in Far Rockaway residents charge cell phones while the power is still out. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
The morning after Sandy residents in ground floor apartments in Brighton Beach were inundated with water. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
In February the boardwalk at Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park remains warped, yet residents continue to walk on it to get to the beach. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
In January residents in Rockaway Beach still had no power and ran an extension cord from a neighbors home for power. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
On Rockaway Beach Boulevard 17 buildings burned down during Sandy. In February most of the debris from the fire has been removed. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
Construction on comfort stations at Beach 116th Street in April, 2013 in Rockaways Park, Queens. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
The combination of a huge tropical storm colliding with a massive cold front at high tide during a full moon meant were in for something that no one alive had ever experienced in the NY area.
New York City's 24/7 subway system — 656 miles of it — were shut down. All three area airports were closed. Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered mandatory evacuations of low lying and coastal areas. Millions of people lost power. Our region hunkered down and WNYC was on the air live watching and waiting with our listeners.
58 people in New York, NJ and Ct lost their lives to the storm, mostly due to drowning. The material damages were massive. Sandy would become the second-costliest hurricane in US history after Katrina leaving assessed damages of over $68 billion dollars. And as we’re learning, the emotional toll is still being tallied everyday by those still putting their lives back together.
Listen as we follow up on where we stand twelve months after Sandy.
One year of covering Sandy in photos:
Sandy burned down more than 100 homes in Breezy Point. In the days after residents continued to pick through the rubble for belongings. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
(Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
The morning after Sandy in Coney Island. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
Outside of the housing projects in Far Rockaway residents charge cell phones while the power is still out. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
The morning after Sandy residents in ground floor apartments in Brighton Beach were inundated with water. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
In February the boardwalk at Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park remains warped, yet residents continue to walk on it to get to the beach. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
In January residents in Rockaway Beach still had no power and ran an extension cord from a neighbors home for power. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
On Rockaway Beach Boulevard 17 buildings burned down during Sandy. In February most of the debris from the fire has been removed. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
Construction on comfort stations at Beach 116th Street in April, 2013 in Rockaways Park, Queens. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
Editors:
Karen FrillmannContributors:
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Paul Schneider, Broadcast Engineer, Soundcheck
Paul Schneider joined the world of listener-supported radio in 2006 after his listener-supported band (paulschneidermusic.com) stopped being so self-supporting. Luckily, he landed a position as a staff engineer at WNYC.
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Amy Eddings
Amy Eddings is the local host of “All Things Considered,” which airs from 4 PM until 8 PM weekdays. She started hosting in 2004, after long-time host JoAnn Allen left for the West Coast. Before ATC, Amy was a reporter. Her favorite topics were--and still are--garbage and recycling, which she still reports on whenever she can get out of the studio.
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