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Today is the second anniversary of Super Storm Sandy. Seems like forever ago and at the same time yesterday.
 
I don't remember that, was it a bad storm?
 
What's creepy is that the high tide came in today at the exact same time it did that day. I drove home on the road that winds around the harbor behind where I live. Today the water was about 3 feet below the level of the road, normal high tide. That day, I drove home about 4 hrs earlier and the water was already coming over the road. The tidal surge was 10' we are lucky that our house is about 80' above sea level (very hilly area). Same hills people cursed in the snow storms saved us in Sandy....
 
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Originally posted by HOGAN

I don't remember that, was it a bad storm?

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I think it was......I remember seeing it on TV from my Florida room. :)
 
The surge came in perfect to do damage, the big hook of land got it and flooded everything.
 
A day I will never forget!

RIP No CurrentSea left!

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I lost a lot that day. Living in Long Beach, I was displaced for 5 months. My house in Massapequa was hit pretty hard. Forced my folks out of NY too.
 
Its an anniversary you won't forget.

We saw the eye of Category 4 Hurricane Charley 10 years ago this year.

Imagine the damage you would have seen if Sandy brought cat 3 or 4 winds along with that water. . . .

RUN FORREST, RUN.......

RWS
 
Lost a lot that day and was displaced for months as well. Losing the boat was the smallest thing Wouldn't wish it upon anyone
 
I remember that day, what a hangover!!

.....DUDE, where'd I park my car, er BOAT?

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We got caught in FL and could not get home. Since we had just moved in a month before, nobody had a key to our apartment. Three feet of water though the first floor which is storage, garage and utilities. Lost 2 cars including my 50th anniversary corvette. Stayed with good friends for 10 days and then went back to the condo and lived for a month without heat.

Not fun but we were more fortunate than many in Long Beach.
 
We got LUCKY. We lived on the water in Copiague for over 20 years with NO water issues ever. I sold my place to a friend of mine ( for 20+ years ) and we moved out on July 15......only a few months before Sandy. His house got destroyed with over 5' of water in the basement. VERY SAD.
 
For a lot of people who were trying to sell their boats and looking to get out of boating, Sandy was the best thing that ever happened to them.
 
Parents live on the water in south Jersey, about 20 miles north of AC, water over the kitchen counter.
Much of their neighborhood is still vacant, people waked away.
They rebuilt, but have to look at the remaining damage daily.
 
Thankfully, we sold our Massapequa waterfront home a year before. But feel for the new owners who put mega bucks into doing it "their" way. They had 4 feet of water in the lower level! I don't know if I could've handled that.
 
10 September was a hurricane anniversary in Jacksonville FL. DORA, 1964. Old Timers still talk about it. The name Dora was retired.
 
One benefit for us was a brand new marina, docks, electric, pilings etc and a brand new restaurant on the property.

Many people are still rebuilding down in Monmouth Beach area.
 
My Marina will never recover... Its a shell of what it was...SADLY

Rob
 
Boating just hasn't been the same for me after Sandy. My pride and joy never got totally repaired and I lost interest.
I'm trying to rekindle interest now but the weather will soon be working against me. I spent the last 2 days building a new Starboard lower helm panel which houses new AC & DC fuse panels They are a 2nd 30A AC breaker panel, an 8 circuit DC panel, a small 3 circuit DC panel for my navigation lights. I also reinforced my double 8D battery box to accept the (4) Unigy1 105AH AGM's, I built all the interconnecting 2/0 cables, installed my Tri-Star TS45 solar controller and it's remote display, mounted the NAVICO AIS Class B transponder and the secondary Garmin VHF200 radio on this new control panel. In addition I mounted the ProMariner 2000 watt inverter/ 70 amp DC charger's remote. I'm now building the low current DC side as well as the main portion of the NMEA2000 network. The panel also has a 600 amp 4 position battery switch, a 600 amp negative buss bar and a really cool custom built (from E-Bay) bilge pump(s) control panel with a daily/ weekly and monthly counter.
I already installed my Edson mounts on the Garmin Radar and the KVH M3. Once I get them to the boat I'll cut the 3" heavy duty masts to size and install starboard under the bases so I won't damage my decks.
I've done other stuff but at this point I have been at it since 4AM this morning and I'm running out of steam!
Bill
 
Sandy may not have had that much wind but it sure took the wind out of many people.
 
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