NJ Before & After pics

[PATXgirl]

First time to post a thread here. Hopefully it's ok to post this here.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/hurricane-sandy-before-after-photos/


Hover your mouse over the satellite image and it will allow you to view before vs after pics of NJ's Sandy damages.

[HooptieWagon]

1. Welcome to DU!

Interesting pictures - good job for first post!

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Thanks for posting, PATXgirl. Just devastating--the NJ shore will never be the same again.

And welcome to DU!

[GEOpix]

3. Great job in posting this

This is perhaps the best photo essay of the the true devastation that occurred in our state. Thank you very much for posting.

[dmoyer]

4. Thank you PATXgirl

great link!
cheers

[Tx4obama]

5. Great link and photos. In my opinion I think folks shouldn't be allowed to build so close to water

especially if water is close on both sides, as some of the photos show.


And welcome to DU

[PATXgirl]

6. Thanks everyone for the welcome!

I'd found a similar site when one of the last hurricanes devastated Crystal Beach and Galveston here in TX and to see the images overlaid like that really shows the impact.

[gkhouston]

7. Thanks for posting these.

Welcome to DU!

[malaise]

8. Wow!

Think about the lives destroyed in those photos.

[ramapo]

9. Incredible. Just a reminder that barrier islands are transitory.

Thanks to the Australians too for the photos.

I am North Jerseyan who has spent many a vacation at the Jersey shore. We have (had?) some great beaches, some of the very best in my opinion.

I always wondered when the next big one would hit. This storm is not really unprecedented except perhaps in its size. The Jersey shore has been hit many times but there has been nothing like this one in at least 50 years. In the interim, countless millions was spent developing the barrier islands.

Not to be cold about it, but there is a certain arrogance when somebody builds on the beach or on what in some cases were spits of land that were only a few blocks wide. The question is not if your house will get washed away but when.

It will be interesting to see if construction will be allowed as close to the water as it was. I suspect that it will be, as money will triumph over longer term thinking. People just need to understand that they really don't own their beach homes. They are just borrowing the spot from Mother Nature until the next big one.

[unhappycamper]

10. Great pics!

Welcome.

[MadrasT]

11. Amazing. Thank you for posting this.

And welcome to DU.

[etherealtruth]

12. Thank you for posting and welcome!!!!