October 30, 2012. 8:00 am. Ocean Grove. The day after Sandy made landfall in the OG area on 10/29/ 12. Paul Goldfinger photo—- Blogfinger.net Click once to enlarge.
LUCIA MICARELLI (violin) “Oblivion.” From her album Music From a Farther Room.
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Remembering Sandy —–Ocean Grove. 10/30/12
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Remembering Sandy with photographs. Third anniversary today—– October 29,
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Ocean Grove boardwalk. Oct. 30, 2012. 8:00 am. Paul Goldfinger photo © Click to enlarge.
Great Auditorium roof was damaged, fore and aft. It still awaits a permanent fix. Oct. 30, 2012. Paul Goldfinger photo ©
Sandy Ocean Grove. by Bob Bowné. October 30, 2012 ©
What do you remember? My house shook, but had no significant damage or flooding. I recall the sights when we went down to the beachfront on the morning of October 30, 2012. People hesitatingly came down to see. We had seen the horrible images of places like Mantoloking on television, so we knew that we were lucky—lucky to not live on a barrier island.
Ocean Grove has some low areas, such as the southeast precinct where flooding occured, but much of the rest of the town had enough elevation to avoid water damage. A couple of days later a solitary surf fisherman came from out of town just to fish in Ocean Grove, a place that he loved.
Now, most of our boardwalk is complete except for the North End and the pier. We are better prepared now with dunes and bulkheads. The boardwalk was specially engineered to be extra strong. Many homeless victims who needed a place to stay came to the Grove. Some of them remained for quite a while, and there are probably some who are still around town. We cannot ever forget the volunteers who showed up, often with everything they needed including food and they gave and they asked for nothing in return.
Link to Bob Bowne´s iconic photograph of Sandy:
Loudon Wainwright III. “Carrickfergus”. From Boardwalk Empire.