Hey R3V. Had no way of reaching this site for the past week. Just got back to my college, we were at a shelter for a few days, then at my Grandmothers who was more inland.
but basically, as many others have probably said, this storm was more devastating than anyone predicted. New Jersey is crippled, along with New York. My neighborhood basically washed away. 3 feet of water in a house was average. My community lost 5 people (as far as we know).
My house was one of the only in a mile radius that didnt flood. We are on 8 foot pilings and it came to the last step on our porch. I'll try and get video and pictures up to put it in perspective. We we're riding a motor boat through our streets the days following. During the storm, trees were falling, transistors were arcing and blowing. 3 house fires were left to burn out because fire trucks could physically not reach them. Pure chaos.
The bad news: 2 e30's were lost in my garage. Both flooded up to the engine. 1 325is and 1 325ic. Both were 90% completed resto projects. Other than that, we lost my mothers E46 and fathers Toyota Yaris (odd choice right?) Still waiting to hear back from State Farm. Other than cars we lost parts, engine blocks, cylinder heads, our pool, and electric tools. We're hoping FEMA or insurance can help.
At this point, my neighborhood is a militaristic zone. Roads out collapsed and National Guard Landed on my street in helicopters to patrol the streets, distribute aid, and lift people out while they fixed the road. Now, looting has become a major concern. The houses are now marked with symbols spraypainted on front doors for occupied, evacuated, rebuild, or condemn. Everything is pitch black at night, few have generators. Everything is gray during the day, with mud covering mostly everything. Trash piles from condemned and emptied houses are being picked up. The air smells of exhaust, gas, mud, and mildew. National Guard are shutting off streets with buses so they can inspect cars coming in and out to deter looting. And this is in the ridiculously suburbian Silverton, NJ.
My Niece's parent's house in Seaside is gone. just flat out, gone. Our beach house in Ocean beach is falling over, and is now the first row closest to the ocean. It was the second, meaning the entire oceanfront row was demolished and washed away. I haven't seen much of the overall destruction to NJ, but judging by what I see in my backyard, its devastating.
The clean up of my house is nearly done. Everything was emptied from the garage, cleaned, and put back in. We lost almost nothing compared to our neighbors who cleaned the entire bottom floor of their houses out. Our next door neighbor just bought the house, signing the deposit over Oct 28th. Now, he will have to start over, along with 1000's of other people.
but basically, as many others have probably said, this storm was more devastating than anyone predicted. New Jersey is crippled, along with New York. My neighborhood basically washed away. 3 feet of water in a house was average. My community lost 5 people (as far as we know).
My house was one of the only in a mile radius that didnt flood. We are on 8 foot pilings and it came to the last step on our porch. I'll try and get video and pictures up to put it in perspective. We we're riding a motor boat through our streets the days following. During the storm, trees were falling, transistors were arcing and blowing. 3 house fires were left to burn out because fire trucks could physically not reach them. Pure chaos.
The bad news: 2 e30's were lost in my garage. Both flooded up to the engine. 1 325is and 1 325ic. Both were 90% completed resto projects. Other than that, we lost my mothers E46 and fathers Toyota Yaris (odd choice right?) Still waiting to hear back from State Farm. Other than cars we lost parts, engine blocks, cylinder heads, our pool, and electric tools. We're hoping FEMA or insurance can help.
At this point, my neighborhood is a militaristic zone. Roads out collapsed and National Guard Landed on my street in helicopters to patrol the streets, distribute aid, and lift people out while they fixed the road. Now, looting has become a major concern. The houses are now marked with symbols spraypainted on front doors for occupied, evacuated, rebuild, or condemn. Everything is pitch black at night, few have generators. Everything is gray during the day, with mud covering mostly everything. Trash piles from condemned and emptied houses are being picked up. The air smells of exhaust, gas, mud, and mildew. National Guard are shutting off streets with buses so they can inspect cars coming in and out to deter looting. And this is in the ridiculously suburbian Silverton, NJ.
My Niece's parent's house in Seaside is gone. just flat out, gone. Our beach house in Ocean beach is falling over, and is now the first row closest to the ocean. It was the second, meaning the entire oceanfront row was demolished and washed away. I haven't seen much of the overall destruction to NJ, but judging by what I see in my backyard, its devastating.
The clean up of my house is nearly done. Everything was emptied from the garage, cleaned, and put back in. We lost almost nothing compared to our neighbors who cleaned the entire bottom floor of their houses out. Our next door neighbor just bought the house, signing the deposit over Oct 28th. Now, he will have to start over, along with 1000's of other people.
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