Hurricane Sandy did more damage across the Northeast than anyone could have expected. Millions are still without power, New York City is still coping with huge amount of flooding and New Jersey may never be the same. However, Southeastern North Carolina, an area where hurricanes typically ravish the area remained practically untouched. There was a a small amount of damage near the Outer Banks of North Carolina near Nags Head, but nothing when compared to the devastation that hit the northern east coast.
Much of the initial recovery efforts from the storm were focused on New York City, where the entire Subway system, which suffered the worst damage in its 108-year history, flooded leaving the city at a standstill. Power company Consolidated Edison said it would be four days before the last of the 337,000 customers in Manhattan and Brooklyn who lost power have electricity again and it could take a week to restore outages in the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and Westchester County.
In New Jersey, amusement rides that once crowned a pier in Seaside Heights were dumped into the ocean, some homes were smashed, and others were partially buried in sand. The effects of the storm have reached other states as far out as West Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Ohio.
North Carolina is lucky to have escaped with such little damage and now all we can do is try to help those who have lost so much slowly build back what they’ve lost. Our thoughts are with you.
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