hurricane sandy + rockaway beach

!hurricane sandy×!rockaway beach×

hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Boarders.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Walked back over to...
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Boardwalkless.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Where the boardwalk ends.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Shifted and opened like a zipper.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
These big trucks were all over the place hauling sand.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Better luck next cove.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
JFK bound.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
The cement supports are the only thing left. The boardwalk was all washed away here.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
In the midst of the all the chaos, nice to see people still surfing.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
#3 GO ROMNEY. OR NO USA
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
What's left of the skate park.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
We walked in from the beach, hopped back in the car.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
The entire boardwalk was washed away except where the light pole is screwed in. Similarly...
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Absurd.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
These guys were using calling cards to get in touch with relatives overseas.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
...this section of destroyed boardwalk still contained a working payphone.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
South near the waterline. Hard to get a sense of where you are without the boardwalk around as a reference.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Sections of destroyed boardwalk stacked.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Carting sand back to the beach one wheelbarrow at a time.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Oh, Beach 113 Street. That's very helpful.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Jeff on the move!
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Looking north.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Far-as-the-eye-can-see gone. This wasn't a little boardwalk, either. It was 52 blocks long!
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
...and then realized the entire boardwalk was gone.
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
We parked to take a look at the beach and boardwalk...
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
A few weeks after the storm...
hurricane sandy + rockaway beach
Big panels.