{"id":7173,"date":"2012-10-31T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=7173"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:18:10","slug":"hurricane-sandy-aftermath-photo-and-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/10\/31\/hurricane-sandy-aftermath-photo-and-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Sandy Aftermath – Photo and Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hurricane Sandy was a thousand miles wide when it made landfall in New Jersey Monday evening. The storm wreaked havoc on several states, combining with two other weather systems<\/a> to produce flooding, storm surges, wind damage, and blizzards.<\/p>\n

The image at top shows a road in West Virginia after four employees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spent an hour clearing it of debris and fallen trees.<\/p>\n

The storm is blamed for sixteen deaths so far, but there may be more discovered as emergency crews investigate fallen structures and floods recede.<\/p>\n

The image below shows the storm surge on Chincoteague Island in Virginia as Hurricane Sandy was preparing to make landfall further north.\u00a0 Reports are that the wild ponies on the island are okay – good to hear for those of us who grew up reading Misty of Chincoteague<\/a>\"\".\u00a0 Before the storm, the fire department went through the island opening all gates to ensure the ponies could move away from the wind and water.<\/p>\n

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The below photo shows mallards preparing to weather the storm in Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Maine.\u00a0 It looks like a lake, but it’s really already flooded marsh.<\/p>\n

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New York experienced a lot of flooding.\u00a0 The storm surge reached thirteen feet in some places.\u00a0 This photo is of the East Village, just before the ConEd substation exploded<\/a> and the power went off.\u00a0 8.2 million homes are still without power; 2 million of those are in New York City.\u00a0 Power in some places may take up to a week to restore.<\/p>\n

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Boats washed ashore and ended up on the railroad tracks.<\/p>\n

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The Metropolitan Transit Authority released this video of the subway in New York City.\u00a0 Several tunnels are entirely flooded.<\/p>\n