by Thomas Altfather Good

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Video Clips (NLN on YouTube)

Inside Zone A -- Surviving Hurricane Sandy

Alice Austen House -- After The Storm

Aftermath -- Rebuilding After Sandy

Voices Of The Forgotten

North Shore -- November, 2012

The John B. Caddell (tanker ship) - run aground by Sandy.
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Debris pushed onshore by the storm.
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...at the battered Clifton Station.
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Debris outside the Clifton Station.
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A van that was in the path of the storm surge.
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The Verrazzano Narrows, calm again.
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The scope of the damage.
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People wait for gas - needed to fuel generators.
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Midland Beach -- November 10, 2012

Typical damage from Hurricane Sandy - inside the house is a sea of mud.
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James Rossi, 85-years-old, died in his home.
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A portable toilet provides rudimentary sanitation.
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Removing sheetrock.
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Jillian and Hannah (right) finalize work assignments.
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This house was ripped off its foundation -- on the other side of the street.
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A clothing distribution site on Father Capodanno Boulevard.
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DSNY (Sanitation) and DOT (Transportation) clearing rubble.
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Mormon volunteers from Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Colored-coded damage: green means safe, yellow - "restricted use," and red - unsafe.
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Volunteers clearing out debris.
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Unread mail.
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Seaweed on a disabled car.
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Sanitation removing debris from cleared houses.
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A homeowner mockingly displays an NYC.gov notice promising electricity.
"Thank you, Con Ed," the man said -- as his neighbor asked, "Is that your electric bill?"
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An Army Black Hawk helicopter surveys the disaster site.
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The South Beach Psychiatric Center (SBPC) sidewalk -- resting in a sink hole.
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The storm removed this home's outer wall...
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...exposing the structure to the elements.
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While some soulless miscreants loot -- neighbors help one another.
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The spirit of New York -- Sand Lane in battered South Beach.
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Alice Austen House (Rosebank) -- November, 2012

The stairs leading from Buono Beach to Alice Austen House. During
Hurricane Sandy the storm surge raised the water level to the top step.
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The nothern edge of the Austen House park, littered with storm surge debris and broken fencing.
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Clifton -- November, 2012

New York humor: "All Ashore"
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Stapleton -- November, 2012

Trash pulled from a flooded building...
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Verizon workers had no time off from Halloween through Thanksgiving Day.
And on Black Friday it was back to work.
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St. George -- November, 2012

The Brighton Heights Reform Church - wind damage.
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Staten Island Borough Hall
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Found Art.
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South Ferry (Manhattan) -- November, 2012

Across the harbor, South Ferry train stations were severely damaged.
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Midland Beach, Dongan Hills -- December 15, 2012

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New Dorp Beach -- December, 2012

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