Matunuck Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Posted elsewhere....then I found this thread. Sorry. Using the RIDOT photos and my photos from a flight in 2005, I put together a couple of Before/After shots from the Matunuck, RI area. Edit: I should note, not all of this erosion happened with Sandy...for instance, in the first before shot, the road in front of the first row of house was removed (due to other Nor'easters) a couple of years ago. But the lawns in front remained and Sandy took care of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 The scene at the far western end of Atlantic Avenue was shocking. The road is covered in 3½ feet of rocks and sand. Seemingly sturdy oceanside houses are ripped open. Some appeared empty of most of their furnishings. Sand and large rocks filled the first level bedroom of one house. The floor of another house was washed away, exposing the living room couch, wall hangings, and a photo frame reading, “Grandpa.” A 12-inch-thick, 25-foot-long concrete slab appeared to have been tossed into the back of one house. Carved into the concrete are the names, “Priscilla, Natasha, Victoria, and Cecilia.” The front door of one house was blocked with so much sand and so many rocks that only about three feet of the top of the door is in view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 Sandy Point before and after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Steve, Bob, Herb and others this is some amazing stuff. My wife and I (more her than me) go to Misq. beach at least once a week in the summer time. Seeing the images of familiar places that were devasted like this is really sad to see, including the neighborhood on Atlantic Ave where we rented a house for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 First surge pics in the afternoon from the Atlantic Beach Casino In Misq before power failure, about 4 hours before the major surge came. Notice the 20 footer in the back ground right before the dune is breached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Steve, This is my first chance to look at any images from the storm since it happened, as I've been away from power all of this time. Excuse me if this has already been asked, but do you know if the state beach house/ shower structure was destroyed at Misq. beach? In one of the photos on the WPRO site that pick posted, it looks like most of it was taken out, but I am not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Steve, This is my first chance to look at any images from the storm since it happened, as I've been away from power all of this time. Excuse me if this has already been asked, but do you know if the state beach house/ shower structure was destroyed at Misq. beach? In one of the photos on the WPRO site that pick posted, it looks like most of it was taken out, but I am not sure. look at the link for the ridot.com site, it is amazing, looks like the state beach pavilion is intact but any stairs or area around it is trashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 I found a picture taken from the Watch Hill Lighthouse which looks from the area of the lighthouse towards the house high on the hill The Harkness house. The Watch Hill Lighthouse keeper stayed and ended up being rescued on Tues, his harrowing account included reports of 40 foot rogue waves and the spray from these waves going over the TOP of the Harkness house. A very reliable observer with 35 years of sea experience. I would have loved to have seen that. This picture shows the Lighthouse grounds which used to be surrounded by a ten foot high Security fence, no where in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 look at the link for the ridot.com site, it is amazing, looks like the state beach pavilion is intact but any stairs or area around it is trashed. Thanks. After I typed, I looked back and saw it in some of you earlier shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 more sandy photos - damage to cliff walk in newport http://www.instantim...HNxAH4AAAAAABM= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 My favorite Sandy Pic, Cape May NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NECT Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 My favorite Sandy Pic, Cape May NJ Wow. Don't see those on the east coast too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Wow. Don't see those on the east coast too often. The nightmare wave exists. If thats not a photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 I was able to get access today to Watch Hill and Misquamicut. I also went to Weekapaug. The damage in Misquamicut is unreal. Weekapaug was fine and as a matter of fact the East Beach area looks great. After surveying the surge, and the less impacts on the eastern area of the Westerly coast, I am beginning to think a massive rogue wave or series of waves rather than just normal surge caused the worst damage. The entrance to the Lighthouse JT standing in the cut made. The top is about 40 ft above the normal ocean height Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 The stone wall on the Bay side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 The stone wall on the ocean side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 New stone being put in, the water was up to the Lighthouse, look how far down the ocean is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 East Beach back yard 300 yard from the beach has some visitors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 The stone up on the cartpath at the Misquamicut Golf Course is inscribed with the 1938 hurricane high water. Check out the debris line. This is 3/4 mile from the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Did not take many pictures in Misquamicut as I snuck in but epic disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 I found Petes out house summer style. This was 300 yards from the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 I know this is hard to see but at the end of the Breachway is a rock twice the size of a big truck on top of the Breachway rocks That was never there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Ryan did an awesome piece on Misquamicut today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Nice pics Steve! Another pic from Fairfield Beach Rd, its somewhere just not sure where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Here's the story we did on Misquamicut... http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Misquamicut-Picking-up-the-Pieces-After-Sandy/177352831 Incredible destruction there and this is only a small snippet of what we saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Nice job Ryan. I wonder if they will build up a wall with jetty rocks and cover it with sand and plant sea oats and grasses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Here's the story we did on Misquamicut... http://www.nbcconnec...Sandy/177352831 Incredible destruction there and this is only a small snippet of what we saw. Nice story. I have every confidence that Misquamicut will rebuild better than ever. Here's a shot of Sam's from a couple years ago FWIW... it's a random thing to take a picture of, but I'm a sentimental person and I like to document things I like so I can look back if and when they're gone. This and some of my thousands of other pics from Misquamicut cannow attest to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Nice story. I have every confidence that Misquamicut will rebuild better than ever. Here's a shot of Sam's from a couple years ago FWIW... it's a random thing to take a picture of, but I'm a sentimental person and I like to document things I like so I can look back if and when they're gone. This and some of my thousands of other pics from Misquamicut cannow attest to that Nice Julian, Clam Fritters and Cabinets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Nice job Ryan. I wonder if they will build up a wall with jetty rocks and cover it with sand and plant sea oats and grasses? No! Please no, it needs to remain a barrier beach on an open ocean. Man needs to move their buildings not the other way around. You can already see the sand rebuilding on East Beach in Watch Hill, nature will repair . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 No! Please no, it needs to remain a barrier beach on an open ocean. Man needs to move their buildings not the other way around. You can already see the sand rebuilding on East Beach in Watch Hill, nature will repair . I agree but we have a long fall and winter ahead of us, what are they doing with the sand that was washed in with the surge, building berms or just spreading it back along the beachfront, if those are largely gone like it looks they have to provide some protection? In a perfect world the just put up a temporary berm then have two three or four rows of dunes and plant the sea oats and grasses in the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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