All hell broke loose on Rockaway Peninsula. Some parts of it are still without power. 112 houses in Breezy Point burned down to the ground, more than two dozens did the same in Belle Harbor, shopping strip Beach 113-Beach 115 str burned down on north side of the Rockaway Beach Boulevard. We don't have any boardwalk anymore. I heard that AC boardwalk was swept in the ocean...ours did the worse thing - it crashed into houses, did cut them open.. we lost lives here...First 5 days were a total Hell-oween: no cops, no FEMA, no authorities. Residents were the First Responders for their own needs. Ppl here did miracles. After 3 weeks we are still in survival mode.
Nobody expected this mess. Hurricane Irene blind sighted us. Nothing happened here at that time. So ppl got it lightly with Sandy. Every family lost a lot, 90% cars are at total loss, 99% houses were in the water of 4-10 ft deep. Ocean row houses all worth more than a million bucks are all gone. Google "Belle Harbor Neponsit hurricane Sandy" and you will get a degree of destruction.