FIRE ISLAND, New York (WABC) — It was 10 years ago this week that Superstorm Sandy hit the Tri-State and destroyed homes, washed away neighborhoods and changed the way many things are done.
That includes the rebuilding of waterfront homes on Fire Island as the landscape has shifted in the past decades amid the lessons learned.
The surge was coming and it was so powerful there was nothing they could do to stop it from breaching Fire Island.
“It’s hard to imagine what it was, that you would see that water this high just coming through town,” said Ocean Beach Mayor James Mallott.
And it took plenty with it.