While there have been hurricanes for as long as the Earth has been wobbling around the sun, there seems to be a pattern emerging of more and more forceful storms hitting some of the most populated areas of our world – and there is no more damning evidence than what Hurricane Sandy did to Secaucus, NJ.
While some parts of the Eastern Seaboard were spared the brunt of the force that Hurricane Sandy brought down upon us in 2012, the fact of the matter is that not everyone was so lucky – especially those in Secaucus, New Jersey
A Category Three storm that lasted almost 10 full days and destroyed literally billions of dollars of property and claimed the lives of hundreds of people, Hurricane Sandy was easily the worst storm of the 2012 season and a historic event that the survivors – especially those in Secaucus, NJ will never forget. Surging up the coastline from the warm waters of the Caribbean before crushing New Jersey with its forceful and swirling winds (sometimes in excess of 120 mph), the real devastation came from the water that this beast brought with it and the impact it had on the seaboard.
One of the hardest hit areas in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Secaucus is still trying to pull it’s self together after the devastation and destruction that Sandy caused
If you were to compare pictures from Secaucus, NJ before late October 2012 and right after the hurricane had it, you would find it hard to believe that you were looking at the same area. A town that was teeming with life and high end homes has been flooded with water from the ocean – both pushed over the seawalls as well as dropped down on them from the hurricane itself. This has caused the relatively low lying Secaucus area to become flooded to the tune of millions and millions of gallons of water that wouldn’t otherwise be there to rip through the town and destroy much of what was in its way. Combine this with the flooding of the Hackensack River, and you have the kind of devastation and mess that will take months – if not years – and all kinds of money and relief to clean up.
While this area is no stranger to a bit of flooding in the storm season, the truth of the matter is that the entire populous was unprepared for the fallout of the Hurricane Sandy and what the flooding would mean. When you think back to the last storm of any magnitude before this – Hurricane Irene – and the mere 11 inches of rain it dropped it seems like it was of no consequence at all.
The flooding in Secaucus, NJ caused widespread damage, shortages of much needed supplies, entire neighborhoods cut off from assistance unless it was quick rafted in, and obviously the shutdown of millions of people’s power. Easily the most devastating storm in recent memory – and maybe of all time for the Secaucus, NJ area – hopefully the residents of this nice New Jersey town are better prepared should something like this strike again in the future.
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