More storm-rattled than ravaged, my hometown of Millburn, New Jersey is a pretty good example of what many NYC-area suburbs looked like the morning after Sandy.
On October 30, the morning after Hurricane Sandy smashed through the east coast, Millburn, New Jersey did not look like Staten Island. Nor did it look like Rockaway Beach. Or Seaside Heights, Atlantic City and all the other demolished shoreside towns up and down the Jersey shore. Power and heat were out. Roads were closed. Soon there would be gas lines. Still, this town was lucky to have been merely inconvenienced compared to some of the more devastated parts of the state.
How about half the streets in town looked the next day.
I spent the morning after the storm walking around taking pictures. Partly to survey the damage, but also because our electricity was out and there was almost no cell phone reception, so there wasn't much else to do.
I would have uploaded these photos sooner, but it would be another nine days before power on my block was restored. (I have a desktop computer, so working at the town library wasn't really an option.)
Debris blocking Glen Avenue.
