Cape Cod was battered by high winds and a strong coastal surge on Monday morning
as Hurricane Sandy made landfall in
New Jersey. As of early Monday afternoon
nearly 20,000 Cape Codders were without power, The noon high tide brought severe
beach erosion to Falmouth and the east facing beaches on the Outer Cape.Later in
the day, Nstar reported nearly 38,000 customers
without power with the towns of
Barnstable and Falmouth being the hardest hit communities. We were very lucky
through this one though, as the
Lighthouse Inn seemed to have came out unscathed
through it all. As the waves crashed against West Dennis Beach and Weir
Creek crossed over Lighthouse Road, thankfully only minimal damage was
experienced in the immediate area. As for some of our neighboring towns,
unfortunately flooded roads from the tide, fallen branches, damage to
ramps, houses and structures along with the overwhelming amount of power
outages, proved to be a ominous way to bring in Halloween on Cape Cod. However, as
Governor Deval Patrick said today he was relieved that the state escaped serious damage from Hurricane Sandy, stating“We are very, very fortunate indeed. ”
Reliefs efforts to those affected by the Hurricane specifically in New Jersey and New York continue.
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| Hurricane Sandy |
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| Waves crash against West Dennis Beach |
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| Centerville |
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| Hyannis Yacht Club Dock |
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| Hyannis Yacht Club Dock at high tide |
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| Lighthouse Inn Jetty |
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| Nantucket Sound against Lighthouse Inn Sea Wall |
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| Weir Creek takes over Lighthouse Road |
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| Weir Creek floods Lighthouse Road |
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| Nantucket Sound during Hurricane Sandy |
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| Marstons Mills |
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| Sandwich Boardwalk |
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| Wellfleet Newcomb Hollow Beach |
Thank you for sharing. Scary stuff. Glad to hear that the Inn survived unscathed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these photos and letting us all know that the LHI survived this terrible storm. Glad to hear everyone is safe.
ReplyDeleteGreat storm photos!
ReplyDeleteFYI, you have two photos which incorrectly identify the Hyannis Port Yacht Club as the Hyannis Yacht Club. They are two entirely separate entities. The Hyannis Yacht Club, on Ocean St in Hyannis, is about a mile and a half from The Hyannis Port Yacht Club, located on Irving Ave in Hyannis Port. The photo which you titled "Hyannis Yacht Club at High Tide was taken from the neighboring beach, Eugenia Fortes Beach.
Also, in the interst of being meteorogically correct, although it MAY have been high tide, the phenomenon you are referring to in this particular photo, and also visible as flooding in several other of your other photos, is called "storm surge".