Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy on Cape Cod

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.


Hurricane Sandy



Waves crash against West Dennis Beach
Centerville
Hyannis Yacht Club Dock


Hyannis Yacht Club Dock at high tide



Lighthouse Inn Jetty


Nantucket Sound against Lighthouse Inn Sea Wall


Weir Creek takes over Lighthouse Road
Weir Creek floods Lighthouse Road
 
  Nantucket Sound during Hurricane Sandy
Marstons Mills




Sandwich Boardwalk
Wellfleet Newcomb Hollow Beach
















       



3 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing. Scary stuff. Glad to hear that the Inn survived unscathed.

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  2. Thanks for sharing these photos and letting us all know that the LHI survived this terrible storm. Glad to hear everyone is safe.

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  3. Great storm photos!
    FYI, 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".

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