Friday, November 16, 2012

In Sandy's wake, a reshaped coastline

National Public Radio: New Jersey's most affluent community, Mantoloking, sits on a narrow barrier island 30 miles north of Long Beach. As Sandy approached, most of the residents fled inland. But Edwin C. O'Malley and his father, Edwin J. O'Malley Jr., hunkered down in their 130-year-old house. They tied a boat to their porch and then watched the storm surge break over the dunes and flood the streets. "Overnight that night, lying in bed, I could actually hear waves hitting the side of the house - which obviously...

URL: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/15/165051640/in-sandys-wake-a-reshaped-coastline
Enclosure: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=165051640&m=165234756

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