Sandy Support

This past week has been a challenge for so many people on the East Coast because of Hurricane Sandy. With wind gusts up to 90 mph and waves above 20 feet high, many of the coastal communities were affected. Since Dom and I had planned to visit Ocean City this past weekend before Sandy hit we agreed that we should still make the trip down to the shore, but change our agenda. We were looking forward to helping the community and our friends any way we could. After seeing the damage and hearning the stories of so many residents, we felt inclinded to be there to help. All of the residents and small business owners stayed postive and continued their work into the night to get back on their feet.

this image is from the beach access at 41st street. All of the sand was torn away here and on other parts of the island. Luckily my Pop Pop's house did not take on any water or sand so we were free to help friends at the north end of the island. So many helping hands here and success was made tearing up floors and removing saturated dry wall. The house was gutted, but the most difficult part of the "rebuilding" process was done! Now our friends can rebuild their home these next few months and move back into their cozy house with satisfaction. The South end of the beach was not much better then the North. Dunes were cut away by the pressure of the waves and the sand from the beach was in piles in the streets. with Snow shovels and bulldozers the sand was pushed into piles to be taken away.

After visiting O.C this weekend I feel that reality really sunk in and I feel grateful for what I have. I am so glad that I helped as much as possible this weekend with Dom. Even in the tough of it all Dom and I still try to make the best of a situation.