Hurricane Sandy Hits NYC (Before, During & After The Storm)
Hurricane Sandy 'Before, During & After The Storm'
35 minute video chronicling my experience covering Hurricane Sandy in my own hometown, as well as the experiences of several close friends of mine who lived in some of the hardest hit areas of Queens, NY.
Breezy Point, NY Fire Video Licensed From Reuters/POND5
0:00- Intro (How Hurricane Sandy formed, and why did she take that left turn into the coast)
2:26- October 2022 vs October 2012. A side by side comparison showing what has changed at Rockaway Beach in the last 10 years.
4:17- Part One: 'The Day Before Landfall' October 28th, 2012 (interviews & preparations at Rockaway Beach & Broad Channel, NY)
9:02- Part Two: 'Landfall' October 29th, 2012. Scenes of storm surge inundating Utopia Parkway next to the Throgs Neck Bridge
in the Whitestone/Beechhurst neighborhood of Queens, NY.
13:08- Driving south towards Rockaway Beach as Sandy begins to really ramp up.
13:53- Arrive at Rockaway Beach, 'where did the beach go?'. Various shots of storm surge inundating the boardwalk and relentless
waves pounding the shoreline.
16:35- Arrive at 163rd Avenue & Crossbay Blvd in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, NY.
16:45- Powerful winds rip a sign apart and scatter debris across Crossbay Blvd.
17:30- Strong winds blowing through powerlines on Crossbay Blvd create eerie sounds. Various shots objects being
blown around, and wind driven rain.
18:57- Storm surge begins to rise rapidly and completely inundates Crossbay Blvd in Howard Beach, Queens.
19:54- NYPD emergency vehicles driving through very deep storm surge on Crossbay Blvd.
21:00- Storm surge surrounding Lenny's Pizza on Crossbay Blvd.
21:14- Storm surge approaching residential homes at the intersection of 161st Avenue & 90th Street in Howard Beach, Queens.
21:59- Breezy Point, Queens (footage of the fires in progress)
23:07- Part Three 'Aftermath' October 31st, 2012 Broad Channel, NY. Interviews with residents of what they experienced during
the height of Sandy, shots of damaged and destroyed homes throughout the community.
24:48- Broad Channel Fire Department Engine 209 destroyed by fire in the middle of Crossbay Blvd.
25:47- November 3rd, 2012. Burned out and destroyed vehicles on Crossbay Blvd, boats in the middle of the street,
and interior shots of homes in Broad Channel completely destroyed by storm surge.
27:45- FEMA staging area & clothing drive at Beach 94th Street in Rockaway Beach.
29:00- Scenes of what is left of the boardwalk on Rockaway Beach at Beach 94th - 97th Streets.
29:52- The Sand Bar restaurant at Beach 116th Street. More scenes of the heavily damaged boardalk between Beach 116th - 118th
streets.
30:26- Massive lines for gas at a local gas station on Woodhaven Blvd in Rego Park, Queens.
31:04- Breezy Point, Queens Aftermath, November 9th, 2012
33:43- Vehicles flipped over and on top of each other on Rockaway Beach Blvd / Final commentary recapping Hurricane Sandy.
©2012/2022 Scott McPartland
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