JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO | East Brander Pond and West Neck Harbor intermingle during Hurricane Sandy.
The full extent of Hurricane Sandy’s impact on Shelter Island is becoming clearer as highway crews, homeowners and businesspeople continue to pick up the pieces. As reported in this week’s Shelter Island Reporter, no one was badly injuried and no homes were seriously damaged. But many sections of the town’s white fencing along Crescent Beach was carried away in the wind and tide, some docks were torn apart and no doubt reports of more damage will surface in time.
Here’s a slideshow of many of the pictures that we collected during and just after the storm. Special thanks to Sherri Surozenski for her dramatic photos of David Lingwood’s truck boarding South Ferry at the height of the storm. Thanks also to our photographer Beverlea Walz, reporter Julie Lane, co-editor Peter Boody and our terrific contributors Meaghan Derby, Jim Colligan, Cara Loriz, Bill Smith, Cathy Driscoll and others.
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Bliss's Department Store (Bev Walz)
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Bridge Street (Meaghan Derby)
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Bev Walz
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Cara Loriz
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Burns Road, Cara Loriz
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Ram Island Road after the storm just south of the Causeway, P.Boody.
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Near miss, P. Boody
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Dawn Labue at Shelter Island Wine and Spirts, Bev Walz
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Wades Beach, Meaghan Derby
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The Yacht Club, Meaghan Derby
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North Ferry, Meaghan Derby
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First Causeway, Cara Loriz
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Piccozzi's after the flood. Bev Walz
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Debris from Greenport? Meaghan Deerby
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Ian McDonald and family cure their cabin fever. Bev Walz
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One of Piccozzi's ice chests at the wrong end of Bridge Street.
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Common sight.
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Cobbetts Lane and Shore Road, Dering Harbor. Jim Colligan
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The Causeway, Jim Colligan
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Crescent Beach, Jim Colligan
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East Brander Pond overflows its banks at the edge of West Neck Harbor, Jim Colligan
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Common sight, Jim Colligan
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Erosion damage, Jim Colligan
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Gnarled dock, Jim Colligan
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Working on Oak Tree Lane, the access road to Shell Beach, Jim Colligan
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Silver Beach, Jim Colligan
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Union Chapel, Jim Colligan
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Crescent Beach fencing, JC
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Oak Tree Lane, JC
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The Land Bridge at the head of Gardiners Creek at Sylvester Manor turned into a waterfall. Cara Loriz
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Newly planted privet at the new house near South Ferry. Beverlea Walz
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LIPA, highway crew at work, Julie Lane
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Bridge Street, Meaghan Derby
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Maple down on Nostrand, Julie Lane
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Arriving at South Ferry with patient bound for Southampton Hospital. Sherri Surozenski
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David Lingwood drives patient and first responders through flood to the board ramp at South Ferry. Sherri Surozenski
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Boarding the ferry, Sherri Surozenski
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Boarding the ferry, Sherri Surozenski
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Aboard the ferry, Sherri Surozenski
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Piccozzi's doorway.
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Gardiners Bay breached the isthmus above Reel Point and swept into Coecles Harbor. Bill Smith
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The bay meets Coecles Harbor at Reel Point, Bill Smith
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High tide line on Route 114 near Chase Creek, Peter Boody
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The flood well before its peak at South Ferry, Cara Loriz
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South Ferry flood, Peter Boody
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Tree blocks Shore Road in Dering Harbor, Peter Boody
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Fencing and section of dock at downwind end of Crescent Beach, Beverlea Walz
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Tree down at the school, PB
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Tree caught in lines, PB
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Truck and tree, PB
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