I would have had a new post this past week, but somehow deleted the draft causing us to rewrite it.
This trip took place on 2/17/2013 and it was frigidly cold with high gusty winds. Though the sky was pretty clear with some light clouds, it was a wintery day. We passed by Ye Cottage Inn to see they look like they are gettig ready to begin working on the building. It is now all fenced off so keep people away. Here is our first stop to the west of the Keyport Boat Ramp. Listen to the wind!
We drove through our regular spots in Keyport and headed for Union Beach to see how the recovery from hurricane Sandy was progressing. As we came to the bay we took a turn to our right or east and travel with the windy winter bay off to our left. The first thing you notice Jakeobob's is untouched. Still sitting there without any sign of rebuilding. There seems to be a consolidation of bar stools near the front of the building.
As we past by I took a turn into the parking lot. You immediately notice the entire railing along the parking lot to the bay is down. The restaurant is sitting there with the entire back open to the bay. As we get close we see that there was no progress or attempt to rebuild yet. Does this mean they will not rebuild? We hope not. This was one of the few places left where you could stop and eat lunch while boating.
As we cruise along the bay we take a turn into the neighborhood and are surprised of what we saw. Streets of slabs, no homes, no debris, just sand and concrete, with the exception of a boat on the hard. I was really amazed to see houses being raised a good 10 feet above where the house use to sit. This has to also benefit you on the new cost of flood insurance.
The neighborhood seems deserted. Very few cars, no people out side, and piles of debris here and there. Some rebuilds have begun and one home we saw was raised about ten feet. A couple others appear to be following suit and raising their homes.
On the way home we took a cruise to one of my fishing beaches in Cliffwood Beach to see if anything had changed. We pulled into the parking area and the wind was really blowing, the sand was hurting any part of exposed skin as it blew down the beach. We took a quick look around, a quick video, and returned to the truck. As we got near the truck there was a SUV pulled in alongside the truck. As we got close the window went down and the gentleman inside said, "We'll that didn't take long." I told him it was too damn windy and cold to be hanging on the beach. It seems he was waiting to see how we did before he got out to check out the beach. He decided not to take a walk after watching us. The following video doesn't show too much sand blowing, but it was. You can hear the wind as it hits the camera microphone. One quick pan up and down the beach and we were out of there!
The following picture is after we left the parking lot and there was this sand blowing all over the street. It had been piled on both sides of the street and it appears they had come in with a grader or backhoe and cleaned the streets of sand as there is a distinct edge along the side of the road.
You can see the car in front of me is in a sand blown area as I snapped the picture. You can also notice the pile of sand pushed up along the side of the road by a grader or backhoe blade. We headed back home and will be back in couple weeks to check on the recovery of water debris throughout the bay.
This trip took place on 2/17/2013 and it was frigidly cold with high gusty winds. Though the sky was pretty clear with some light clouds, it was a wintery day. We passed by Ye Cottage Inn to see they look like they are gettig ready to begin working on the building. It is now all fenced off so keep people away. Here is our first stop to the west of the Keyport Boat Ramp. Listen to the wind!
We drove through our regular spots in Keyport and headed for Union Beach to see how the recovery from hurricane Sandy was progressing. As we came to the bay we took a turn to our right or east and travel with the windy winter bay off to our left. The first thing you notice Jakeobob's is untouched. Still sitting there without any sign of rebuilding. There seems to be a consolidation of bar stools near the front of the building.
As we past by I took a turn into the parking lot. You immediately notice the entire railing along the parking lot to the bay is down. The restaurant is sitting there with the entire back open to the bay. As we get close we see that there was no progress or attempt to rebuild yet. Does this mean they will not rebuild? We hope not. This was one of the few places left where you could stop and eat lunch while boating.
As we cruise along the bay we take a turn into the neighborhood and are surprised of what we saw. Streets of slabs, no homes, no debris, just sand and concrete, with the exception of a boat on the hard. I was really amazed to see houses being raised a good 10 feet above where the house use to sit. This has to also benefit you on the new cost of flood insurance.
The neighborhood seems deserted. Very few cars, no people out side, and piles of debris here and there. Some rebuilds have begun and one home we saw was raised about ten feet. A couple others appear to be following suit and raising their homes.
On the way home we took a cruise to one of my fishing beaches in Cliffwood Beach to see if anything had changed. We pulled into the parking area and the wind was really blowing, the sand was hurting any part of exposed skin as it blew down the beach. We took a quick look around, a quick video, and returned to the truck. As we got near the truck there was a SUV pulled in alongside the truck. As we got close the window went down and the gentleman inside said, "We'll that didn't take long." I told him it was too damn windy and cold to be hanging on the beach. It seems he was waiting to see how we did before he got out to check out the beach. He decided not to take a walk after watching us. The following video doesn't show too much sand blowing, but it was. You can hear the wind as it hits the camera microphone. One quick pan up and down the beach and we were out of there!
The following picture is after we left the parking lot and there was this sand blowing all over the street. It had been piled on both sides of the street and it appears they had come in with a grader or backhoe and cleaned the streets of sand as there is a distinct edge along the side of the road.
You can see the car in front of me is in a sand blown area as I snapped the picture. You can also notice the pile of sand pushed up along the side of the road by a grader or backhoe blade. We headed back home and will be back in couple weeks to check on the recovery of water debris throughout the bay.
We will end today's blog with the following picture.
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