Yesterday I wanted to go out for a drive. I hadn’t been down to Longport since before Sandy hit and I wanted to go check out my sister’s house as well as 11th Street. My sister’s house is being renovated so I won’t be showing any of those pixs. There was minor damage that was still visible. The Rite Aid was still closed, as well as the Wawa.
There was still sand bags near doorways, and a few signs for Sandy to stay away. There were a lot of Sunday drivers, looking for summer rentals and storm damage. Here are a series of photos of before Sandy and after Sandy. Most of the damage done by Sandy was interior, and since I’ve seen my sisters house, and she was a block from the bay, I would say these houses suffered immensely.
Many of the high rises on the island are still without power as their electrical equipment was on the first floor. This one had a generator operating it. There are a few bayside that are still operating on generators.
I had to get back to the City, but wanted to take a scenic drive through Ocean City. Caught this biker on the bridge. Yes I was driving when I shot this, don’t tell Mike he gets so bent out of shape when I do those things.
Last night I headed over to Keven Parker’s Grand Opening of his Soul Food Cafe at Reading Terminal. I did a little Philly.com column about it, check it out here.
