We are in little Ferry, NJ, a small, tight knit community on the Hackensack River in northern New Jersey. Modest homes are tightly clustered behind the “berm” ( we would call it a levee).
Sandy pushed high tide up into the river, and overtopped the berm by about 9 feet. Yes, 9 feet. About 80% of the whole town was flooded. Imagine what that would look like in your area–all basements, cars, first floors… everything soaked with icky water. And remember, it was october/November when this happened, so COLD…
Take a look online by searching Little Ferry Sandy Damage and you’ll start to get a picture.… [Read More]