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Bay Avenue under Sandy's storm surge just after landfall, October 29, 2012 — water above the storefront-sign line, streetlights out, transformer flashes on the ridge, a single boat drifted onto the pavement

Bay Avenue at surge peak, October 29, 2012

2012-10-29

Bay Avenue, Highlands, surge peak

The same block during Sandy. Water above the ground-floor signs. Streetlights out. A single boat drifted between the buildings. This is the picture every Highlands adult has some version of on their phone.

Then and now

Bay Avenue under Sandy's storm surge just after landfall, October 29, 2012 — water above the storefront-sign line, streetlights out, transformer flashes on the ridge, a single boat drifted onto the pavement
Bay Avenue in Highlands today — the same block Sandy flooded, most storefronts elevated on new foundations, resilience-program pilings visible, high-water marks still painted on some side walls

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Bay Avenue at surge peak, October 29, 2012
Date
2012-10-29
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Bay Avenue at surge peak, October 29, 2012 (2012-10-29). Placeholder — stand-in for borough archive. The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/sea-takes-back-hero/.