[atc23]

Something tells me it will all be rebuilt - much “better” than ever - things like this are always a boon to gentrification projects and enhanced commercialism.

[Repub4bush]

My Step Daughter and Grandson are in Belmar. They left to stay with her mother during the storm. Came back today and her condo parking lot was full of boats! Her condo was damaged by flooding but not horribly bad. She had put all her furniture up on Sandbags! So mainly it is the flooring that was damaged.

But they can't move back in, until the all that is repaired!

[driftdiver]

Most of those pictures don’t really look that bad. Lots of sand and some buildings damaged or destroyed. It looks like most homes on the water are still there.

Fires seem to have done most of the really severe damage.

[bayliving]

Prayers up.

[Dr. Sivana]

The worst part in Atlantic City is that when you lose your houses and hotels, you only get half of the value for them.

[Elle Bee]

wait until you see Sea Bright, NJ ... Donovan's Reef is just a slab ... beach clubs driven to the river

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[Nickname]

I wonder how many of the buildings that remain standing are going to end up being declared a total loss because of water damage. Probably a significant number.

[cuban leaf]

Looks a lot like Detroit.

[BobL]

I think in some of those areas you need a “before” and “after” picture to figure out if the hurricane actually did any of the damage.

[Salamander]

As a correction, this is *not* the Asbury Park convention hall.

It's a derelict building that really doesn't look much worse than the last time I was there in 1981.

[DollyCali]

Thanks Mark!

[fatboy]

Unbelivable. My family is an old time Belmar family, this is where I grew up. My grandparents owned a small dinner next to the elementary school, long gone now. Belmar was a great place to live in the late 60s/70s. Graduated from Belmar elem school in 1972 then Manasquan HS class 1976. As a kid, I fished for snappers and blowfish with half of the kids in town in the marina, great memories. And the beach, such fun.

I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers, none of us live in Belmar anymore, it’s just too expensive there. I’m courious to know how our old house in 13th ave made out.

[BO Stinkss]

What a bunch of drama queens. This and much worse happens along the gulf coast every year. Would this be such a big deal if it happened to Mobile Alabama or Pascagoula Mississippi? No. The media is just excited because it happened in their back yard.

[proud American in Canada]

Wow. I’ve never been there—but that is devastating damage. Very sad. I hope they can regroup in some manner before the next tourist season.

As someone else said—let’s get Springsteen on the case! :) I couldn’t stand him with Obama—but I’ll bet he can raise some money. Jon Bon Jovi, as well. At the moment, I can’t think of other NJ musical artists, but maybe they can all get together for some sort of benefit concert. Not everything has to be done by the federal government; Americans are generous.

[pepsi_junkie]

The pictures of the pilings in Atlantic City where they boardwalk used to be are shocking but not telling the full story. There is a small portion of boardwalk at the end that was especially exposed and that’s now gone. But that’s also a part that is really no very often used. The main portion, where the casinos and the shops are, is still intact.

[Mase]

Grew up on the jersey shore and Asbury Park was always “Newark by the Sea.” I hear it’s changed, but I’d have to see it to believe it. Spent my summers in Spring Lake, so I hate seeing those beaches and the boardwalk in shambles. Loved Belmar in the summer. I suppose as long as DJais is still there that Belmar will continue being Belmar. There was no place like the shore back in the late 70’s and 80’s.

[rabidralph]

“Sandy, the fireworks are hailing over Little Egypt tonight.”