1. Flood water topped 1st floor windows

3. Returning home to pick up
mail and feed the cats.

5. Living with grandparents in Brooklyn

7. Brand new furnace and boiler from Rapid
Repair. House since demolished.

9. Homeowner’s heart endured 14 months
of “recovery.” Died of stroke last December.

11. Flood waters reached the 2nd floor railing on this strip
of homes. A freshwater wetland lies directly behind.

13. Home looted three separate times—china,
appliances, copper wiring…

15. Two winters in a trailer.
A married couple and 7 cats

17. Four feet of water flooded the 2nd floor.
Solution: repair and elevate 3.59ft

19. Closure.

21. An 89 year old woman
drowned in her home

23. Starting over again…still at grade.

25. Deceased father & son found in their
basement embracing each other.

27. Elderly man only stays here after the
storm because his doctors are nearby

29. Few permeable surfaces to be found in Sunnymeade, which
lies feet below bordering streets and newer developments.

31. The house that Bloomberg bought

33. Preparing to elevate, a 70 year old man has been digging
underneath his home by hand for more than a year.

35. Still

37. American dream. Sold for $25,000
five months after the storm.

39. Raised eleven feet by the homeowner
with car jacks.

41. Base Flood Elevation = 12.2ft

42. After the volunteers go home.

43. Still feeding people as we speak.

44. Just months after completion, a $2 million
athletic field washed away and forgotten.

45. Family-owned and operated for three generations.
Now living with relatives in Virginia.

46. Fully restored and furnished basement
in the flood zone. Volunteer power.

47. Houses bought out in Oakwood Beach. Built at the
height of the bubble, many were never occupied.

48. Built back in the flood zone with furnished
basements. Volunteer power.

49. Egress for 20 homes in South Beach