1. Superstorm Sandy - October 29th 2012
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2. USGS 01310740 REYNOLDS CHANNEL AT POINT LOOKOUT NY
Enclosure for station on Reynolds Channel at Point Lookout, looking west toward East Marina.
Reynolds Channel at Point Lookout, NY ( )
This station is operated in cooperation with:     Town of Hempstead Dept of Conservation & Waterways     NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

3. USGS 01310740 REYNOLDS CHANNEL AT POINT LOOKOUT NY

4. October 28th was a dry day

5. It was a bit cloudy.

6. Humidity fluctuated during the day and night.

7. The barometer was trending slightly down, but relatively steady.

8. The winds were consistently from the north, northeast.

9. and increasing

10. Gusts were also increasing.

11. The air temperature was cooling down during the day and as night approached.

12. Water temperature was steady, decreasing slightly as might be expected in the fall.

13. The USGS predicts the tides each day
The USGS predicts the tides each day. Here you can see a pattern of higher and lower tides which correspond to the phases of the moon.
Higher tides (Spring Tides,) occur at the new and full moon and lower (Neap tides,) occur at the quarter moons. October 27 was the beginning of a Spring tide cycle.

14. The high tide for Oct 29th was predicted to be just above 3 feet at this site.

15. The actual tides on the 28th, the day before the storm were higher than predicted.

16. Irene
As we have seen, there was nothing drastically different in the weather the day before the Sandy. Similarly, in1938 when there was the most destructive storm on Long Island, there were no television or radio weather predictions. Long Islanders would have gone to bed perhaps believing that the next day would be a windy fall day. The barometer plummeted to a very low 972 mb (28.7 inHg) for Irene 1n 2011.

17. For Sandy …. during the night and day the barometric pressure dove to a record low of 966 mb (28.5 inHg) ….and then the sensor failed!

18. Sandy was not a big rain event for Long Island
Sandy was not a big rain event for Long Island. Less than 5/8 of an inch fell over two days.

19. The winds swung from north, north east to easterly (90°) and then southerly (180°) during the storm and then westerly (270°) the next days.

20. Wind speed topped off below hurricane levels (64 knots or 74 mph) during the storm.

21. Air temperatures increased with the south easterly winds moving up the coast. (meter failed)

22. Water temperatures plunged with the mass of ocean water entering the bay. (meter failed)

23. Relative humidity increased with the rain and tropical system
Relative humidity increased with the rain and tropical system. ( Meter failed)

24. It was a cloudy, rainy day.

25. This was the tidal surge one year ago for Hurricane Irene at Point Lookout. It reached 7 feet.
This was the tidal surge for Hurricane Irene, 2011, at Point Lookout. It reached 7 feet.

26. The majority of the damage from Sandy was due to the tidal surge which peaked on the evening of the 29th at the 100 year flood elevation of 10 feet; 3 feet above Irene.

27. New York City subway station.

28. Monmouth NJ

29. Long Beach, Long Island 11/04/12
In addition to the obvious chaos and damage note the depth of sand in the street left by the tidal surge.
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Long Beach, Long Island 11/04/12

30. Photo Credit Doug Kuntz
Sand cleared from the streets in Long Beach after Sandy must first be sifted before being returned to the beach. (Nov. 14, 2012).

32. Changes in the landscape of the barrier beach (Fire Island) caused by Sandy.

33. Changes to the landscape on Dune Road, Westhampton (Oct
Changes to the landscape on Dune Road, Westhampton (Oct. 30, 2012) Photo Credit: Doug Kuntz 

34. Marsh houses in Hempstead bays (Nov. 9, 2012)
Photo Credit: Doug Kuntz 
Marsh houses in Hempstead bays (Nov. 9, 2012)

35. Outfall from the Sandy damaged Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in Reynolds Channel, north of Long Beach

36. Photo taken on November 29,2012 shows cars damaged by super storm Sandy which were stored at the Calverton Long Island Camelot Industrial Park. Photo Credit: Doug Kuntz 

37. Photo taken on November 29,2012 shows cars damaged by Super storm Sandy stored at the Calverton Camelot Industrial Park. As of Dec. 1 it was estimated that about 300,000 cars were damaged. Photo Credit: Doug Kuntz 

38. Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Debris from superstorm Sandy is dumped at a temporary collection site at Nickerson Beach Park. (Nov. 28, 2012)
Some of the Sandy household debris collected from Long Beach, New York. Plans called for It to be barged to upstate NY landfills.

39. Photo Credit: Doug Kuntz
The parking lot at Nickerson Beach Park in Lido Beach is used to dump debris before transfer to landfills. (Nov 29, 2012)

40. Train lines to the Rockaways in NYC

41. Jones Beach Boardwalk looking east from the south side.

42. Fire area at Breezy Point in the Rockaways, NYC

43. Sandy (2012) vs Irene (2011) (Requires macro-enabled)
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Sandy (2012) vs Irene (2011)
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44. The complete story of Sandy-
Great pictures and videos

45. SSER related monitoring stations
Point Lookout Bay
Point Lookout Sea Police Dock, Bay Park Hog Island Channel, Island Park
Hudson Bay, Freeport East Rockaway Inlet; Atlantic Beach Nick’s Point, Merrick Seaman’s Neck Park, Seaford Lindenhurst Connetquot Brook (N Sunrise Hwy)
Buoy #1 South of Sayville
Smith Point, Shirley Smith Point
Shinnecock Inlet
33 miles south of Islip

46. USGS 01310740 REYNOLDS CHANNEL AT POINT LOOKOUT NY
This station is operated in cooperation with:    Town of Hempstead Dept of Conservation & Waterways    NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Reynolds Channel at Point Lookout, NY ( )
Additional graphs follow

47. 18 parameters are available at the website
For the Point Lookout Station
62619 Est/ocean elev, NGVD
00045 Precipitation
82127 Wind speed
00036 Wind direction
00020 Temperature, air
00010 Temperature, water, monitor
00052 Relative humidity
75969 BarometricPressUncorrected
61727 Wind gust speed
61729 Wind gust direction
62619 Est/ocean elev, NGVD, tidal prediction
62608 Solar radiation down
00095 Specific cond at 25C, monitor
90860 Salinity, wu at 25C, monitor
00300 Dissolved oxygen, monitor
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph, monitor
00003 Sampling depth, monitor
62361 Chlorophyll, in situ, monitor

54. For further information contact:
Lou Siegel Adjunct Associate Professor
Adelphi University and Dowling College Ecology, Earth and Marine Science Departments Science Coordinator, South Shore Estuary Reserve