Flood water topped 1st floor windows

Returning home to pick up

mail and feed the cats.

Living with grandparents in Brooklyn

Brand new furnace and boiler from Rapid

Repair. House since demolished.

Homeowner’s heart endured 14 months

of “recovery.” Died of stroke last December.

Flood waters reached the 2nd floor railing on this strip

of homes. A freshwater wetland lies directly behind.

Home looted three separate times—china,

appliances, copper wiring…

Two winters in a trailer.

A married couple and 7 cats

Four feet of water flooded the 2nd floor.

Solution: repair and elevate 3.59ft

Closure.

An 89 year old woman

drowned in her home

Starting over again…still at grade.

Deceased father & son found in their

basement embracing each other.

Elderly man only stays here after the

storm because his doctors are nearby

Few permeable surfaces to be found in Sunnymeade, which

lies feet below bordering streets and newer developments.

The house that Bloomberg bought

Preparing to elevate, a 70 year old man has been digging

underneath his home by hand for more than a year.

Still

American dream. Sold for $25,000

five months after the storm.

Raised eleven feet by the homeowner

with car jacks.

Base Flood Elevation = 12.2ft

After the volunteers go home.

Still feeding people as we speak.

Just months after completion, a $2 million

athletic field washed away and forgotten.

Family-owned and operated for three generations.

Now living with relatives in Virginia.

Fully restored and furnished basement

in the flood zone. Volunteer power.

Houses bought out in Oakwood Beach. Built at the

height of the bubble, many were never occupied.

Built back in the flood zone with furnished

basements. Volunteer power.

Egress for 20 homes in South Beach