November 7th, 2012Top StoryHurricane Sandy: The Craziest Before and After ShotsBy Attila Nagy Click to view Athena—the season's first major winter storm—is just beginning to hit New York City. This is bad news—the situation is still pretty rough for many residents. Hurricane Sandy really wreaked havoc in the city; here's a collection of the most astounding before and after comparisons. Above you can see the Manhattan Bridge as seen from Brooklyn, NY. Grab the slider in the middle of the transform it from a nice sunny day before the storm (Photo: Google Earth) to the flooded evening of Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 (Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP) Hoboken, NJ: A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The second photo shows the next day.
Lower Manhattan's fully lit skyline on Jan. 6, 2012 and a darkened Lower Manhattan on Oct. 29, 2012. The Funtime Pier in Seaside Heights, NJ on the Jersey Shore in Aug. 10, 2010 and after superstorm Sandy, on Oct. 31, 2012.
Seaside Heights, NJ: before and after Sandy. Boardwalks were trashed, a roller coaster dumped into the ocean. Staten Island, NY: Before and after.
Breezy Point section of Queens, NY: before and after.
Long Beach, NY: before and after.
Belmar, NJ: before and after.
Keyport, NJ: before and after.
Mantoloking, NJ in Google Earth. Below: Oct. 31, 2012. Aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows storm damage from Superstorm Sandy. The sailing ship HMS Bounty sails from Cleveland, OH over Lake Erie (photo from 07/07/10). Below: The 180-foot sailboat submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, NC, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.
The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly known as the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel). Before Sandy and on Oct. 30, 2012.
South Street in lower Manhattan before Sandy. Water and debris blocks a section of South Street in lower Manhattan, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. Con Edison substation near the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, NY before Sandy. Below: flooded streets around a Con Edison substation after the East River overflowed on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. The World Trade Center site on September 7, 2011 in New York City. Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.
Ocean Drive, Avalon, New Jersey, before the storm. After: people stand in front of the house on October 30, 2012.
One New York Plaza, Manhattan, NY, captured by Google. Below: water floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012.
The Carey Tunnel in the Financial District of New York: before and after.
Battery Park Underpass: before and after.
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