The Infamous Restaurant That Sandy Swept Into

The Coast Guard House, Narragansett, RI after Sandy Hit It

The Parking Lot of the Coast Guard House - A Week After Sandy Came Into Narragansett

The Beach in Narragansett After Sandy Came

 Days Later We Had Snow

                                                         

The last leg of the journey checking the damage from Sandy in the Southern Rhode Island area took us to the infamous restaurant, the Coast Guard House. They always seem to get hit from ocean storms. This time it was totally damaged from the storm.

A couple of days later we had our first snow. Snow before Thanksgiving but at least it was not before Halloween like last year.

Did you receive snow yet in your area? 

Since blogging about the Coast Guard House they have provided updates on Twitter to me:

@lisapatb @filigreegirl We are working on it! #Narragansett after #sandy! twitter.com/Coastguardhous…

— Coast Guard House (@Coastguardhouse) November 16, 2012

@lisapatb @filigreegirl we are making every effort to build it better!
— Coast Guard House (@Coastguardhouse) November 16, 2012

Point Judith After Sandy Came To Visit

This tree was found at edge of ocean and appeared to be very old

The wall once was very neatly packed with rocks

The parking lot - we were shocked to see a tiny parking lot after #Sandy

The parking lot looked like the moon

You  can see here how small the parking lot became

Washed ashore

The gazebo that once held many weddings and special events - No longer

The Point Judith area was especially hit hard and it was amazing to see how much of the parking lot was now all covered by large rocks. It felt like you were walking on the moon crossing the parking lot via foot. You can tell the difference from my visit in June to the Point Judith area how the wall once looked. You can read more about the history of Point Judith here.

Are you still seeing things from Sandy's superstorm? 

The Shoreline in RI Now Changed by Sandy

The fence that used to divide the parking lot from the beach

Hard to tell where the beach now starts and ends

East Matunuck Beach - The Parking Lot After Sandy Visited

A much calmer ocean after Sandy at RI coastline

Skips Dock where I've had lunch just a few months prior to Sandy and many spent summers jumping off this dock

A restaurant that was (I believe Jim's Dock)

If you knew this area this beach was 1/2 the size it is now along the dock area

More broken docks along the shoreline

Helicopters could still be seen  all around a week after Sandy hit the coastline of RI

Even this bird seemed in awe of the changing coastline from Sandy

I had a chance of the weekend to visit the shoreline of RI. Some coastal areas were still closed off by the National Guard but I was able to see quite the damage caused by Sandy's storm. It really is something to see for yourself vs. watching on TV. If you view this photo from the arial taken prior to Sandy you will see how the coastline has changed.
You can also see my photos from being on the same dock back in July.
I have so many photos from the coastline from this past weekend that I will have to do another post soon to share the rest from the Point Judith area. 

Do you still see damage from the storm in your area?

Sandy Visited The River Walk Where March Floods Did Major Damage

This tree was downed by Sandy 

These trees branches were a mess from Sandy

The color of this tree just left me speechless

More trees down in the background from Sandy

Another big tree down by Sandy

There is still some color left at the River Walk

More damage from Sandy and the March flood mess remains from almost 3 years ago around the renovated mill now condo's

A big tree stump down from Sandy almost going over the dam

The sign still remains but others areas with info are no longer readable

The other dam from a nearby empty mill with remnants from the great March floods

I wanted to go for a walk Saturday to get away from the computer. It was a beautiful Fall day and I was headed to the track but a football game was being played. So I went to the river walk. I was in awe by the scenes I found there. Between the beautiful colors still around the dam you could also see  damage Sandy brought to it. Some of the damage you see here was caused by the March Floods from 2+ years now in Rhode Island. But many more trees were down from Sandy. 

It was so beautiful and pristine when this walk was first built not that long ago. It is such a shame to see it with downed trees and not being worked on. Maybe some volunteers could come together and begin a clean-up.  We are forecast to get more heavy rains and wind this upcoming week. I sure hope the folks still reeling from Sandy can be spared this dreaded forecast. 

Did your area get many trees down from Sandy's path?

A Brush From Sandy Inland Southern New England

The start of October 29 before Sandy hit - a tinge of redness in the sky

I stopped on my way into work to see the Hurricane Barrier that was closed for high tide

A Reminder of the 1938 Hurricane in downtown Providence

The Pawtuxet River still in repairs from March floods of  2 years ago

Just before the height of the storm - the old tree's branches were coming down quickly but the tree survived

Tree on house less than a 1 mile from our house the following day

Birds in park mid-day in Providence the day after 

The day ended with more heavy rain

We were very fortunate away from the coast for the most part as others did lose power and had trees fall on their property from Hurricane Sandy. We did get more heavy rains and thunder but luckily there was a Weather Channel  weatherman nearby who answered me via a tweet as an alert came through but wasn't clear about the severeness of the impending thunderstorm:

@lisapatb regular at the moment, but nasty rain in eastern MA
— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherTWC) October 30, 2012

You may see other storm photos at The Providence Journal Website from throughout the area and along the coastline that was hit hard.
You can also check out their arial shots just in too from the RI Dot.

My thoughts go out to those hit in NY and NJ and other areas severally affected by Sandy's destructive path.