Hurricane Sandy
Good Luck Point, Glen Cove Still Scenes Of Devastation Nearly Three Weeks After Hurricane
'Only the crazy people stayed,' one resident says
There's a reason Berkeley Township police officers are still stationed at checkpoints into the Good Luck Point and Glen Cove sections of Bayville. Almost three weeks after Hurricane Sandy roared onto the Jersey coast, the two bayfront areas are still scenes of devastation. A blackened tree stands like a sentry next to a Good Luck Drive home that burned to the ground during the storm. Firefighters were unable to reach it. The power has been cut to most homes in Good Luck Point. Many are tagged with neon-red "unsafe structure" signs on their doors. Houses sit in places they don't belong, washed off their foundations. Overturned boats are everywhere. Some sit in the tidal marshes off Bayview Avenue, blown far from where they were once …
foggyworld
6:55 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
The town did not clean up Good Luck Point. The lucky enough to still have garbage cans, got them picked up & dumped once a week. The dumpsters I have seen out here have all been rented by an owner or his or her representative to get the damn ball rolling. We finally did get some volunteer help from the Methodist Church in Lacey which also donated food, cleaning supplies and water to drink. The … more ›