Tag: Union Beach

• Stronger Than the Ocean?

  

  Text & Photos by K. Cecchini If going down the shore is a rite of passage in New Jersey, then owning a piece of it is a dream. So how do you convince homeowners to return their seaside fantasy to Mother Nature before she sends the repo man? Hurricane Sandy was the most devastating storm […]

  tonightatdawn

  September 3, 2015

  Environment

  Blue Acres, climate change, Hurricane Sandy, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Jersey Shore, Jersey Strong, Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Jersey, New Jersey Association for Flood Management, Rutgers University, sea level, Union Beach

• Christie Brings Good Tidings to Union Beach

  

  Text by K. Cecchini/Photo from NJ.com Mayor Paul Smith said Hurricane Sandy was “…like a tsunami; it came in, it kicked ass and then left in 45 minutes”.  He believes it flooded at least 50% of Union Beach’s 2,200 homes and the Asbury Park Press reported that as many as 85% of its homes were affected. As part of my […]

  tonightatdawn

  April 11, 2015

  Environment

  Army Corp of Engineers, Chris Christie, Governor Christie, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Superstorm Sandy, Union Beach, Union Beach New Jersey