Hurricane Sandy, Battery Weed

Sea Wall Damage

Sea Wall Damage

for more information see... 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Weed

Battery Weed, a 19th Century fortification located at Ft. Wadsworth, sustained some minor damage to the outer sea wall during the Hurricane.  

Battery Weed

My Huricane Sandy Experience, Great Kills

On Sunday 11-11-12, I worked at Great Kills Park of Gateway National Recreation Area.  Below you can see me ready to do some Trail work.  You can faintly see the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in the background to the left just above Great Kills Harbor.  

I also did some tree-climbing.  The boat "Sonny Boy" ended up under a Mulberry Tree after the Hurricane.  I removed part of the tree so equipment could come in to retrieve the vessel without further damage (see picture of the tree after pruning).  The owner is an interesting retired gentleman with a thick New York Accent.  He was greatly concerned about saving his boat and visited us 3 times throughout the day to make sure we did a good job.

Three boats landed in this immediate area and have likely been removed by now. Great Kills reopened to the public on Friday 11-23-12.  More information about Gateway can be found at...
http://www.nps.gov/gate/index.htm