What I remember most is all of the houses destroyed, all of the people who suffered.
Ronald Kenchon
The slow reaction of the mayor and the insufficient plan for the disaster that was coming.
The mayor didn’t come to the aid of the outer boroughs quickly enough.
Robert Garner
It destroyed a lot of New Jersey and New York. Many people got hurt.
Daniel Ketz
I remember being really scared because nothing like that had ever happened to me before. Luckily our house wasn’t destroyed or anything, but a few friends of mine in Rockaway wound up with no power for a few days.
Gabby Hinton
I didn’t think it was going to be as big as deal as it turned out to be. Our house didn’t lose power but my parents kept us inside for a few days because they were afraid there would be looting.
Nathalie Blackmon
Our house didn’t have power for a couple of days, but my mom bought enough emergency food to last us in the meantime. I was pretty scared for my friends in other areas who I couldn’t get in touch with though.
Sharia Stevens
We sat by our front door and at about 9 p.m. the water started to rise above our entrance. We were helpless in our efforts to prevent the water from coming in. We waited it out. The water level was at a car door. It was very eerie because the power was off.
Herb Listopad
We had no electricity for 27 or 28 days. Fortunately, we live on the second floor. It was really windy, the trees were blowing and then the water came in. I would say about seven feet high outside. Boats were coming down my street. People were paddling boats to rescue people that were on their roofs or on the second floor.
Eric Hill
I live in Ozone Park so nothing much was going on over there. It was windy and looking out the window you could see the rain.
Ivan Wylie
I was standing in front my house and I actually saw the water when it was first coming. The water started to come from around the corner and flood the whole street. We were stunned we had never seen anything like that before so we came back in the house. It was such a frightening thing. We started to go up the steps because the water started to come in higher and higher.
Elliot Jacks
I think my block was the only one that still had power after the storm. We took a stroll to [Cross Bay Boulevard]. It was pretty bad. The trees were knocked down everywhere.
Yvan Pangilinan
The water had no place to go, it flooded the streets and it went up the streets and into everyone’s homes and it flooded the entire first level of the house. The upstairs was not touched. Everything downstairs had to be replaced: the heating, the air conditioning, every piece of furniture, the floor, the walls…
Dorris Brown
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