Description
Book SynopsisHurricane Sandy on New Jersey''s Forgotten Shore brings to life the individual and collective voices of a community: victims, volunteers, and state and federal agencies that came together to rebuild the Bayshore after the Superstorm Sandy in 2013.
After the tumultuous night of October 29, 2012, the residents of Monmouth, Ocean, and Atlantic Counties faced an enormous and pressing question: What to do? The stories captured in this book encompass their answer to that question: the clean-up efforts, the work with governmental and non-governmental aid agencies, and the fraught choices concerning rebuilding. Through a rich and varied set of oral histories that provide perspective on disaster planning, response, and recovery in New Jersey, Abigail Perkiss captures the experience of these individuals caught in between short-term preparedness initiatives that municipal and state governments undertook and the long-term planning decisions that created the condition
Table of Contents
1. Frankenstorm
2. "Please Sandy, No More"
3. Everything is Gone
4. "You Can't Wash Away Hope"
5. A Model of Disaster Preparedness
6. "There's No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster"
Epilogue: New Jersey Strong
Appendix B
