Cleanup Ahead For Sea Isle City Following Storm
SEA ISLE CITY, N.J., (CBS) -- From the beach to the neighborhoods near the bay, Sea Isle City has a lot of cleaning up to do.
"We're were hoping this wasn't going to happen for many, many years," said Chuck Dalrymple, Dalrymple's owner.
Chuck Dalrymple didn't find the family business underwater Sunday, but he couldn't say the same for some of his other property.
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"We did lose two apartments because they sit low on the ground," said Dalrymple.
Sun up, flooding gone, but now some streets and sidewalks are covered in ice. #SeaIsleCity #CBS3 @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/cZDddIoGKQ
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Central Avenue in #SeaIsleCity about a day apart. Flooding all but gone, clean up, beach repairs to come. @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/i2Jmw42LY6
— Jan Carabeo (@JanCarabeoCBS3) January 25, 2016
Sea Isle City suffered severe flooding through three high tide cycles this weekend.
West Jersey Avenue -- flooded.
Central Avenue -- water as far as the eye could see.
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Not even the Mayor is immune.
"Open your door and water is coming in," said mayor len desiderio.
But Desiderio is also worried about the beach.
He surveyed the damage and found several points along the shore badly eroded.
"I don't think anyone is going to lay out today, huh?"
A different story though on the north end.
Much of this beach remains.
Better yet, he says, the ocean never breached any of the dunes during the entire storm.
These dunes were installed as a result of Superstorm Sandy, and they were just completed in November. A good thing too because the Mayor says these dunes saved Sea Isle City from a lot of damage this storm.
"They did the job they were supposed to do, and they saved hundreds of thousand of dollars worth of damage," said Desiderio.
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This flooding is from the bay.
And while the damage is still bad, officials say it could have been much worse.
"Even though it was bad this time, but when the ocean meets the bay it's never a good thing," said Sea Isle City Police Chief Thomas D'Intino.
