Google Earth has been updated for the New York area as november 3rd.
It is the first time I see they update it within the same month of the image. Evidently, that has been made to show the damge caused by Sandy. It is also remarkable that the entire NY area, (or at least a big part of it) has been updated to the same day of november 3rd, which is very unusual, since often you see a mosaic of different dates.
Here some captures of before and after in the Rockaway.
Notice how the beach has been eroded, before there was a strip about 30 meters wide, and after the waves reach the remains of the boardwalk.
The burned down area in Breezy Point, this area seems particularly affected, you can see that some houses were riped off their foundations, even this area is separated from the sea with a strip of undeveloped land that places it half kilometer away from the coast.
The ship washed ashore in Staten Island.
A bonus, a complex of houses being built in Rockaway.
I find it terrible that they put up such kind of development, that seems transplanted from Phoenix, in that place, with a Subway station right next to it, such a waste, they could do much better.
They should do a mix of 5-6 stories lowrises lined at the coast, some 8-10 stories next to the station, an single or bifamiliar homes in the rest of the area, but more similar as the ones there are in the rest of the peninsula.
