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Six months after Sandy
While progress has been made along the New Jersey Shore in the six months after superstorm Sandy ravaged the region, The state still has a long road to recovery.
- In April 2012, six months after sandy hit the New Jersey Shore, FoxNews.com was given an plane tour of the coast by local aerial advertising outfit High Exposure. Seen here is the shoreline of Seaside Heights. In the foreground is the remnants of Funtown Pier which will not be ready for the upcoming tourist season. The owner said in reports that they hope to be up and running by the 2014 season.read moreFoxNews.com/Perry ChiaramonteShare
- In nearby Ortley Beach, NJ, entire blocks were washed away while the homes that survived were left uninhabitable. Since many of the dwellings are vacation homes, the rebuilding process has been been slow along most of the coast due to being ineligible for FEMA funding.read moreFoxNews.com/Perry ChiaramonteShare
- Debris and sand is still strewn along Route 35, a costal highway that was washed out during sandy and was shut down for three months after work. The state's Department of Transportation recently announced that they will postpone remaining repair work until after the summer tourism season.read moreFoxNews.com/Perry ChiaramonteShare
- "It's slow progress, but it's still progress," life long resident Jeannette Van Houten said to FoxNews.com during a recent tour of the recovery. "It's hard to say that a house coming down is progress, but it really is. With the house still standing there, you just saw the scar of life."read moreFoxNews.com/Perry ChiaramonteShare
- Union Beach bar and restaurant Jakeabob's recently reopened across town after their location along the bay was destroyed. Owner Gigi Dorr, partly inspired by her last name, decorated her business with doors from damaged of demolished homes donated by owners.read moreFoxNews.com/Perry ChiaramonteShare
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Six months after Sandy
While progress has been made along the New Jersey Shore in the six months after superstorm Sandy ravaged the region, The state still has a long road to recovery.
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