Residents of the East End began bunkering down over the weekend, crossing their fingers for a mild brush with Hurricane Sandy, and while some experienced only light damage to their properties, others experienced heavy flooding and downed trees.
“No dress for you, Sandy,” said a sign in one Montauk shop window, Kelly B’s. Another shop owner had recycled last year’s Irene plywood without updating the message in honor of that storm. On Saturday, people were out taking photos both at the ocean beaches and on Block Island Sound, where the wind blew salt and sand into their faces, cameras and hair. They could barely stand without blowing over on the north beaches in Montauk.
Michelle Rothar, an East Hampton Town social worker at the American Red Cross shelter at East Hampton High... more
“No dress for you, Sandy,” said a sign in one Montauk shop window, Kelly B’s. Another shop owner had recycled last year’s Irene plywood without updating the message in honor of that storm. On Saturday, people were out taking photos both at the ocean beaches and on Block Island Sound, where the wind blew salt and sand into their faces, cameras and hair. They could barely stand without blowing over on the north beaches in Montauk.
Michelle Rothar, an East Hampton Town social worker at the American Red Cross shelter at East Hampton High... more


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