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Jason Biondo at Antique Lumber Company in Montauk on Saturday. VIRGINIA GARRISON

Jason Biondo at Antique Lumber Company in Montauk on Saturday. VIRGINIA GARRISON

Preparing for Sandy at Waldmann Inc. Jewelry in Southampton Village. DANA SHAW

Preparing for Sandy at Waldmann Inc. Jewelry in Southampton Village. DANA SHAW

Surfers at the Shinnecock Inlet on Sunday morning. DANA SHAW

Surfers at the Shinnecock Inlet on Sunday morning. DANA SHAW

Red Cross Shelter Manager Sherry Wheaton with some of the cots at the Red Cross Emergency Shelter at Hampton Bays High School on Sunday morning. DANA SHAW

Red Cross Shelter Manager Sherry Wheaton with some of the cots at the Red Cross Emergency Shelter at Hampton Bays High School on Sunday morning. DANA SHAW

State parks workers taking down the east overlook sign in Montauk early Sunday afternoon. VIRGINIA GARRISON

State parks workers taking down the east overlook sign in Montauk early Sunday afternoon. VIRGINIA GARRISON

Ditch Plains Beach

Ditch Plains Beach

Montauk

Montauk

early Sunday afternoon. VIRGINIA GARRISON

early Sunday afternoon. VIRGINIA GARRISON

Harbor Heights on 114 in Sag Harbor.

Harbor Heights on 114 in Sag Harbor.

School buses replaced outgoing trains from Montauk on Sunday. VIRGINIA GARRISON

School buses replaced outgoing trains from Montauk on Sunday. VIRGINIA GARRISON

At East Quogue Wines and Liquors on Sunday afternoon. DANA SHAW

At East Quogue Wines and Liquors on Sunday afternoon. DANA SHAW

East Quogue firefighter Steve Mancusso goes door to door with the fire department to evacuate Dune Road on Sunday. DANA SHAW

East Quogue firefighter Steve Mancusso goes door to door with the fire department to evacuate Dune Road on Sunday. DANA SHAW

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Skidmore's Hampton Bays Sunday afternoon

Skidmore's Hampton Bays Sunday afternoon

BY MICHAEL WRIGHT on Oct 25, 2012
Hurricane Sandy claimed the life of a still unidentified woman on Monday evening, destroyed an oceanfront home in Wainscott and a infamous nightclub in Hampton Bays, decimated dozens of miles... more

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