I grew up on the NJ Shore, just north of where Hurricane Sandy made landfall last week. I knew I’d want to get down to the area as soon as my schedule allowed. Managed to return to Point Pleasant this morning for a few hours. Here are a few favorites from the day. For a few brief moments, it was all kind eerily similar to working in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, or at earthquakes in Turkey, El Salvador or Haiti, and hurricanes Mitch in Honduras… ~cg.
POINT PLEASANT, NJ. A pleasure boat rests on the sidewalk in Point Pleasant, NJ on Monday, November 5, 2012. Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey coast one week ago, causing more than 100 storm related deaths and an estimated $50 billion in damage along the East Coast of the U.S. An estimated 4.8 million people were left without power in 15 states, and the New York Stock Exchange was closed for two days in the wake of the Superstorm. Nearly 20,000 commercial flights were cancelled between Oct. 27th. – Nov. 1st. as well. © Chet Gordon/THE IMAGE WORKS
Chet Gordon resides in the lower Hudson Valley region of New York. A photojournalist for more than 25 years, he recently worked as Westchester Magazine's first photo editor, and previously was a staff photographer at four NYC metro area newspapers. He was also a photo editor at the NY Daily News for 5 years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, International Herald-Tribune, USA Today, MailOnline (UK), Army Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Popular Photography magazines, among others. He is a career member of the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA), and a former board member of the NY Press Photographer’s Association (NYPPA). He served honorably as a U.S. Marine in the mid-1980's, including 2+ years stationed on Okinawa, Japan, and throughout Southeast Asia. A longtime volunteer and travel enthusiast, he accompanies several humanitarian aid clients on their international disaster relief and medical missions. Since 1997, he's worked in several African countries, the Middle East, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, as well as Afghanistan, Haiti, the Russian Federation, and Thailand. He routinely mentors young photographers looking to break into the industry and vacations in Bermuda and Kenya.
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