1 Year Ago

Sandy

Nov 2nd - Nov 9th Brigantine [Hurricane Sandy]

I got a call thursday night that the island would be open on friday Nov 2nd. I woke up around 7 and drove down the white horse pike towards atlantic city. there was a line of cars from the traffic light at Black Cat all the way to home depot. They had a check point.

Im watching cars getting turned around and being sent back towards absecon. So about 45 mins goes by and its my turn. I say " I work at the golf course in brigantine " I showed him my business card and he said " only residents ". I told him my boss was already there and asked me to come in. He said " I have to check", he walked away and asked some people. Came back and said " Be careful, go ahead ". As I get to the bridge in brigantine theres a line of cars back up to the AC extension. I get to the second check point and say the same thing

they let me through. The first thing that shocked me when I got to work was the water level in the shop

The floors were really bad, but on thursday a coworker came in and mopped the floor. She got rid of most of the mud and crud but didnt move the sofa and chairs becasue she did it in the dark.

I tried to dry out my VHS tapes the best I could...

Our divot pile got washed out on to the course

water level outside was about 3 feet

we had a bridge on 3 wash away

found it on 2 next to the green

the bridge on 8 was dislodged 

a coworker and I cleaned off the 7th tee box

a lot of work

this is how high the bathrooms sit

this is the water level in the bathroom. almost 4 feet

2nd hole we have a boat

and a jet ski

5th tidal drainage line

found this boat on 5

found stuff everywhere

sandy damage covered by the wall.. only if you have the sticker

We lost some of our equipment but the saddest thing is the loss that the residents suffered from the hurricane. We lost things that we use to work, other people lost family pictures, tvs, couches, washer/dryers, refrigerators, everything. I honestly feel bad for the people who lost so much. City of brigantine is doing an amazing job of cleaning the city. This picture was taken in front of the dump in our parking lot.....

Brigantine Links [Pics by: Patti Loers]

Still cant get on to brigantine but a coworker who lives on the island stayed behind and took these pics today. 15th bathroom is off the ground about 3 feet.

 18th approach

 behind 4th green

 7th tee box

 shops parking lot

15th hole from behind the tee box taken by the home owner

clean up is going to be a lot, overtime and none stop working..