Here's a few pictures I took when I was in Breezy Point.
I took these two from my cousin Maggie's back deck. Her house was spared by the fire but was damaged by flood water.
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/.../Breezy5-1.jpg
This is the area where the 110 houses burned to the ground. FDNY trucks could not get through the massive flooding. I think it's a miracle no one died.
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...nt/Breezy3.jpg
This is looking in the back door of my mother's house. Her tile is light beige under all that muck. Main floor is a total loss. Still waiting on verdict of structural viability. We found her bedroom furniture in the living room.
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...nt/Breezy1.jpg
The house is still standing so we feel very fortunate. It'll be a long time until the communitity is habitable again.