I can not tell you how much the images that I've seen of my home back in NJ so devastated by Hurricane Sandy have upset me. I grew up on the shore, I raised my children there, and it is gone. Seaside Heights Amusement Pier is gone, just gone, the roller coaster sits in the ocean.
First 5 images courtesy of the New Jersey National Guard Helicopter Battalion (Aerial views of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast taken during a search and rescue mission by 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, Oct. 30, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released) Public Domain)
The first two images is of the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, where the TV show "Jersey Shore" was filmed.
![](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/pfodge/11248755/354720/354720_600.jpg)
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And just to give you an idea of what was destroyed in the previous picture.
![](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/pfodge/11248755/355818/355818_600.jpg)