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Mon, 2013-02-18 22:17 — mdmcdonald
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Submerged Superstorm Debris Threatens Tourism

Mon, 2013-02-18 19:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

      

This Feb. 5, 2013, photo,shows a home in the middle of Barnegat Bay, that was washed into the Bay from Mantoloking N.J. during Superstorm Sandy. States hit hard by Sandy are gearing up to remove tons of debris from waterways, including houses, vehicles, sunken boats, furniture, pieces of piers, decks and bulkheads _ all of which must be removed before the summer swimming and boating season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Hidden damage from Sandy lurks underwater as areas dependent on tourism brace for cleanup

Associated Press - by Wayne Parry - February 17, 2013

MANTOLOKING, N.J. (AP) -- On the surface, things look calm and placid. Just beneath the waterline, however, it's a different story.

Cars and sunken boats. Patio furniture. Pieces of docks. Entire houses. A grandfather clock, deposited in a marsh a mile from solid land. Hot tubs. Tons of sand. All displaced by Superstorm Sandy.

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