NORWALK, Conn. – I’ve got photos of Hurricane Sandy damage at Norwalk’s Calf Pasture Beach but YouTube user WeatherNut27 has something better: time lapse photography of the damage being done, shot from a camera mounted at the Shea McGrath Memorial.
About a minute into the video (click here) you see the tide come in. Alas, the worst of it happened in the dark, so the next thing you see clearly is the memorial’s fence being bent by the wind. When the sun comes up you can see wave after wave of windy rain coming in, with dramatic variations of light. Finally, the video finishes with a montage of still photographs showing damage at the beach, including a destroyed building.
YouTube is populated by at least 18 videos showing the effects of Sandy coming in, including:
- Aldostrata shares almost two minutes of the flooded streets of Bell Island (609 people have looked at it so far, if that’s any indication of its worth).
- Swimbikesail2 shows us the rollicking surf at Crescent Beach on Oct. 31, a day after the storm, 70 seconds of action. (242 views)
- MrUnboxify takes viewers on a three-minute tour of flooding along Gregory Boulevard on the afternoon of Oct. 29, as Sandy came in. (3:04, 484 views)
- x0xsharonx0x shares 33 seconds of flooding streets but doesn’t identify what street it is, unfortunately. (33 seconds, 4,884 views)
- Ralph Filardo gives us a good view of the flooded Veterans Park parking lot at noon Oct. 29, a high tide with the storm still 100s of miles away: Video one, (35 seconds, 656 views) Video two (21 seconds, 291 views)
- Rachel Ramsey offers something different: 25 seconds of a large tree coming down. She doesn’t say where it is. (177 views)
- Devdatt Vajifdar shows us the wind blowing trees along Westport Avenue on Oct. 29. (1:02, 488 views)
- GossipNewsReviews shows 33 seconds of Water Street flooding during Sandy (229 views)
- Echowood happened to catch a transformer exploding in the dark on the South Norwalk railroad bridge (12 seconds, 258 views)
- James Roth shows 40 seconds of flooding at Cove Marina (and 29 seconds of getting back in the car). 172 views.
- DevilOnIceSkates has excellent photos of Calf Pasture Beach damage as well as video of water overcoming Marvin Beach. (3:42, 68 views)
And, if you’d like to see more photos of Calf Pasture Beach damage and/or cleanup, more of mine are below.
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