Flood Level Marker - Bay Park, New York.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member moelsla
N 40° 37.709 W 073° 39.720
18T E 613158 N 4498376
The watermarks show the level of Hurricane Sandy.
Waymark Code: WM1845C
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Windsocker
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Hurricane Sandy is referred to as Super Sandy was an extremely destructive and strong Atlantic hurricane.
"Hurricane Sandy cause significant damage to the New York Metro area, including the south shore Long Island where infrastructure on the barrier island and waterfront communities on the mainland was devastated and crippled. Perhaps no greater example was the failure of the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway, NY, where Sandy's storm surge sent nine feet of saltwater into the facility, causing extensive damage. The plant went offline for two days and an estimated 68 million gallons of raw sewage was released into the Western Long Island South Shore Estuary. In days following the storm, the facility began releasing partially treated sewage into the estuary for approximately seven weeks while repairs were being conducted." (source) (visit link)
Nassau County has constructed a protective earthen berm and an 18 foot wall around the perimeter of the facility sewage treatment plant.
Natural or man made event?: Natural

What type of marker?: Cement Wall

When did this occur?: October 22, 2012 - November 2, 2012

Website related to the event..: [Web Link]

Visit Instructions:
A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.
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