Alan Benimoff, a geologist at the College of Staten Island, on Iona Street, which is inside the topographical "bowl."
Benimoff on Peggy Lane, demonstrating the topographical "bowl." The street slopes upward toward Father Capodanno Boulevard, and the Atlantic Ocean beyond.
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One of numerous beach houses built on partial wetlands in the Midland Beach area.
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The site where Mike Taurozzi's home once stood. It was demolished after Sandy. All that's left is a storage shed.
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The beach houses are set on low foundations, and pre-date federal flood insurance programs prompted better building practices.
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The site of a home in Midland Beach, Staten Island, that was so damaged by Sandy it was later demolished.
Flooding is common in the bowl even during non-hurrciane events. This street was impassable by pedestrians after the snow that fell in Feburary melted.
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The spot where one of Sandy's victims, Betty Spagnuolo, 79, drowned in her home.
