I am the Little Ferry Borough Administrator in charge of the day to day operations of the town. We were hit with a 9 foot tidal surge where 90% of the town went underwater. It has been only 2 days in the sheer amount of debri people are pulling out of their homes is mind boggling. Today we had 8 30 yard garbage trucks, twenty 30 yard containers and large dump trucks and didn't scratch the surface of more than 2 blocks. My preliminary damage assessment of just government property is going to push 1.2 million dollars. And we are small town of approximately 11,000 residents. Are police vehicle fleet was cut in half and we are estimating that over a thousand of the residents cars will be totaled due to water damage. The sheer volume of destruction and the New Jersey and the New Jersey Shore community got it worse. It is amazing more people didn't die during the storm especially first responders. As someone who sees this from the unique perspective of looking at an entire town is mind numbing how much this is going to cost.
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