Our proprietor, Patty Brower, has made several trips home to New Jersey to help in the relief
efforts after Hurricane Sandy.
Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most
destructive storm of the 2012 hurricane season. In the US, Hurricane Sandy
affected 24 states with particularly severe damage in New Jersey and New York.
On October 29th, streets, tunnels and subway lines were flooded cutting power in
and around the city. Homes and lives were lost and the damage is estimated at
over $71 Billion.
Here’s an interesting look at
Hurricane Sandy, by the numbers:
• $18 billion: Amount the federal government
has kicked in for debris removal
• 7 million: Number of people left without power
• 2.5 million: Amount of cubic yards of debris
removed to date
• 800,000: Number of daily and public transit customers
affected
• 346,000 homes: Damaged or
destroyed
• 185,000: Number of businesses in New Jersey
impacted
• 116,000: Number of New
Jerseyans evacuated or displaced from homes
• 41,000: Number of families still displaced from their
homes
• 100,000: Number of
storm-related unemployment claims
• 17,000: Number of out-of-state utility workers who came to New
Jersey to restore power
• 8,000: Estimated number of jobs lost in November because of
Sandy
• 1,400: Number of sunken vessels
in the wake of the storm
• 1,000: Number of schools that lost their power
• 6: Number of schools completely destroyed by
Sandy
• 600: Number of full or partial
road closures
• 127: Number of shelters open at the peak of
the storm
Patty
may be best known for the elegant wines produced by the Chateau Julien Wine
Estate in Carmel Valley, CA, however it is her heart and commitment to helping
those in need that best describes her. She is not afraid to trade in her
business suit for protective gear and get her hands dirty. Here are a few
pictures from her most recent trip home to help in the relief
efforts:
Here is Patty at the shore before heading off to work on the other side of town. "Clean sand FINALLY! and new boards on the boardwalk!"
"Off to work I went doing a "muck-out". Ripping the walls, ceilings & floors out of destroyed houses of people who can't afford a professional clean up & breakdown."
