Maryland’s Ocean City wakes up to Sandy damage
During Superstorm Sandy, Ocean City, Md. was one of the worst hit communities in the state. Sun photographer Karl Merton Ferron captured startling images from the seaside resort town. Emergency workers responded to 231 calls for help Monday and moved about 50 residents who had ignored a mandatory evacuation. About 100 feet of the Ocean City Fishing Pier was wiped out. Crews are assessing the damage today.
More Sandy coverage from The Darkroom:
OCTOBER 30: Superstorm Sandy leaves destruction, darkness and death in its wake
OCTOBER 29: Feeling the effects of Hurricane Sandy-
- Waiting for landfall: A wave overtakes the seawall, knocking into an observer who is thrown off balance on the boardwalk near 16th Street. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Waiting for landfall: Waves from the Atlantic Ocean breach the storm wall at the Ocean City boardwalk. (Karl Mertron Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Waiting for landfall: A military truck sits in the water on St. Louis Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets as personnel help residents evacuate with their essential belongings. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Yards and streets on the bayside are flooded by the tidal surge. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- After discovering her own home had been breached by water, Charlotte Litsinger, a realtor with Coldwell Banker Sales, toured some of the properties the company has for sale and rent in Warrens Park. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- A yard is flooded along with 8th Street. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- The tidal water surges from the bay onto Edgewater Avenue. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- A home is surrounded by a tidal surge from the bay. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Edgewater Avenue is surrounded by a tidal surge from the bay in a view looking north at 8th Street. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Children’s bikes are covered with debris. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Properties on St. Louis Ave. and Caroline Street are flooded as the oceanside resort town begins recovery and cleanup. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Seaside benches, once anchored to a boardwalk installed along the inlet, now rest at the start of S. Baltimore Avenue near the amusement park. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- The tidal surge left beach sand covering the inlet parking lot. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Traffic cones are scattered at the entrance of the inlet parking lot. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Department of Public Works worker Donald Jarmon cuts up a wooden fence which was tossed onto 7th Street at Baltimore Ave. by the storm surge. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- A bird house floats among debris at Warren’s Park. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Realtor Charlotte Lipsinger wades through the storm surge to assess damage of her home and others in the complex. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- A pontoon boat floats on Middle Way Drive in a mobile home community off Coastal Highway as Hurricane Sandy floods the eastern shore resort community. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Sand dunes, used as both a beach enhancement as well as beach protection, show signs of erosion from the waves off the Atlantic ocean with the boardwalk in background. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- A bin sits in the middle of 8th Street at N. Philadelphia Ave. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)
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- Public works crews move a 300 lb. bench from the boardwalk. Many benches were tossed about by waves that breached the seawall. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Waves much higher than normal break as they head towards the beach. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Utility crews standby with a digger truck used to prop up a utility pole at Coastal Highway near 25th St. after winds from Superstorm Sandy cracked the base. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- A street sign at a mobile home park stands among trailers surrounded by water. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- The steps of one mobile home leads to water and a pontoon boat at Launch Drive Lane. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- A fire hydrant at Edgewater Ave. and 9th Street is surrounded by water with a sailboat docked in the bay in the background after bay waters breached the seawall in Ocean City. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Water floods lower Ocean City. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Molly Baysinger, left, and cousin Stacy Jarman take pictures of the damaged Ocean City Fishing Pier that lost up to 100 feet of its structure. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- A pontoon boat rests between mobile homes on Middle Way Lane on the bayside near Coastal Highway. (Karl Mertron Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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- Waiting for landfall: Two tourists watch as a wave breaches the seawall while a city truck in background drives along the Ocean City boardwalk. (Karl Merton Ferron / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Waiting for landfall: Waves batter the pilings of what still stands of the Ocean City Fishing Pier. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)
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ted sheehan
Nov 25, 2012 @ 12:09:04
Hi folks, hope u guys are doing ok down there — always have a soft spot for oc, md … god bless..ted sheehan
Joyce Barron
Nov 11, 2012 @ 12:13:35
Hi, hope that your city can be rebuilt, especially since your state is just under the total damage amount for federal aid. Two great fishing piers, at Ocean City and Cape Henlopen have been seriously damaged. Luckily the pier at Woodland Beach, DE is still intact.
I have been pushing for attention from the federal government on the “other” states affected by Sandy. However, president Obama does not seem to consider them part of the 57 states under his leadership.
Please help me in focusing media attention on the smaller states which also need economic help in recovering.
Sean Connell
Nov 02, 2012 @ 08:16:37
Ocean City will be holiday heaven again. I had a great time working in the Sheraton on 101st street and parting all over town back in 1996. A great place. Best of Irish Luck to you all.
kanittha
Nov 01, 2012 @ 15:34:12
My prayer is for all .I hope beautiful Ocean City and my favorite store ‘Underground Outlet’ would be fine .I will come to visit again.love ocean city!
Allison
Oct 31, 2012 @ 20:45:09
Love & Blessings to my new friends I met there this summer. My prayers are with you all. Hello to the ex Marine who ownes the eatery on the boardwalk. Be safe my friends.
Pam Baldwin
Oct 31, 2012 @ 07:51:53
My thoughts and prayers go out to my Ocean City friends. My home is Ohio, however Ocean City will forever be in my heart. OC, My home away from home for 49 years.