Sandy Aftermath - Art kohn reports from virginia beach

I KNOW THEY DO. I YOU REALLY DID A NICE JOB. N GLAD YOU'RE BACK SAFELY. SANDY BROUGHT HIGH WINDS AND WAVES TO THE VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANWAV FRONT. O COVERINGN HAS BEEN THISHAS STORM FROM THE LAST THRE DAYS OR SO AS WELL AND IS LIVE ART? YEAH, I WAS IN SANDBRIDGE TODAY EARLIER. THAT'S A SMALL BEACH COMMUNITY ON THE S SOUTHERN TIP OF O VIRGINIA BEACH. YOU KNOW, IT'S TYPICALLY HIT HARD BY COASTAL STORMS, BOTHMS NOREASTERS AND HURRICANES, BUT SEEMS THIS STORM REALLY HAD IT IN FOR ONE FAMILY, IN PARTICULAR, DOWN THERE. WITH SANDY GONE, THE OCEAN IS QUIET NOW AND THE BEACHFRONTNT HOMES IN SANDBRIDGE ARE STILL A STANDING. PROPERTY OWNERS SURPRISED TORT FIND MINIMAL DAM. WE HAVE THE FENCING PANELS EVERYWHERE -- HEAVY EQUIPMENT WAS PUSHINGT SAND OFF SAND FIDDLER ROAD AND A BEACHFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS AREEY DIGGING OUT SWIMMING POOLS AND DECK FURNITURE. UNMANAGEABLE. UNTIL YOU GO A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTHU GO TO THE BEACHFRONT HOMF DON AND MY SELL TOMLINS WHERE THE DAMAGE IS UNTHINKABLE. TOMLIN SAYS THE WIND RIPPED THES BACK DOOR OFF THE HOUSE OPENINGE SURGE. MUCH OF THE BEACH IS NOW IN HISH LIVING ROOM. AFTER GOING THROUGH HURRICANE ISABELLE SEVEN YEARS AGO, I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S'S UNAWARE OF THE RISK OF OWNING A HOME ON THE BEACH BUT HE WAS A B LITTLE SURPRISED BY SANDY. IT'S ALWAYS CONCERNED ME, YOU KNOW, THE STORM SURGE, BUT, YOUS KNOW, WITH THE HURRICANE BEING 350 MILES OUT, I JUST DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE QUITE THISUL BAD, OBVIOUSLY. IN FACT, HE DIDN'T EVEN BOARD UP THE HOUSE FOR THIS STORM. I DON'T THINK T IT WOULD HAVE MATTERED, AS YOU CAN SEE. HE AND HIS WIFE OWNED THIS HOME 13 YEARS AND IN THAT TIME N LEARNED A LIFE LESSON NOT UNFAMILIAR TO OTHER COASTAL O RESIDENTS. IT'S AOAS DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD. WHEN YOU LIVE NEAR THE OCEAN YOU GET THE BEAUTIFUL END BUT ALSOUL VERY DANGEROUS. A I GUESS WE SAW HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE. YEAH, I ASKED DON TOMLIN IF HE HAD ANY IDEA WHY SANDY SINGLED HIM OUT. HE LAUGHED AND SAID HE DIDN'T SA KNOW. MAYBE HE IT HAD TO DO WITH THE E OF HIS HOUSE. HIS HOUSE WAS CALLED LUNASEA.