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Cars Submerged in Hurricane Sandy Flood Waters

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: October 30, 2012; 2012-10-30 Material: Digital image Dimension: 14.4 x 10.8 inches; 300 dpi
Creator: Monika Luchowska Identifier: aql:18531 qmp-ml-000011 qmp-ml-000011.tif

Description: The Atlantic Ocean rushed in while Jamaica Bay flooded from the other side, fully submerging the peninsula and everything on it. All these cars were previously parked neatly by the street, and not in the middle of this clearing. The sea pulled them a hundred yards until they were all situated together.

Collection : aql:13844

Creator : Monika Luchowska

Date : October 30, 2012; 2012-10-30

Summary/Description : The Atlantic Ocean rushed in while Jamaica Bay flooded from the other side, fully submerging the peninsula and everything on it. All these cars were previously parked neatly by the street, and not in the middle of this clearing. The sea pulled them a hundred yards until they were all situated together.

Subject : Hurricane damage; Automobiles; Floods; Hurricane Sandy, 2012

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Coverage : Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY Rockaway Beach (New York, N.Y.) Rockaway (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Digital image

Format : Digital image; 14.4 x 10.8 inches; 300 dpi

Identifier : aql:18531 qmp-ml-000011 qmp-ml-000011.tif

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Subject:
Hurricane damage; Automobiles; Floods; Hurricane Sandy, 2012
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