After Irene On Coney Island and Rockaway Beach

We took a run down and covered pretty much the same ground we covered yesterday (before pictures here and Windsor Terrace damage photos here):

Notice the rope:

Rockaway street foammud:

On Rockaway beach, the ocean was covered in this crazy sea foam:

My friend Lori and I got into nearly 40MPH winds on the Cross Bay Blvd bridge north of Broad Channel (she's holding an anemometer which says 37.9, it gusted higher later--the highest winds I saw on my weather station were 58MPH at 3:51am this morning):

Comments

[local]

I'm told that the foam is a result of churned sewage over/outflow. Blecchhh!

[John Huntington]

According to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_foam
Sea foam, ocean foam, beach foam, or spume is a type of foam created by the agitation of seawater, particularly when it contains higher concentrations of dissolved organic matter (including proteins, lignins, and lipids)[1] derived from sources such as the offshore breakdown of algal blooms.

The sewer outflows are not on the ocean side of the Rockaways, so I think (I hope!) this was more "organic".

[Ray Lopez]

Hi guys...me and my lil ones love Rockaway and we're planning to head out tomorrow early. Any idea the state the beach is in now?