NYC Mayoral hopeful Quinn says her Bradley Beach, NJ beach house was saved from Sandy by dunes town built after 1992 hurricane

12/5/12, "Storm Writes a New Script in Campaigns for New York Mayor," NY Times, by Michael M. Grynbaum

"Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, whose Chelsea apartment lost power for four days, has focused more on the practical challenges left by the storm. ...

Ms. Quinn was the only major Democratic contender who lost power in the storm, but she, like all the candidates, said her concerns were minor compared with those of people who live in low-lying areas. ...

As it often does with Ms. Quinn, the personal overlaps with the political. She and her wife share a beach house in Bradley Beach, N.J., which escaped serious damage thanks to view-obstructing dunes the town built after a damaging hurricane in 1992 — a useful case study as New York prepares its own preventive measures.

“People used to bust a little bit on Bradley because you couldn’t see the water from the Boardwalk,” Ms. Quinn said. “But the dunes did their job. They ended up on the Boardwalk, but they held the water back.”"...

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