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Charles N. Flagg Matthew Learn Jack McSweeney Lucas Merlo Tom Wilson School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000 |
Hurricane Sandy and breaches at Old Inlet, Coast Guard Cut, and Moriches Inlet |
For real time data from the Bellport dock, the GSB Buoy, or other data from the observatory, please visit the Great South Bay Observatory.
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Hurricane Sandy caused significant over washes and three breaches in Fire Island in the area between the historic Old Inlet area and Moriches Inlet. Aerial video and photos were obtained Saturday, November 3rd, 5 days after the storm's passage. A short description and photos of the breaches is available while YouTube videos are listed below.
As a follow-up to the November 3rd aerial survey and after the nor'easter that occurred on November 7 and 8, a second aerial overflight of the Old Inlet area was carried out on November 11, 2012. Photos and a discussion of the results of that flight are available. In addition, we recovered an oceanographic sensor from the Bellport marina on November 10, 2012 which had recorded the sea level, temperature and salinity variations caused by the hurricane and subsequent nor-easter. View the time series plots of the data while a discussion of the data is available. The video of the November 11th flight is available on YouTube.
Another weekly aerial survey of the inlet was carried out on Sunday November 18th which showed that the sand island connecting Pelican Island to Fire Island had been cut by a new channel to the west. A series of photos showing the evolution of the inlet is available.
On Saturday December 1, 2012 there was a meeting at Bellport's community center to discuss the breach in the Old Inlet area. A power point presentation given at that meeting shows how the dynamics of the Great South Bay and the ocean resulted in the formation of the breach and how the breach has affected the tides, wind driven storm surge and the salinity of the eastern end of the Bay.
A follow-up meeting on the developments of the breach, now referred to as New Inlet, took place on March 23, 2013 at the Bellport Middle School. Charles Flagg gave a power point presentation to the meeting attended by about 500 people to hear position reports from the FINS and the NYDEC, and presentations by Charles Flagg, Kevin McAlaster and Joe Gagliano.
Presentations by Charles Flagg, Christopher Gobler, Chris Soler, Jim Gilmore, Tony Graves and Joe Gagliano took place at the Bellport Middle School on December 21, 2013 to outline the current status of the New Inlet and initiation of the NPS's Environmental Impact Statement project. Flagg's power point presentation is available.
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Peer reviewed publication by Hinrichs et al (2018) on the impact of the breach on Great South Bay
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The photos below are taken of the New Inlet from the south looking across Fire Island
The aerial photography has been a community effort with pilots Rich Giannotti, Don Richards, Charlie Flagg and Vinny Petruso and photographers Charlie Flagg, Mike Ferrigno, Rich Weismann, Justin Flagg, Brian Wasser, Jamie Shreeve, John Vahey, Brad Furman, Chris Gobler, Michael Busch, Art Leiz, Alejandra Sanchez-Franks, Claudia Hinrichs, Andrew Becker, Deborah Sack, Yicheng Huang, Sal Biamonte, Steve Borchardt
April 2005 (CF)
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Nov 3, 2012 (CF&RG) NPS_Trimmed Flight Video |
Nov 11, 2012 (CF&RG) |
Nov 20, 2012 (RW&RG) |
Dec 20, 2012 (MF&RG) |
Jan 6, 2013 (JF&CF) |
Jan 27, 2013 (CF&DR) |
Feb 2, 2013 (BW&CF) |
Feb 14, 2013 (CF&RG) |
Mar 10, 2013 (CF&RG) |
Mar 29, 2013 (JS&CF) |
Apr 4, 2013 (MF&RG) |
Apr 17, 2013 (CF&VP) |
Apr 18, 2013 (JV) |
May 12, 2013 (CF) |
May 31, 2013 (CF) |
June 16, 2013 (BF & CF) |
July 7, 2013 (CG & CF) |
Aug 5, 2013 (MB&CF) |
Sept 15, 2013 (CF) |
Oct 19, 2013 (CF) |
Nov 6, 2013 (CF) |
Dec 8, 2013 (CF) |
Dec 19, 2013 (JF&CF) |
| Jan 8, 2013 (AL)  |
Jan 21, 2014 (CF) |
Feb 20, 2014 (CF) |
Mar 24, 2014 (CF) |
Apr 22, 2014 (CF)
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May 18, 2014 (CF) |
June 8, 2014 (CF&RG) |
June 24, 2014 (CF)
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July 31, 2014 (CF&RG) |
Aug 28, 2014 (CF) |
Sept 8, 2014 (JV) |
Sept 26, 2014 (CF) |
Oct 30, 2014 (CF) |
Nov 30, 2014 (ASF&CF) |
Dec 14, 2014 (CF) |
Dec 29,2014 (RS&CF) |
Jan 17, 2015 (JV&SCPD) |
Jan 29, 2015 (RG) |
Feb 28, 2015 (CF)  |
Mar 29. 2015 (CF)  |
Apr 6, 2015 (JV) |
Apr 12, 2015 (JV) |
Apr 26, 2015 (CF)  |
May 26, 2015 (CF)  |
June 30, 2015 (RG&CF) |
July 23, 2015 (RG&CF)  |
Aug 12, 2015 (CF&SG) |
Aug 28, 2015 (CF&CH) |
Sept 25, 2015 (CF) |
Oct 6, 2015 (RG) |
Oct 7, 2015 (CF)  |
Oct 21, 2015 (RG) |
Oct 26, 2015 (CF) |
Nov 25, 2015 (RG&CF)  |
Dec 5, 2015 (RG&CF)  |
Jan 6, 2016 (RG&CF)  |
Jan 31, 2016 (RG&CF)  |
Mar 1, 2016 (JV) |
Mar 8, 2016 (RG&CF)  |
Apr 13, 2016 (CF)  |
May 11, 2016 (CF)  |
June 1, 2016 (CF)  |
June 30, 2016 (CF)  |
July 20, 2016 (CF)  |
Aug 5, 2016 (RG&CF)  |
Sept 8, 2016 (RG&CF)  |
Oct 6, 2016 (CF)  |
Oct 7, 2016 (JV)  |
Nov 8, 2016 (CF)  |
Dec 8, 2016 (CF)  |
Jan 15, 2017 (CF&JF)  |
Feb 4, 2017 (CF)  |
Mar 13, 2017 (CF)  |
Mar 24, 2017 (JV) |
Apr 9, 2017 (CF)  |
May 10, 2017 (CF)  |
June 4, 2017 (CF)  |
June 11, 2017 (CF&JF)  |
June 22, 2017 (CF)  |
July 16, 2017 (CF)  |
July 30, 2017 (CF) |
Aug 8, 2017 (AB) |
Aug 14, 2017 (CF)  |
Sept 8, 2017 (CF)  |
Sept 20, 2017 (CF)  |
Sept 24, 2017 (CF) |
Sept 24, 2017 (CF)  |
Oct 20, 2017 (CF)  |
Nov 20, 2017 (CF)  |
Nov 28, 2017 (CF)  |
Jan 27, 2018 (CF)  |
Feb 27, 2018 (CF)  |
Mar 26, 2018 (CF)  |
Apr 21-22, 2018 (CF) |
Apr 25, 2018 (CF&YH)  |
May 22, 2018 (JV)  |
May 25, 2018 (CF)  |
July 13, 2018 (CF)  |
Aug 5, 2018 (CF) |
Aug 7, 2018 (CF)  |
Aug 10, 2018 (CF) |
Sept 16, 2018 (CF&DS)  |
Oct 19, 2018 (CF)  |
Nov 17, 2018 |
Dec 19, 2018 (CF&YH)  |
Jan 17, 2019  |
Feb 14, 2019 (CF&MB)  |
Feb 14, 2019 (MB) |
| Mar 24, 2019 (CF&SB) High Tide   |
Apr 25, 2019 (RG) |
Apr 29, 2019 (CF)  |
Apr 29, 2019 (CF) |
May 27, 2019 (CF)  |
May 27, 2019 (CF) |
June 26, 2019 (CF)  |
Aug 24, 2019 (CF)  |
Sept 23, 2019 (CF)  |
Oct 24, 2019 (CF)  |
Dec 8, 2019 (CF)  |
Dec 8, 2019 (CF) |
Jan 22, 2020 (CF)  |
Feb 15, 2020 (CF)  |
Feb 15, 2020 (CF)  |
Apr 30, 2020 (JV)  |
May 7, 2020 (CF @ 6500')  |
June 14 2020 (CF)  |
June 15, 2020 (JV) |
July 14, 2020 (CF)  |
Aug 26, 2020 (CF)  |
Nov 14, 2020 (CF)  |
Dec 3, 2020 (RG)  |
Dec 3, 2020 (RG)  |
Jan 8, 2021 (CF)  |
Jan 12, 2012 (RG) |
Feb 26, 2021 (RG)  |
Mar 9, 2021 (CF)  |
Mar 10, 2021 (JV)  |
Apr 18, 2021 (CF)  |
Sept 4, 2021 (CF)  |
Nov 3, 2021 (RG)  |
Nov 20, 2021 (RG)  |
Dec 5, 2021 (RG) |
Jan 13, 2022 (RG)  |
Jan 27, 2022 (CF)  |
Jan 28, 2022 (JV)  |
Feb 16, 2022 (CF)  |
Mar 5, 2022 (RG)  |
Mar 16, 2022 (RG&CF)  |
April 23, 2022 (RG)  |
April 25, 2022 (RG&CF)  |
June 7, 2022 (RG&CF)  |
June 30, 2022 (CF)  |
July_10_2022 (CF) |
July_16_2022 (JV)  |
Aug 9, 2022 (JV) |
Aug 13, 2022 (CF)  |
Sept 10, 2022 (CF)  |
Oct 9, 2022 (JV)  |
Oct 9,2022 (JV)  |
Oct 29, 2022 (RG) |
Nov 21, 2022 (SB) |
Dec 26, 2022 (SB)  |
Jan 2, 2023 (SB)  |
Mar 5, 2023 (SB)  |
May 13, 2023 (CF)  |
June 18, 2023 (CF)  |
Dec 19, 2023 (JV)  |
Mar 16, 2024 (CF)  |
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With Mark Lang's help the series of overflights of the breach have produced detailed photo mosaics of the inlet and back bay area.
More information about the mosaic image processing process is available on Mark's website.
The geo-referenced photo mosaics are assembled into a kml file that can be viewed using Google Earth. By clicking between images and using the fade in-out button you can clearly see how the inlet is changing with time. An offline KMZ file is also available.
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