On the Cape, Sandy Beaches ... or Not

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Credit Heather Goldstone / WGBH

Storm surge and high surf washed right under this house on stilts on Falmouth's Surf Drive. Sand had to be cleared from the road by bulldozer.

Hurricane Sandy couldn't have been more appropriately named. With storm surges of 3-6 feet around the Cape and Islands, and up to 12 feet along the Jersey Shore, coastal erosion is one after-effect that communities in Sandy's path will be wrestling with even after the power is back on.