After Sandy

A spring tide, springing back, in this case, at low tide. When I was looking at this feature of Brooklyn Bridge Park from the Promenade as Sandy approached, the water was curved high up to the bushes on the right; that night, the water would overflow this area and flood much of the park. I like to think of this rocky cove as a tidal clock.

Rebecca McMackin, Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Park Horticulturist, has written about the aftermath of Sandy’s salty inundation of the park. (One of my photos is used to illustrate this article.) Salt, of course, is poisonous to most forms of life, so getting rid of the stuff was a first priority. Check out the article for more fascinating details.