Oct
31
2012

Photos of Citi Field From Hurricane Sandy

An article by Clayton Collier

View from La Guardia Airport of the flooding. In the distance you can see Citi Field

Hurricane Sandy came through the past few days and absolutely battered the tri-state area. Homes are destroyed, millions are without power, the entire transit system is in shambles and a death toll that continues to rise. We have just experienced one of, if not the worst natural disasters in our area’s history, and now is the time to come together and pull through this as one just as we have so many times before.

Many of our readers are obviously in the area in which the destruction has occurred, and we at MMO hope and pray that everyone out there is safe and dry. Our fearless leader Joe D. is currently out of power but getting by so as a result myself and my fellow MMO’er Dan Valis will be keeping things going until the lights come on for him. If you have any questions or need to contact us about anything, you can E-Mail me at maybenextyearmets@yahoo.com or Dan at bigapplemetstalk@yahoo.com.

Many famous areas and key landmarks of the region received severe flooding and sustained significant damage. La Guardia Airport as you see above has been flooded and “extremely damaged”, however the home of our New York Mets, Citi Field, has emerged unscathed. I guess it’s well versed in weathering storms .

For those of you who still have power/internet access, here are some images of Citi Field throughout the storm:

The7Line with photos of Citi Field’s preparations for the storm. You can see they constructed a steel storm barrier around the perimeter o the ballpark.

MTA buses lined up in Citi Field parking lots in an effort to protect them from any potential damage. Courtesy of MTA Flickr page.

Matthew Zimmerman with the photo above as well as this footage below:

About the Author: Clayton Collier

Clayton, a Long Island native and die-hard Mets fan, started writing online about three years ago. He is currently a Journalism major with a minor in Broadcasting at Seton Hall University. Although very disappointed with the current state of the team, Clayton remains hopeful that the young prospects in the farm system will bring the Mets back to a respected franchise in baseball once again. Besides writing for MMO, Clayton is also a staff member at 89.5 WSOU, Seton Hall's modern active rock radio station. You can contact Clayton by following him on Twitter: @Clayton_Collier or E-mailing him at MaybeNextYearMets@yahoo.com

6 Comments + Add Comment

SaltyGary October 31, 2012 at 11:34 am

I imagine Willets Point is the cleanest it has ever been. Meanwhile reports suggest Flushing Bay now glows in the dark.
Met Maniac October 31, 2012 at 11:50 am

I dont know where my buddies Alex, Bayonne, Vinny, Metsie have been. Hope you’re all okay.
- SaltyGary October 31, 2012 at 12:04 pm
  
  I believe Metsie is out in Vegas, I can’t even imagine what kind of shape people like “Bayonne Mets Fan” are in. Supposedly “Little Ferry” and “Moonachie” are devastated and that water needed to pass by Bayonne NJ to get there.
- SaltyGary October 31, 2012 at 12:07 pm
  
  SRT also lives right off the Jersey shore and I imagine “MR. North Jersey” was probably effected in someway as well.
  - Met Maniac October 31, 2012 at 12:48 pm
    
    Well I hope they are all okay. Even though we argue a lot it’s not personal and I like all the regulars here.
Joey D. November 1, 2012 at 12:03 am

We have family and friends we have not been able to get in touch with who live in the Island, Westchester and New Jersey so we assume they are blacked out but hope that is the extent of it.

To all at MMO, hope you are safe and the damage kept to a minimum.

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