For our privacy policy, click here . For our user agree- ment, click here . At Christmastime, vestiges of the flood's destruction endure. Storefronts are still vacant and boarded. Homes are still uninhabitable.
People are still homeless.
On some streets, it looks as if the hurricane hit just last week. Her home still hasn't recovered from the 4 feet of water that flooded her first floor, so Wychunas has been living with her daughter in nearby Green Brook. But every day she comes back home, plays her favorite music, and, for a few minutes, pretends that all is well again. Not many of the people who were touched by the disaster have that kind of serenity. Not the Padillas who wonder if their lives will ever be the same.