The hard hit Jersey Shore, which accounts for roughly half of New Jersey’s $38 billion yearly tourism industry, was a bull’s-eye location for Hurricane Sandy’s landfall in late October. During a Nov.-9 press conference in Seaside Park, NJ, Governor Chris Christie pledged to be a partner in the rebuilding effort, but warned, “Next summer is not going to be like last summer.”
Parts of an amusement park's rides are all that remain from a boardwalk and pier after Hurricane Sandy in Seaside Park, New Jersey. (Source: REUTERS)