Stunning scenes from Sandy

Dennis Rutowizz of Babylon Village takes in the view at the Babylon boat launch as Hurricane Sandy approaches. (Oct. 28, 2012)

Heather Moline of Oakdale wraps her dog Tokio in a towel as she comes out in the rain to survey the flooding on Browns River Road in Sayville during superstorm Sandy. (Oct. 29, 2012)

Napeague Meadow Road is covered by flood waters from Napeague Harbor caused by Sandy in Amagansett (Oct. 29, 2012)

Ted Morfis and his granddaughter Kendall Morfis, 12, take a row boat out on the flooded Creek Road during superstorm Sandy in Bayville. (Oct. 29, 2012)

Water from Moriches Bay floods South Ocean Avenue and Inlet View Road in Center Moriches as superstorm Sandy approaches on Oct. 29, 2012.

A firefighter responds to the scene at a burned out building on Woodcleft Avenue in Freeport. The blaze apparently occurred Oct. 29 during the height of superstorm Sandy. (Oct. 30, 2012)

Michigan Street in Long Beach after superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 1, 2012)

Boats are scattered throughout a section of Island Park on Empire Boulevard. (Oct. 30, 2012)

Boats are pushed onto shore on Empire Boulevard in Island Park. (Oct. 30, 2012)

The municipal parking lot in the village of Sag Harbor remains flooded following the aftermath of superstorm Sandy. (Oct. 30, 2012)

A kayaker paddles near Seabreeze Cafe in Babylon Village, which remains flooded after superstorm Sandy barreled through the area with heavy winds and a high storm surge. (Oct. 30, 2012)

Frank Rapczyk, owner of Great Bay Marine in Babylon Village, stands in the road outside his marina, where boats have been overturned and some are missing after superstorm Sandy. (Oct. 30, 2012)

The remains of Fiore Bros. Fish Market in Freeport after it caught fire Monday night during superstorm Sandy's strong winds and flooding (Oct. 30, 2012)

Boats lifted and tossed about during superstorm Sandy were left piled together at the Varuna Boat Club in Brighton Beach. (Oct.31, 2012)

The beach on the West End of Long Beach was washed away during superstorm Sandy. (Oct. 31, 2012)

A woman used a ladder to reach her home after superstorm Sandy ruined the entrance to her home on Bayview Avenue West in Lindenhurst. (Oct. 31, 2012)

A tree fell onto a house in Ronkonkoma, a common sight throughout Long Island in superstorm Sandy's wake. (Oct. 31, 2012)

Tropix, a newly opened restaurant on Freeport's Nautical Mile, was destryoyed after it caught fire during superstorm Sandy. (Oct. 30, 2012)

Joseph Bivona surveys the damage to his home on Bayview Avenue West in Lindenhurst after superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 1, 2012)

Greg Snow attempts to clear debris from superstorm Sandy from his yard on Atlantic Street in Lindenhurst. (Nov. 1, 2012)

People wait on line with their gas cans at the Hess station on Deer Park Avenue and Weeks Road in Deer Park. Odd-even gas rationing restrictions were implemented in Nassau and Suffolk eight days later. (Nov. 1, 2012)

Bob Brittan, 77, who has lived in his Bayview Avenue East home in Lindenhurst for 38 years, stands at what used to be the back wall of his house; it was ruined by superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 2, 2012)

Barry Popkin, right, gets a hug from his son Zach as they see each other for the first time after superstorm Sandy. Part of Popkin's home is buried under sand. (Nov. 2, 2012)

A home damaged by superstorm Sandy in Atlantique on Fire Island (Nov. 3, 2012)

Freelance documentary photographer Tenney McClane, of Astoria, hangs her water-damaged photographs on a clothesline to dry in front of her childhood home on Neptune Avenue in Seaford. Thousands of McClane's photographs were damaged by flooding the home sustained during superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 3, 2012)

Michael Farina (left), of Lindenhurst, warms up with brother Don Farina, of North Babylon, and neighbors Bobby Horan, of Lindenhurst, and JR Labbate, of Lindenhurst, on Bayview Avenue. The neighborhood is still without power a week after superstorm Sandy hit Long Island. (Nov. 5, 2012)

Joe O'Brien, with his son DJ and cat Meatball, eats clam chowder at his home on Beach Street in Lindenhurst. O'Brien said they have been staying warm with a heater. He pleaded for a new wheelchair for his son, whose wheelchair was damaged during superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 8, 2012)

Superstorm Sandy damaged several homes at the end of Clocks Boulevard, including one home that was for sale. (Nov. 6 2012)

Carla Smith, of Bayview Place, stands in her damaged home after superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 6, 2012)

Robert Fantel sits on a couch of garbage piled from his and other residents' homes on South Bay Street in Lindenhurst. (Nov. 7, 2012)

A resident thanks a U.S. National Guard patrol on South Bay Street in Lindenhurst. (Nov. 8, 2012)

Houses in Southampton Town just west of Town Line Road are being threatened after the beachfront suffered serious erosion over the past week, a consequence of superstorm Sandy.

Ashley Russo, 20, comforts her 5-year-old brother, Harry, as she tries to keep him warm. The Alexander family decided to stay in Long Beach and ride out the storm and its aftermath, and have been living without power for 11 days. (Nov. 8, 2012)