Based on everything I've seen, LBI, while damaged, is relatively lucky. No doubt some individual homes may have been destroyed beyond repair, but as a whole, LBI survived fairly well. Barnegat Peninsula to the north looks much worse. That new inlet created at the Mantoloking Bridge is the worst. Looks like the ocean cut through another new inlet a few miles north also. Many destroyed homes in Seaside Heights area and the amusement piers are in ruins.
From satellite photo closeups, my house is still there, but there's not enough detail to see any damage. Perhaps late next week we'll be allowed back to check on things. But I doubt we'll be back living there before Thanksgiving at the earliest. Fortunately I have a warm safe place to live until then. I know that's not the case for some others. A place called Cedar Bonnet Island just outside LBI was hit hard. Many of the houses on the south side of the causeway have "Condemned---Unsuitable for Human Habitation" signs on them. Same with some homes in an area not far away known as Beach Haven West. Most of these were permanent homes, not vacation ones. These are the people who are suffering. I'm fortunate.
Jim
. My other friend in Belmar doesnt think she fared as well. As of now she can't get to the house. There is a webcam near her home and she is not seeing it on there. She should be able to! 
