Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey, USA. As Hurricane Sandy approaches, local residents watch its approach from a sand wall constructed to thwart it's path at Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME. 28 October 2012.

Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey, USA. As Hurricane Sandy approaches local residents flee a sand wall constructed to thwart it's path as it is breached by a wave at high tide. Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME. 28 October 2012.

Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Waves pound the shore at Ocean Grove as winds and rain worsen on Monday morning. Sand walls that had been constructed on the adjacent beach were washed away overnight. Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi / Agence vu / Redux.

An elderly resident of the lower eastside of Manhattan is evacuated by police officers in anticipation flooding and damage from Hurricane Sandy. Many of the residents hardest hit in Manhattan lived in low income housing. David Maurice Smith / Oculi, captured on October 30, 2012

Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Local residents survey the ocrean from the Ocean Grove boardwalk as winds and rain worsen on Monday morning. Sand walls that had been constructed on the adjacent beach were washed away overnight. Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi / Agence vu / Redux.

A resident of the Lower Eastside of Manhattan braves the wind and rain at the beginning of Hurricane Sandy's touchdown on land. David Maurice Smith / Oculi on October 30, 2012.

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: Fire fighters from APFD cut fallen power lines In Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: Fire fighter Cortland Heyniger from APFD surveys The Asbury Park boardwalk late in the afternoon Monday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

East 9th Street in Manhattan's lower eastside sits under water as a result of Hurricane Sandy's rising floodwaters. David Maurice Smith / Oculi, October 30, 2012

Residents of the lower Eastside of Manhattan wade through waist deep water on East 8th, caused by the floodwaters of Hurricane Sandy. The area was the hardest hit in the Manhattan area. David Maurice Smtih / Oculi, October 30th, 2012.

Residents of Manhattan's lower eastside chat with police officers caught inside their vehicle by Hurricane Sandy's rising floodwaters. Police officers can also be seen in the windows of the PSA 4 station in the background. David Maurice Smith / Oculi. October 30th, 2012

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: Fire Fighters from The APFD leave an apartment block after working to free people stranded in an elevator late Monday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

A man assists a female area resident across a flooded street in the Lower Eastside of Manhattan, New York City. Flooded from Hurricane Sandy. October 30, 2012. David Maurice Smith / Oculi

An area resident wades through waist deep water out front of the NYC Police department Area 4 Station. It was the only location in the area with auxilary power, located on the corner of East 8th and Avenue C. Officers were baracaded inside while the streets were flooded by waist deep water. Lower Eastside of Manhattan, New York City. Flooded from Hurricane Sandy. October 30, 2012. David Maurice Smith / Oculi

A car abandoned in Manhattan's lower east side is submerged with floodwaters caused by Hurricane Sandy. David Maurice Smith / Oculi. October 30th 2012

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: Fire Fighter Cortland Heyniger assesses whether a flooded road is passable late Monday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

A resident wades through waist deep water to check on a friend trapped on the upper floors of her apartment comples in the Lower Eastside of Manhattan, New York City. Flooded from Hurricane Sandy. October 30, 2012. David Maurice Smith / Oculi

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: APFD attend a tree fallen on a house which has trapped two women inside their house on Monday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: APFD Fire Fighter Cortland Heyniger attends a massive fallen tree and power lines on Monday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: A woman is rescued from a house after being trapped inside by a fallen tree on Monday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: APFD respond to a call from residents trapped in a basement by floodwaters as torrential rain at high tide causes waters to rise on Monday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: Torrential rain at high tide causes floodwaters on Monday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Fire Fighters from The Asbury Park Fire Dept. (APFD) Pictured: Captain Barkalow and APFD attend a massive fallen tree and power lines Monday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore on Monday 29 October 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Devastation greeted early risers in Asbury Park, Tuesday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore yesterday and early Tuesday morning. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

A woman carries out damaged furniture from her flooded basement at 222 East 7th Street the morning after Hurricane Sandy took a toll on lower Manhattan by flooding many zones. Photographed on 10/30/12 by David Maurice Smith

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Devastation greeted early risers in Asbury Park, Tuesday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore yesterday and early Tuesday morning. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Personnel and city workers are busy cleaning up debris, fallen tree limbs, and other trash by way of large trucks in Alphabet City, the morning after Hurricane Sandy created havoc in the neighborhood by flooding many zones in lower Manhattan. Photographed by David Maurice Smith on 10/30/12

A worker begins to clean up large fallen branches from a tree outside Thompson Square Park in Alphabet City the morning after Hurricane Sandy took a toll on lower Manhattan by flooding many zones. Photographed by David Maurice Smith on 10/30/12

Hurricane Sandy. Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. A car dealer surveys the damage to his office, Tuesday in Asbury Park where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore yesterday and early Tuesday morning. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

A mother and daughter work to clean a neighbors basement, which was flooded, on East 7th Street between Ave C and D the morning after Hurricane Sandy took a toll on lower Manhattan by flooding many zones and tipping over various trees. Photographed on 10/30/12 by David Maurice Smith.

Police officers funnel water out of PSA 4 in Alphabet City the morning after Hurricane Sandy flooded the area, causing many cars to be submerged as well as many buildings and businesses be flooded. Photographed on 10/30/12 by David Maurice Smith

Hurricane Sandy. Belmar, New Jersey, USA. A young girl explores the ruins of the beachfront boardwalk which ended up crumpled in an adjacent street in Belmar, NJ. on Tuesday where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore yesterday and early Tuesday morning. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane Sandy. Belmar, New Jersey, USA. A family couriers belongings by whatever means possible to and from their flooded in home in Belmar, NJ. on Tuesday where storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore yesterday and early Tuesday morning. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane Sandy. Belmar, New Jersey, USA. With no power expected for days, residents of Belmar - for some - had never met prior to Hurricane Sandy, congregate around a fire in one resident's front yard in Belmar, NJ. Some of the wood burning is from the boardwalk that was destroyed on Tuesday when storm surges from three high tides in combination with giant swells created by Hurricane Sandy, devastated the Jersey Shore yesterday and early Tuesday morning. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Point Pleasant, NJ, USA. Scenes from Point Pleasant, NJ approximately 36 hours after Hurricane Sandy made landfall. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane sandy aftermath. 31 Oct 2012. A resident walks past beachfront homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Mantoloking, New Jersey. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane sandy aftermath. 31 Oct 2012. Homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Mantoloking, New Jersey. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane sandy aftermath. 31 Oct 2012. The ruins of Mantoloking, destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Mantoloking, New Jersey. This area was closed to residents and press due to the fact that a body had allegedly been found in a house. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Hurricane sandy aftermath. 31 Oct 2012. The ruins of the beachfront boardwalk and properties of Mantoloking, destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Mantoloking, New Jersey. This area was closed to residents and press due to the fact that a body had allegedly been found in a house. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Point Pleasant, NJ, USA. Scenes from Mantoloking, NJ approximately 36 hours after Hurricane Sandy made landfall. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

Point Pleasant, NJ, USA. Scenes from Asbury Park, NJ approximately 36 hours after Hurricane Sandy made landfall. Local residents crowded outside the Asbury Park Fire Station after fire fighters provided two power chords which were swiftly connected to several power boards and used to charge phones. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.

New York City. Scenes from the lower East Side on the fourth night without power in Downtown Manhattan following Hurricane Sandy which devastated the east coast of the USA as well as The Carribean. 1 November 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi

New York City. Scenes from the lower East Side on the fourth night without power in Downtown Manhattan following Hurricane Sandy which devastated the east coast of the USA as well as The Carribean. Pictured: With no functioning traffic lights in downtown Manhattan a policeman directs traffic with a torch at a major intersection. 1 November 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi

New York City. Scenes from the lower East Side on the fourth night without power in Downtown Manhattan following Hurricane Sandy which devastated the east coast of the USA as well as The Carribean. 1 November 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi

New York City. Scenes from the lower East Side on the fourth night without power in Downtown Manhattan following Hurricane Sandy which devastated the east coast of the USA as well as The Carribean. 1 November 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi

New York City. Scenes from the lower East Side on the fourth night without power in Downtown Manhattan following Hurricane Sandy which devastated the east coast of the USA as well as The Carribean. 1 November 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi

New York City. Scenes from the lower East Side on the fourth night without power in Downtown Manhattan following Hurricane Sandy which devastated the east coast of the USA as well as The Carribean. 1 November 2012. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi