In March 1962 I was 11 years old. Being”up home,” we heard all the reports of the destruction caused by the storm at the shore. News coverage was very limited 50 years ago. My parents decided that ourproperty on 64th Street and Bayview Avenue in Brant Beach should be visited to see if anything was left. The reports of damage to LBI were very dire. So Mom packed my sister, Joan, and me into the station wagon and we headed to the shore.
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