Hurricane Sandy Hits Indian Hills
On October 29th & 30th IHCC and the rest of the Met area got pummeled by a huge tropical storm, the former Hurricane Sandy. For 30 hours our Soundside course took a heavy beating from winds up to 94 mph (recorded at nearby Eatons Neck). The damage is substantial, but our Grounds Maintenance Staff has been on the job since early morning on the 31st. We were able to open 9 holes on November 9th, and hope to have the entire course back up by November 17th.
Special thanks to all members of our Grounds Staff, all of whom worked tirelessly and continue to do so to get IHCC back open so you all can enjoy it again!
For now... a few pictures of just how bad it was. We'll see you back on the course soon!
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#12 During the Storm, waves were Oceanlike.
(The Sea was angry that day, my friends.......)
this photo taken at LOW tide, during the storm |
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| 12 after, lots of earth taken out to the Sound. |
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| exposed irrigation lines, massive loss |
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| Clubhouse |
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| Clubhouse |
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| Halfway House....no major damage, no broken windows - pretty lucky. |
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| Tree on #1 tee, caused a lot of issues as cars often attempted to drive under it. |
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One of many uprooted trees, this maple landed on an irrigation satellite and the chipping green
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| working on the massive Oaks that flipped over on 18. |
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| Huge uprooted Oak near 17 green |
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| Assistant Superintendent Phil, spent the last 13 days with a chainsaw attached to his arms. |
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| 17' drop from the tee surface to the beach below on #12 |
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| Lots of blowers and lots of help. Here my son Nick and wife Roxanne cleaning 15 green with summerhelper Ryan. |
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The staff meticulously walked every inch of every fairway handpicking branches and sticks.
If this was not done, our mowers would have been damaged. |
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| Our undersized chipper has been going for two weeks straight |
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| hauling tons of logs with bucketloader |
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| Phil was everywhere...chainsaw in hand |
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| 10 tee...other fallen maple |
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blowers, blowers, blowers....Rox and Nick helped out every day!
Thanks to no school and no power at home! |
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| big Oaks on 18...downed |
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| continuous blowing of fairways |
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| Roxanne & Nick mowing fairways....regular maintenance had to continue as well. |
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| Our resident foxes on #6 were a bit out of sorts.... |
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| took advantage of predicted post hurricane storm to fertilize greens as power was still out and no water available |
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So what's next.... a Nor'easter ???
Naah, that couldn't happen...
uh...oh, it did!
Hoping to See you on the Course Soon!!!!!!
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