The Old foagies that live near me say the Nor'Easters are much worse than the hurricanes, they last longer, have higher storm surges and in my 10 years owning this, I agree. Sandy? Nothing to me, my one neighbor lost a bit of lawn near his beach exposure. This Nor'Easter? With the "moon tide" we had plus the storm surge or a few more feet and duration of it all, more water came over the sea wall and into the street, destoying it as you saw, and many of my neighbors had their decks, fences, lawns, siding, etc washed away. Old timers told me the worst flooding in Scituate since the blizzard of 78. Also NOT a hurricane, a Nor'Easter. I am in a good spot and pretty safe. Thankfully