Hurricane Sandy and the Jersey Shore: did engineering or ecology protect us better? – Video | NJ.com

Ledger Live for Feb. 1, 2013 – Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. On today's Ledger Live, Donohue compares the highly engineered beaches of Sea Bright, New Jersey with the wind-formed dunes of Midway Beach in the South Seaside Park section of Berkeley Township. While Sea Bright was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, Midway was unscathed. Donohue asserts that outcome runs counter to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's assertion that towns with "engineered beaches" fared better in the storm.