Cleaning Up Rockaway, Bucket By Bucket  Rockaway Beach, in the
Queens borough of New York City, after Superstorm Sandy. i i
hide captionRockaway Beach, in the Queens borough of New York
City, after Superstorm Sandy.  Courtesy of Peter Brady
Courtesy of Peter Brady  I've covered hurricanes, earthquakes
and even tsunami cleanup, but I've never had a disaster hit
home.  My fiancee's family is from one of the areas suffering
the most after Superstorm Sandy — Rockaway Park in New York
City. You don't just live in Rockaway, it's a place that you're
from. Sarah's mom grew up in Rockaway. It's where her parents
bought their first home and where her grandmother has lived for
more than 40 years.  When Sarah's brother and sister decided to
ride out the hurricane, we got a late-night phone call. Her
sister said, "The basement and first floor are flooding. We're
fine right now, and we'll call you if we're not."  The next
morning we saw the horrifying pictures. Six square blocks in the
Breezy Point part of Rockaway burn