SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ – OCTOBER 31: (top) Homes are shown surrounded by sand and debris in Seaside Heights, New Jersey October 31, 2012. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ – OCTOBER 21: (bottom) Homes are shown in Seaside Heights, New Jersey are shown October 21, 2013. Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012 near Brigantine, New Jersey and affected 24 states from Florida to Maine and cost the country an estimated $65 billion. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)