Three years ago today, I was sitting at home on a very windy,very rainy day. The former National Underwriter office inHoboken, N.J. — a short 15-minute drive from my house (withouttraffic) — was closed because of the predicted impact of theapproaching Hurricane Sandy.

Working remotely, I kept refreshing news sites and AP Images,and saw that water was already rising from the Hudson River andgushing onto the streets of Hoboken. Eventually the power went out,and after watching a bootlegged musical by using what was left ofmy laptop battery, I went to bed.

Related: Perspectiveson Sandy from PC360's Hoboken Staff

None of NU-PC's editors could have anticipated what wefound in the morning. Power was out, trees were downed and homeswere flooded. From Northern New Jersey and the Hudson Valley, toStaten Island and the Jersey Shore, we all had a lot of cleaning upto do — all while keeping readers abreast on the situation athand.

Three years later, the storm is still fresh in many people'smemories, especially those who are still dealing with its effects— and unfortunately, there are many of them.

Click “next” to see pictures from AP Photos of areas in New Yorkand New Jersey that are still rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy.

Related: Slideshow: Sandy's Aftermath

(AP Photo: Wayne Parry)

Work crews began working on a $32.5million project to build a protective sea wall and rebuild aportion of the Atlantic City Boardwalk in New Jersey on Oct. 15,2015. The section of boardwalk being replaced had already beendamaged before Sandy hit in 2012, leading to some erroneous mediareports that Sandy had wiped out the world-famous Boardwalk.

(AP Photo: Wayne Parry)

This photo taken Oct. 21, 2015, showsan elevated house being rebuilt in Toms River, N.J. Three yearsafter Hurricane Sandy pummeled the coast, thousands of houses havebeen elevated, but many others have been rebuilt or repaired asthey were before the storm, leaving them vulnerable to future stormdamage.

(AP Photo: Mel Evans)

Stanley “Sonny” Markoski works on hishome that has been raised since being damaged with about 27 inchesof water in the house during Hurricane Sandy in Long BeachTownship, N.J. When the Federal Emergency Management Agencyannounced that it would review Sandy-related claims to see iferrors were made, the Markoskis submitted an application. Thereview concluded that they were owed an additional $55,972 ininsurance money, nearly double what they had originally beenpaid.

(AP Photo: Mel Evans)

Michelle Petrow stands in front of herhome on Oct. 24, 2015, three years after Hurricane Sandy, inManasquan, N.J. The single mother of three, who needs a kidneytransplant, is still rebuilding the home after years of fightingwith insurers, contractors and state aid programs. But she's noteven sure she'll be able to move in to the new home rising 15 feethigher than her old one: Her bank is foreclosing on it because shestopped making payments for a year and a half while shesimultaneously rented an apartment.

(AP Photo: Mel Evans)

People gather during a demonstrationacross from the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., on Oct. 27, 2015.Hurricane Sandy victims who either still are not back in theirhomes or just recently got back tried to pitch tents to dramatizetheir plight, but State Police prevented them from erecting thetents.

(AP Photo: Kathy Willens)

A boarded bungalow sits beside newlybuilt homes on stilts in the Breezy Point neighborhood in New Yorkon Oct. 27, before the third anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. ArthurLighthall, general manager of the Breezy Point Cooperative, said220 Breezy Point homes were completely destroyed by flooding duringSandy and another 135 homes burned to the ground during a massivefire ignited by the storm.

“Every day, it's getting a little bitbetter,” Lighthall said. “The buildings going up to replacedestroyed beach bungalows are being put on high foundations so thatfuture floods will, hopefully, wash beneath the houses rather thanbowl them over,” he said.

(AP Photo: Kathy Willens)

Habitat for Humanity employees Reynaldoand Anna Acosta hurry to complete the deck of a heavily damagedone-story bungalow owned by a 91-year-old resident in Breezy Point,N.Y. The couple has worked exclusively on rebuilding homes damagedby the storm for nearly three years, initially as volunteers andnow as Habitat employees.

“No matter how much work we do,” saysAnna Acosta, “there's always more to do.”

(AP Photo: Kathy Willens)

Retired firefighter Robert Ostranderlooks at construction on his new home at Beach 132nd St. in BelleHarbor, N.Y., a replacement for his former house which wasdestroyed by a storm surge from Hurricane Sandy.

(AP Photo: Kathy Willens)

A worker stabilizes a pre-cast concreteslab while a co-worker uses a crane to position it on a berm asconstruction continues on replacement portions of the RockawayBeach boardwalk in New York City on Oct. 27. Since Sandy, more than$140 million has been invested to repair and restore damaged areasof Rockaway Beach, including the boardwalk, beach buildings, and toconstruct new facilities for the public.

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