1 Year Ago: Erosion, Flooding Threatened Montauk and Amagansett Houses

On Dec. 27, 2010, all eyes turned toward to the north side of Montauk, where coastal flooding caused some houses to l and officials worried they'd fall right into Block Island Sound.

East of Culloden Point, on Captain Kidd's Path, the DeVito house at 16 Captain Kidd's Path seemed the worst off, as it had lost parts of it north, front-facing foundation.  Chief Robert Gosman, at the time, remarked, "I'd say about 40 percent of the house is hanging up in the air."

The National Weather Service had issued a coastal floor advisory for the South Fork, due to the blizzard slamming the region with snow.

Emergency permits were issued for and the Town of East Hampton reached out to the for help.

The storm also to the south side of Montauk, too.

High tides, a wave surge and extreme winds dramatically chipped away at the bluff where the and rests. Snow fencing was twisted and skewed, walkways were destroyed, and pipes and drainage rings were left exposed.

Montauk wasn't the only hamlet that suffered some serious erosion in the post-Christmas blizzard. On the north side of Lazy Point in Amagansett, residents of .

The bay rose above the blacktop road and covered properties at end of the road. A watermark left behind on the wall of one property owner's garage was about three feet high.