Great South Bay

Mm-hmm.

And the King of England, uh, granted him all the property in Blue Point, all across the Great South Bay and to Davis Park.

Mm-hmm.

So they were given, we were granted the land.

Uh, same with the Davis Park Casino.

That was washed away in the blizzard of '95, and they didn't have enough time to build a new casino on Fire Island because it was so remote.

So they built the whole building in Patchogue, soup to nuts, tables, chairs, carpet, and we put it on a barge in April, drove it to Great South Bay, and put it up on pilings so they could open Memorial Day.

That's amazing.

Yep.

Um, it was a large, comfortable waterfront family home- Five bedrooms, fireplace, finished basement, swimming pool, a boat house on a canal leading to the Great South Bay.

Gorgeous place, and i- it's essentially an affluent suburban home and not an isolated mansion or decaying estate like haunted houses sometimes are, like the House on the Hill, Shirley Jackson or, or other things like that.

It looked much like other houses in the neighborhood, and there's no credible evidence that the house ever had a reputation for any kind of haunting before the murders.

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'Cause he needed to cross the Great South Bay over here, about five miles, if he needed to go to town.

Um, I don't know if you recall, but the bridges weren't there.

Right.

Uh, so again, it's a very local gin.

Um, heritage-wise it's called Sound Gin, uh, because some of our, um, botanical blend comes out of the Long Island Sound and out of the Great South Bay.

So again, tying into, into local markets that we work with.

Uh, we are gonna be working on a rum this winter.

His move into aquaculture came later.

Mike's introduction to oyster farming started with the town of Islip's oyster gardening class on the Great South Bay.

He continued following the oysters through their growing cycle, volunteered with the farmer who taught the class, and learned the business firsthand.

Then an opportunity came up.

We all know where New York City is, but kind of describe where this is and a little bit about the, you know, what makes that part, uh, that water really special for, for what you guys are raising.

The oysters we cultivate and harvest are Blue Point oysters.

Uh, they can only come from the Great South Bay here on Long Island.

Uh, the Great South Bay is about 40 miles east of New York City.

We do slowly start to dry out this weekend, but minor coastal flooding still an issue.

Great South Bay at Lindenhurst high tide for you at 1135.

Great Kills Harbor 922.

Hudson Bay at Freeport, 952.

It's just not smart.

Over here, you can see what's going on with the creek just off the Great South Bay.

It is meeting the road.

The water is that high from the high tide.

That's why coastal flooding will be a big concern for that Sunday morning high tide, which extends from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. for many along the oceanfront, more like midday into western Long Island Sound.

A lot of places, it'll be problematic along our shoreline, but there's some places that are extra vulnerable.

We're talking Great South Bay, not only at Lindenhurst, but at all the barrier islands, including Fire Island, moderate to major flooding for the Sunday morning high tide cycle.

How about the Peconic River at Riverhead? This is more like midday, moderate to major flooding.

But as we head toward tonight, we're going to start to see that water build.

We're seeing the Great South Bay near West Sayville up to the moderate flood stage by tonight.

Look what happens into tomorrow.

They're pushing up to the major as Newark Bay at Newark and Sandy Hook Bay gets to that moderate category.

Now I wanted to walk you through some of the spots that will experience major flooding.

Even by tonight's high tide cycle, major flooding is expected.

Great South Bay at Lindenhurst.

Look at tomorrow morning.