West of the pine barrens, the sandy soils give way to finer textured loams , and the empty forests yield to fields of alfalfa and corn , of tomatoes and asparagus.

松树瘠地以西的地方，纹理细腻的沃土取代了沙质的土壤，种植着苜蓿、玉米、番茄和芦笋的田地取代了空旷的森林。

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We thumbed our phones trying to getting a signal, exchanged texts and surfed Twitter for storm updates, both for our location in lower Westchester County in New York, and for the traditional summer stomping grounds of Beach Haven, New Jersey, a spot of barrier island off the pine barrens where my toes have met sand and salt since the 1960s.

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