Posted on 08/26/2011 9:40:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Approximately 65 million people are likely to be directly impacted by Hurricane Irene as the storm takes aim at the densely populated Eastern Seaboard. Evacuations are underway for high flood risk areas.
Mass transit cancellations, schedule changes and road/bridge closures are occurring throughout the storm warning areas. Please check with local news and Emergency Management Operations to determine the recommendations for your immediate area.
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Lol, true true.
Sorry to hear about your flooding. Thanks much for checking in with your local update.
Reporting from East Hampton, CT -middle of CT. Power out since 5:45, no major trees down in yard but at least one major tree down next to bedroom that fell into woods and not toward house.
94% of our town is out. Just figured out that I could use the old fashioned dial up with lap top to get on line. Been out a few times for dog. Rain was warm early today but very cold now. Some traffic on state highway that we are on but most traffic is police, fire, ambulance etc.
Want to go buy coffee but wife won’t let me leave. Listening to radio, have buckets of water for flushing and having family conference when opening refrigerator.
Whew! That was a close call with the tree. Wish I could upload a cup of steaming hot coffee to you. Thanks for your local update. Check in with us when you can.
Stay inside!!! So many of the deaths have occurred from curiosity.
You’re harrassing and provocative, totally out of context.
Time to take your bitterness for a walk.
Very wet. Everything OK in your house and Ocean City?
Hope you all got some sleep during the night.
Hugs!
Ping your mamma too, child.
http://nj.gov/governor/media/live/
Thanks. Just spoke to the folks in Central NJ. South Amboy has no water (one of the power lines that went down feeds the water works pumps). Powers out in several places, but JCPL says it may be “a while” before it’s restored.
Spring Lake boardwalk (a bit south of Asbury Park) destroyed. New Brunswick inaccessible (flooding). Raritan has reached flood stage already.
NJ - 650,000 people without power and expected to increase - Christie.
Mayor Nutter, from Manayunk, went to Manayunk and said the flooding there is the worst he’s ever seen, and he’s seen some bad ones. The flow is so bad they have to wait a day or so to do any repairs. That’s the Nutter Manayunk story.
Power just went out in Central NH.
Just a guess, but could it be because Bloomie sent all the workers home that would restart the thing without thinking that most of them need the subway system to get back to work? (grin)
Areal Flood Warning
Statement as of 11:07 AM EDT on August 28, 2011
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Flood Warning for...
Hunterdon County in northwest New Jersey...
Somerset County in northern New Jersey...
northeastern Cumberland County in southern New Jersey...
Camden County in southern New Jersey...
Gloucester County in southern New Jersey...
Mercer County in central New Jersey...
Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
Delaware County in southeast Pennsylvania...
Philadelphia County in southeast Pennsylvania...
Chester County in southeast Pennsylvania...
Montgomery County in southeast Pennsylvania...
Bucks County in southeast Pennsylvania...
Monmouth County in central New Jersey...
northern New Castle County in northern Delaware...
northeastern Cape May County in southern New Jersey...
Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
Atlantic County in southern New Jersey...
Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
* until 900 PM EDT Sunday
* at 1103 am EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar continued
to show light rain over the New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania
from Hurricane Irene. While the heaviest rain has moved to the
north of the area... latest reports indicate that many locations
received between 6 and 9 inches of rain since yesterday. Runoff
from this extreme rainfall will continue throughout the day today
with widespread flooding of small creeks and streams. Many
roadways are closed and impassable. This is a very serious flood
situation.
Christie commends the emergency response team and also the one million people who evacuated in an quick, orderly and calm fashion.
People in shelters had a positive attitude and were thankful to have a comfortable and safe place to go.
Proud of the people in his state.
In the process of touring areas and assessing the damage.
Power seems to be quickly being restored in NJ and PA. I don’t know if my home has power yet, I’m on the road. The neighborhoods north and south of me along teh Delaware have had to be evacuated because of the predicted historic flood level of the river. I drove over the narrow bridge circa-1905 today, and the muddy water was frothing with debris, limbs, and tree trunks. Scary.
Hope your outage is a short one.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/hurricane_irene_county_by_coun.html
County-by-county reports in NJ (not sure how often updated, but it’s as good a place to start as any, I guess). Hope all’s well.
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