Storm Updates - Check in Here

[Gerry Zagorski]

Everything fine here in Edison. Power stayed on all night and thankfully so did the sump pumps in the basement. A few puddles in the basement got up with shop vac and a big tree limb fell by were my camper is usually parked :eek:.

Pulled the boat on Friday so still waiting to find out how it we made out there. Talked to some people who left their boats in Leonardo State Marina and everyone made it through. One boat was listing a bit but that might be because of how it was tied up.

Heard that there is a breach from the Shrewsbury River to the Atlantic on Sandy Hook but not sure if that is true or not.

Hope everything went well for every one. Looks like we got lucky with this storm.

[Duffman]

Just took a quick ride around. EVERYTHING is closed. Surprised to see Home Depot parking lot empty.

Trees down and broken limbs everywhere. Spotty power outages in Matawan, Aberdeen, Keyport and Hazlet.

Water receded surprisingly quick by KMB/Browns/Wagners. By noon Front St and area parking lots were clear of water. Boats still at the dock seemed to fare well.

2 blow boats broke loose from KYC moorings and are up on Cliffwood Beach.

Overall it could of been alot worse.

[Reelron]

"Just took a quick ride around. EVERYTHING is closed. Surprised to see Home Depot parking lot empty."

Gov. said, Get the hell off the roads!" Maybe go to the beach?

Got some wind last night, a few branches down, power off for about 10 minutes. From what I say on FB it looks like there is a bigger problem up north with rivers flash flooding?

[Dollar Bill]

Up here in Morris County we had a lot of rain last night. I might have to stock the pond that appeared in my back yard :p Its actually getting windier now with some pretty good gusts. Hope no trees come down:eek: Still have power. Heard Hopactcong, Dover and Morristown lost power during the night.

All in all seems like we dodged the bullet on this one

[The Sinker Man]

No power loss in Saddle Brook, but ALOT of flooding from the saddle river..

[randyg]

point pleasant boro had power all night few limbs down but all looks ok. family up north west on the big D stockton area being evacuated now!

[cool hand fluke]

Moved my boat from my slip at Brielle Marine Basin to the dock at my house on a lagoon in Point Pleasant west of Canal just off Northern Barnegat Bay.

At high tide this morning water rose above my lower dock (as you can see in photo) about 4 feet higher than normal but fared well. No damage to our house either. I consider myself very fortunate. No power out either - very lucky! Hope it works out well for all!

Hope Brielle Marine Basin fared well - would like to move it back to that slip tomorrow if possible.

Al

[JoeLongo]

Bridgewater is fine. Power and everything else is ok. Making some garlic sesame chicken wings finishing up my last thirty of pabst. Going to work "from home" tomorrow due to all the "flooding and damage" to my neighborhood.

Might hands Sands again later, only place open

[GregW93]

Everything is fine in Toms River, I lost a tree but no damages. Drove to Brick to check boat at Comstocks and couldn't get close. I was called later and told boat was ok. Tried to get into Bayhead to check bay house and everything was closed.

Anyone get anywhere near Bayhead near the Yacht club??

[nj-hookup]

Heard in leonardo state marina the water was over the bulkhead into the parking lot...which is no suprise on the new moon with this storm...about the breach of the shrewsbury meeting the atlantic,maybe we have something here ,a quicker way of getting down the beach ,lol !!:D

[GregV]

Oceanport had some down trees and flooding by the river and creeks. My backyard was flooded at high tide in the River by me (10am). Stopped just inches short of flooding my garage and taking out my central air unit. Very lucky! Many houses on the river closer to Monmouth Beach had major flooding. Flooding during the '92 storm was more than 18" higher than this storm.

[Reel Class]

Were Good the boats good docks @ clarks were under wate but acc to kenny they are exposed again. We were evacuated from ortley and my 1 neighbor who stuck it out said all was well but the bay crept up to bay blvd. Up here we have no power, loads of trees branches and wires down. Hopefully we get juice back soon!

[hammer4reel]

Power was out here last night from 1130 till 230 this afternoon. Thank fully had a friend lend me a generator to keep the flood waters at bay. Nice to have power up and running THANK YOU JCPL workers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alot of BIG trees down and wires all over so they def still have alot of work cut out for them

[Skolmann]

Never lost power in Bayonne. Did have cable go out for about 30 seconds. Had some seepage in my basement that I'm drying out now. Otherwise I fared OK. just took a walk around town and there were some blown down trees but overall nothing major that I could see.

[Life's A Beach]

no issues in Bay Head Shores Estates

one tree down on Riviera Parkway

[Life's A Beach]

Everything is fine in Toms River, I lost a tree but no damages. Drove to Brick to check boat at Comstocks and couldn't get close. I was called later and told boat was ok. Tried to get into Bayhead to check bay house and everything was closed.

Anyone get anywhere near Bayhead near the Yacht club??


Cool Hand said water 3-4' higher than normal at the top of the flood but no other issues. Nothing really happened in surrounding area; one tree down.......some leaves and limbs.

[stevebfishing]

I just got power in the Herbetsville section in Brick.
A lot of trees and branches down.
Took a ride down to Point Pleasant and you can not go east of route 35 police at every road. still very windy 35-40 mph winds here

[MS22]

South Branch and Musky rivers are running super high. High bridge residents evacuated below Lake Solitude Dam on South Branch due to the instability of the dam that is being rehabed. Have never seen the South Branch this high. Twp rescue wrokers rescued this guy from the 513/517/24 intersection here in LV.

http://longvalley.patch.com/articles/twp-first-responders-rescue-stranded-driver?ncid=wtp-patch-readmore#photo-7525072

[Duffman]

Wind is getting REAL weird here.


Dead calm to massive gusts.

Last one hit 53 mph on the weather station.

[Sea Horse]

Atlantic Highlands Pier 1 this morning

[PeteyHD]

Live in Wayne never lost power. Tons of tree limbs in the yard and I'm sure the valley is flooded from the rivers but the hills area is pretty clear of flooding. Did see a few power poles down and pse&g working on em on alps road.

[Fin Reaper]

Andover NJ
Lost power around 8:30am and just got it back now (5:30pm) not bad all things considered but still, God bless the JCP&L dudes! All the rivers and streams up here are over their banks by no small margin and trees of all sizes are down everywhere. Just outside Hackettstown where I work a dam let go along the Musconetcong and roads are closed due to flooding...lots of trees down also closing roads and It will still be gusting pretty bad for a few more hours...what a Cluster F. hope the majority of the damage is over and not too many peeps got hurt/killed.
Good luck to all, be safe and don't take any chances.

[Foul Hook]

Seems like she's backing up here. I have more stuff falling from the trees than during the worst of the storm!

[CatchEmUp]

I think suburbs may have fared worse than the shore - especially those near major rivers. I'm in Essex County and some very large trees fell all over the place - the waterlogged ground brought them down. Then when I thought it was over, the wind gusts kicked in late this afternoon dropping more trees. It was a scary, nasty night & day. Still getting the gusts here. More wind after the rain than at the height of the storm.

Watching the news people off and on all night and the way they were talking & relentlessly hyping . . . some of them should be in jail.

[Capt. JJ]

Colonia,NJ

power out from about 9:00am this morning...just returned 30 minutes ago....lots of flooding

my neighbor just pulled an elederly couple stuck in a car that was flooded because they decided to try driving through a small lake...

looks like we dodged anything truly serious

Capt. JJ

[Reelron]

Swimming River Road, between Middletown & Tinton Falls is now good for swimming, resivoir overflowing big time. Also the short portion of NavesinkRiver Rd., between Hwy 35 & Nutswamp Rd, was flooded due to Poricy Pond overflow. I saw someplace that the road is closed again. Also, Hubbard Rd. overflow from Shadow Lake caused road to cave in.

River Plaza Marina floating docks are gone. Not sure how Red Bank Marina made out. Power on the bayshorre side of Middletown gradually being restored. I was told crossing hwy 36 is a lot of fun with most traffic signals out.

[Fishingfool2]

was anyone down at Viking marina in Laurence Harbor

[fin_s_guy]

Water on first floor (house on slab). Wet carpets and soggy couple boxes in the garage. Not complaining at all with stories I've been hearing. Sounds like most people dodged this bullet.

Mothers house in Bridgewater has been without power since 4am and she got the same answer a lot of people without power have been getting. Should be back on by 9/4/11. Unreal!!!

[jigman90]

you guys are killing me went and got my boat out of the Atlantic Highlands and brought it home on Friday AM and it wasnt bad down there well I;ve had no power since midnight! the Delawere river is risen and may be in my door by 7am this sucks time to sell this piece of shit house along the beautiful Delaware river and move to the shore!or if I get me wish the carolina's

[Skolmann]

Ron, any truth to the rumor that the Shrewsbury broke through to the ocean?

[beachwhistle]

Just got back spending most of the day pumping out my rental property in rahway. Rahway is a disaster area. Most roads were closed this morning all flooded. Trees down on roads and houses. St. Georges Ave is still closed.
Never had my little house flood till today, even in Floyd.
Sump pump held up till power went out, but I thought it would be OK when high tide passed at nine this morning. Then the river came down the street and filled the basement to the top... in only a few minutes. What a mess!
To top things off the neighbor thought no one would know about the covered up old oil tank from years ago. Oil slick and stench were everywhere. The Union County haz mat teams were there and I can expect the EPA to stop by tomorrow. The SOB's home has been in foreclosure for over a year (they are still living there tho).
I should have fun getting blood out of that stone.
Firemen said they have no intention on restoring power for a week. Basements have to be all pumped out and cleared first.
I have two people (both family) who went out of way to save my azz with pumps and generators. I am soooo grateful right now

[DDDman]

Lake Lefferts in Matawan has overflowed its dam and collapsed part of Ravine Dr. Dam may fail completely.

[SeaOx23]

I was down checking my boat at Deep Creek in Brielle..for anyone who has a boat there or Robinsons or in the Glimmer Glass or Garden State..everything looks fine from what I could see, all the boats I saw in the yard or in the water seemed just fine..just thought I would post for anyone who may have a boat there and hasnt been down yet.

[billfish16]

Atlantic Highlands Pier 1 this morning

Looks like a Welcraft V-20 did not fare too well, too bad.

[Reelron]

Ron, any truth to the rumor that the Shrewsbury broke through to the ocean?

This is the first I have heard about that.

[Skolmann]

This is the first I have heard about that.

Yea, I didn't buy it but thought I'd ask since we live near that area.

[Gr8ful Fish]

Belmar and Spring Lake both lost huge sections of their boardwalks, but the majority of the marinas in the area were fine. Police & fire crews were keeping sightseers to the West side of Rt. 35 in belmar yesterday as many sections of the boardwalk were completely washed-out or damaged.

Highlands was still flooded/closed as of yesterday morning, however, all boats in the Marina on The Bay and Clam Hut lots were fine with no observed or reported damage.

The new bridge over the Shrewsbury was still closed yesterday afternoon, so I didn't get to see how Sea Bright, Long Branch & Monmouth Beach made out, but based on how the river looked, there may be some truth to the claim that the river and the ocean got to meet each other on Rt. 36. :eek:

- Gr8ful

[Wilson]

Power just came on in Plainfield this morning. No power for 28 hours.
My complex flooded as bad as I have ever seen it. (25 years)

No trees threw the roof and no evacuating...all in all lucky.
Union County is a disaster, and a real mess everywhere.

[JoeLongo]

I didnt even have to play hooky today. Office is closed in New Providence, no power.

hahah!

[Life's A Beach]

Yea, I didn't buy it but thought I'd ask since we live near that area.



Sink hole in Sea Bright on Route 36; far cry from a new inlet!!!

[Bates]

Anyone fish the new hole yet?:D

[themclos]

Still no power in my neighborhood in Berkeley Heights (34 hours now). Generator saved my basement from flooding.

Boat high and dry on the trailer next to the house, no tree damage.

Dan

[Dino]

When I saw the clear forecast for today, I wasnt so much excited about having a nice day finally as being able to get a clear view of what the water did during the storm! In a word.. it looks COLD. there is 60.2 degree SST at CC and 64.4 in the hudson.

Of course, this will all have warmed up a bunch by later this week. And the warm that seems to be sitting about 20 miles east of the Edge should start swirling in as the winds normalize as well.

Much more interesting to me is to see a true color shot to see what became of The Bloom and to see how bad the runoff stuff is near the inlets (or outlets..) But I can't find one available just yet.

Hopefully this storm was a reset button for the inshore bluefin fishery.

[GregV]

APP article at link mentions breach but I think in context of peak flood conditions, not permanent if I am reading it right.

http://www.app.com/article/20110828/NJNEWS/308280095/Highlands-area-dealt-blow

[Life's A Beach]

The run-off is total brown; RB, SRI and MI.

[Reel Class]

we finally got power back (~12PM) after nearly 30 hrs of NOT having it due to a few downed power lines... PSEG takes their time!!!!!!!

[Dino]

if it starts blowing sw every day over and over again that stormwater is going to hang around inshore.. bad scenario

[Life's A Beach]

we finally got power back (~12PM) after nearly 30 hrs of NOT having it due to a few downed power lines... PSEG takes their time!!!!!!!


Heard they were informed to WAIT until the wind subsided in certain areas?

[Reel Class]

Heard they were informed to WAIT until the wind subsided in certain areas?

Mike maybe, at least they got the job done

[Ol Pedro]

Power went down on the North side of New Egypt around 10:00 pm Saturday night . Our power came back up around 11:00 am this morning . Around 37 hours without power . Main Street in New Egypt flooded and is still closed . Other than the power , flooding , and a couple of trees down it wasn't too bad . We had to flush the toilet with Grandson's pool water as we have a well .

[jerseyhunter]

Lost Power today in Clifton at about 2 pm, a limb fell on a wire. . I'm sure they got more emergencies than a a block or 2. Just when you think the worse is over. But hey there's a lot of people out a lot more so I'm not complaining.

[shrimpman steve]

Ringwood has had no power since 2AM on sunday! I am told we will not have it back until thursday PM! This sucks! I have no phone, computer, or air! All my food is going bad and I cant watch TV! Life sucks right now. I am at a friends shop using his computer, can't wait to get power back.

Peace out (until I have power)

[Duffman]

Wow, 64? Damn.

If you get any color photos of the post storm water, please post em up. Curious to see a before/after sjot of that algea bloom.

[themclos]

Here in Berkeley Heights I have only seen 1 power truck. That was today when a van from Toledo (Ohio) Edison drove around assessing and documenting. No sign of JCP&L and no ETA.

People are saying anywhere from Wednesday to September 6. Clearly, we are not a priority.

[bagelboy]

Everything is a mess up in Pequannock.

Just waded out from our house which had 3' of water on the main floor last night. Was down to about 1' when i was walking around this afternoon.

We were lucky the last 2 floods, but not this time..

The roads up here are f-ed. Took me 4hrs to get from my current residence(a hotel in Parsippany) to Pequannock!! A ride that usually takes 15 min.

Better times coming and best wishes to all that were affected by this storm

[bagelboy]

A few pics
#1 The house
#2&3 Route 23 in Pequannock
#4 the neighborhood

[tautog]

My area of Long Branch just got power out. I was out of town but apparently we lost power at 10:00pm on Saturday. Luckily I spent 20 mins w/o power, then went to pick of Chinese food and found the power back on. Just lost a few things from my freezer. Parents just got back power in Rumson around 6:30. No damage there but lots of trees down on surrounding streets. Pretty sad given the relative weakness of the storm. If ever a Cat 3 makes landfall in the area, I have a feeling power will be out for weeks.

[sea nymph]

Ringwood has had no power since 2AM on sunday! I am told we will not have it back until thursday PM! This sucks! I have no phone, computer, or air! All my food is going bad and I cant watch TV! Life sucks right now. I am at a friends shop using his computer, can't wait to get power back.

Peace out (until I have power)

At least you can feed the bears with what's going bad!!!

[Ryan W]

Heard that we have about a foot of water in our basement at home. I most likely lost all of my fishing things in the flood as they were on the basement and nobody thought to move them to higher ground as parents decided to go away :mad: :mad: :mad:.

Everything is fine in baltimore, just a few downed trees and no major power hits.

[tautog]

So you are at Hopkins. Watch out because Baltimore is the VD capital of the U.S.

[Ryan W]

Yeah there are some shady areas around here hahaha. Just know where to go and never go anywhere alone and you're fine for the most part.

[fishingmortgageman]

Yeah there are some shady areas around here hahaha. Just know where to go and never go anywhere alone and you're fine for the most part.

Hi Ryan,

My son went to Hopkins and we always had a great time visiting him there. Try Pete's grill for a great meal. Enjoy and good luck.

[Slacker]

Just got power back in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater today at 6AM.

[Reelron]

Does anyone else remember when JCP&L used to have a tree company cut back branches and trees that looked like they could be a threat to lines in a storm? Guess that gave way to pressure for higher profits?

[Art Berkman]

Never lost power ! 10" of Rain !

Thank God I do not live near a Flood zone !

The Flooding in Pequannock Township is the worst ever !

Picture attached is The A & P shopping center on Hwy 23 !!

[Art Berkman]

Everything is a mess up in Pequannock.

Just waded out from our house which had 3' of water on the main floor last night. Was down to about 1' when i was walking around this afternoon.

We were lucky the last 2 floods, but not this time..

The roads up here are f-ed. Took me 4hrs to get from my current residence(a hotel in Parsippany) to Pequannock!! A ride that usually takes 15 min.

Better times coming and best wishes to all that were affected by this storm

We are neighbors !

If you need anything drop me a email !

[LeftyReeler]

Bayhead shores.. two hours before the AM high on Sunday morning (about 8:30am south end of canal) Water came up over the top of dock about a foot shy of the top of the pilling at dead high. Had we suffered the 9ft surge the weather reports predicted, boat would have been in the living room.

[irishc]

Point Pleasant canal and Shore Blvd... tide was still 2 1/2 hours off dead high.

[CTS1947]

How did the ramp and floating docks make out in the storm?
Does anyone know if it will be open this weekend?

[jakesdad]

If I knew I had waterfront property I wouldn't have rented a slip.

Everyone is safe, just alot of water, not many limbs or trees down.
Lost power in West Windsor Sunday @ 1am, still out with a timeline from JCP&L by 9/4.
Basement flooded, barn flooded roads flooded. Water reciding, street no open, traffic lights still out this am, police directing traffic.

Got into Princeton, power on, computer on, oh what a life. Faculty road in Princeton, transformer sitting in right lane with orange conehead on top!

Makes you understand what most of the world lives like all the time. Be safe, hope to get out fishing shortly.

[LeftyReeler]

Lab locked the forum where Joey posted this so I had to move it in order to comment...

bottom pic looks like a vanilla doublestuffed oreo...

as opposed to the low carb version in bikini's

[Boston Pete]

On Sunday afternoon I saw 1 side of the floating dock sitting in the parking lot...haven't been by since.

2 sailboats didn't fare too well either.

[AndyS]

The best man at my wedding lost his brother.

http://www.zingmit.com/2011/08/david-reichenberg-ah-dies-trying-to.html

I knew David well, a great father and husband, he will be missed.

[DDDman]

Ramp looks fine and boats are launching. The floating dock you saw was removed from the fishing pier prior to the hurricane. It was placed on the other side of the boat ramp trailer but moved to the street by the flood.

[ryanh908]

got absolutely destroyed in cranford - see articl about me here - http://cranford.patch.com/articles/cranford-cleans-up

[mickrazz]

South River..Pulled my ele. meter before my basement filled up and came through the floors in my house. New furnace and hot water heater are gone. Electric panel gone. Running off my generator for two days. Got all my good stuff out of the basement and up to the second floor. We evacuated during the storm. It could have been worse.

[Life's A Beach]

anyone lose part of their dock in Manasquan River?