287N got a little bit slimmer north of 80.
http://photos.nj.com/4504/gallery/part_of_287_north_collapses_after_hurricane_irene_/index.html
http://photos.nj.com/4504/gallery/part_of_287_north_collapses_after_hurricane_irene_/index.html
Irene. Worst ever?
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Ya really, I guess they went to army "breathing under water" school..wtf?
You can see the the engine air intake is above the cab, so im not suprised that the trucks were still running. Diesels do not have spark plugs, so as long as the are not sucking in water, they will normally keep running.
Yep. Pretty nuts. That areas right in the flood zone.
This is the street in front of our house. I can no doubt go door-to-door from my house to the bike shop, and probably liquor store. It has other limitations though. Probably can't get back once I pass through "the gorge" in town. Not exactly getting a lot of work done today. The river has crested at an all-time high in town. It hasn't gone up or down in about 4 hours, so I presume it's done going up. It's likely going to take another 3-4 days to be able to drive out of here.
JerseyPete
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Yep, getting home from western NJ is going to be creative.
Eggs too, please!
The canoe may be best for that. Sure, it would give me something to do. Then maybe I could go for a bike ride outside my castle.
Anyone have any alligators?
jdgang
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I Ride Bikes
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My friends were on that bridge when they were filming this. If you look to the left when the guys bail out and start swimming you will see something red. Its the back of a quad floating in the bed of a superduty pickup. Maybe he used the quad as a distress signal.🙄
Crazy!!! Initially, I had heard one of the Old Farm Village building had partially collapsed. Obvisouly, this was not accurate.
I drove past the aftermath of that yesterday amazing, half the road is gone and about 12' crevasse is whats left...
ebineezer
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no power
Still no electricity at my house in Bergen County. Rumors are that they opened the floodgates on the local reservoir to relieve some pressure which in turn flooded out the sub-stations :hmmm:. Looks like it will be another 2-3 more days til this gets sorted out.
Still no electricity at my house in Bergen County. Rumors are that they opened the floodgates on the local reservoir to relieve some pressure which in turn flooded out the sub-stations :hmmm:. Looks like it will be another 2-3 more days til this gets sorted out.
My sister has a bed-in-breakfast right on the beach in Cape May. She stayed instead of evacuating too. She never lost power either and no water in her place either (but all those places are built on stilts).
I guess I was pretty fortunate too. Ben and I were able to get in a nice ride today. If you can get your bike on a car and drive, head out to western Hunterdon, the roads are completely ridable.
I just got back from a ride around Cranford. The Rahway river totally flooded a lot of houses in town and 70% of the residents still don't have power.
But I must admit something like this does bring people together. Folks sharing generators, trash pumps, food, cleaning out basements...
As i rode around people didn't have a look of defeat on there face despite the fact that they had a basement full of water and in some cases water in the 1st floor of their house. Kids seem to love it, gangs of kids are riding around on bikes. Without power there are no video games, kids are entertaining themselves the old fashion way...which is good to see.
But I must admit something like this does bring people together. Folks sharing generators, trash pumps, food, cleaning out basements...
As i rode around people didn't have a look of defeat on there face despite the fact that they had a basement full of water and in some cases water in the 1st floor of their house. Kids seem to love it, gangs of kids are riding around on bikes. Without power there are no video games, kids are entertaining themselves the old fashion way...which is good to see.