Monday, November 5, 2012
What the first devestating week looked like from my Mantoloking Road vantage point
It’s been a week since Hurricane Sandy hit and like many others, we still have no electricity at my house off Mantoloking Road. Our neighborhood is humming with the sound of generators, but I’ve been worried about the silent households ever since the temperatures dropped. In the past week, I (like you) have seen a lot, starting with a house strewn in the middle of Gale Road. A homeowner there said it washed across the bay and through the marsh onto his low lying street—a street that still reeked of diesel fuel on Thursday. Homeowners were shoveling thick, smelly muck from their driveways like it was snow that day. They thanked me for stopping and listening, even though that’s all I did. My brother-in-law lost most of his belongings in a …
Accident occurred hours after power to the traffic light was turned on
A Wall Township woman was killed Saturday afternoon in a collision at the intersection of Route 34 and Belmar Boulevard, police said. The collision occurred around 1 p.m. when Andre Volk, 44, of Freehold, driving northbound on Route 34 in a 2005 Ford F-250 pick-up, hit the 2000 Mercedes Benz driven by Gina M. Nobes, 55, of Wall, police said. Nobes was ejected from the vehicle during collision. She was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune Township, where she was pronounced dead. Wall Township First Aid, Wall Township EMS and MONOC responded to the scene, and the state highway was shut down around the intersection for about two hours, Sgt. Chad Clark said. The intersection was among only a handful that were powered…
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Long lines for one of the only gas stations around still open
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- Keith Brown
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Gas, groceries and other necessities are in short supply these days, with businesses throughout the area without power and the few that are open have queues hours long. The station at the Garden State Parkway reststop in Wall is one of the few open. Wednesday morning, the line to fill up stretched a mile into the Parkway northbound lanes. Two hours, Dave Kumpkin, of Jackson, said he had waited to fill up his work van. In that time, he had just barely moved off the Parkway lane and into the rest area. He was still a long way from a pump. "I'm on 'E' now,'' Kumpkin said. "I don't know if I'm going to make it.'' The only other nearby gas station with power Wednesday morning was in Neptune Township, on Old Corlies Ave and Route 33. Lines there…
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Gov. Chris Christie has activated the New Jersey volunteer emergency response hotline (1-800-JERSEY-7).
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
If you'd like to lend a hand in the post-Sandy clean-up, the state of New Jersey volunteer emergency response hotline has been activated. "This hotline was established earlier this year to enhance the state's emergency responsiveness by harnessing New Jerseyans' strong spirit of service," according to a press release from the office of Governor Chris Christie. The number to call is 1-800-JERSEY-7 (1-800-537-7397); backup hotline numbers are: 609-775-5236 or 908-303-0471. Leave a message if your call is not immediately answered with your name, contact information, place of residence, skill set, and availability. You can also e-mailrowena.madden@sos.state.nj.us with this information. Trained volunteer affiliated with emergency response …
Monday, October 29, 2012
Storm surge already high, hours before high tide, closing bridge near Route 35
This video shows the Shark River spilling over Belmar Boulevard Monday morning, forcing the closure of the bridge near Route 35. The water also spilled over the bridge on Brighton Avenue on the other side of town Monday morning. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay in touch. Stay informed. Like Wall Patch on Facebook and get updates throughout the day right to your newsfeed. Or follow us on Twitter @WallPatch. Don’t miss a thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Election offices remain open on Monday, despite Hurricane Sandy.
While most county offices are closed due to Hurricane Sandy, the Monmouth County election offices remain open to process vote-by-mail applications. Applications to vote by mail are still due Tuesday, Oct. 30 to the Monmouth County Clerk's office. Requests may not be emailed or faxed, but must be delivered or mailed to: M. Claire French County Clerk County of Monmouth Election Office 300 Halls Mill Road Freehold, NJ 07728 More information can be found at the Monmouth County Clerk website or by calling (732) 431-7324. Please keep in mind, some Monmouth County towns have put a driving ban into effect as of mid-afternoon Monday, Oct. 29.
129th Rescue Wing headed to East Coast to help with aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
More than 100 Air National Guard personnel from the 129th Rescue Wing are preparing to assist with Hurricane Sandy rescue efforts, according to the 129th Rescue Wing's Facebook page. The wing is based in California and is sending "two MC-130P Combat Shadows, two HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters and Guardian Angel Pararescue teams to the East Coast as early as Monday to provide life-saving rescue capabilities to those in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy," the page says. No other information on the unit or where it would be stationed was immediately available.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Photographer catches boat in heavy surf ahead of Hurricane Sandy
Photographer Tom McKelvey caught these images of a small boat trying to navigate heavy surf off the Shark River Inlet Sunday afternoon. It is unknown what happened to the boat or its crew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay in touch. Stay informed. Like Wall Patch on Facebook and get updates throughout the day right to your newsfeed. Or follow us on Twitter @WallPatch. Don’t miss a thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Utility company says its hiring extra contractors, urges residents to be prepared
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- Keith Brown
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Residents should be prepared for power outages of up to 10 days from the anticipated impact of Hurricane Sandy, according to a release from the parent company of JCP&L. FirstEnergy Corp, which owns the local utility company along with several others on the East Coast, said in a release that the oncoming storm could wreak havoc with the electrical system and residents should be prepared to be without power for more than a week. The company is securing outside utility crews, electrical contractor and tree trimmers to assist a beefed up response crew and support workers to help restore power as soon as possible throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, according to the release. “Depending on the severity of the storm's impact on the …
Wall Township photographer Mike Black found Shore residents making preparations for the oncoming hurricane
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- Keith Brown
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Wall Township-based teacher and photographer Mike Black caught these images from around the Shore of preparations being made everywhere in advance of Hurricane Sandy.
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