Greetings Community Friends
If you haven't seen the pictures on the news which I am sure you have. New Jersey got SLAMMED in the face with this Hurricane. I have been with out power since Monday afternoon around 2. I have just gotten it back thankfully. Most in town haven't. I am posting just to do a little freelance reporting and let everyone know I will be back in the game hopefully soon. Lots and lots of clean up to do.
Our house survived with no damage. We had some water int he basement but we also have a generator but a lot of people on my street have nothing. A few houses down a tree smashed their roof, and due to the winds gusting it created some crazy vacuum effect inside and blew out of the front of the house and it came crashing down. Another friend of mine, their barn blew apart and all the splinters of wood went crashing into the side of their neighbors house, breaking windows and splintering into cars. Huge pieces of wood just sticking out of this house. Right out of twister the movie ha. Insane to see. We have a crap ton of downed trees and power lines all over town. Most roads are closed and most gas stations are with out gas or only allow a certain amount. Cash only too which is pretty crappy cause most banks are still closed and with out power. People are traveling to PA for gas now. The lines are 3 hours long minimum....and where I am located in New Jersey, we got hit fairly lightly.
People are already jumpy as it is so if one person cuts another in line, there is bound to be a fight. I am surprised no one has been shot yet. My brother decided to go to the local gun store which stayed open. He said they were cleaned out of ammo and shot guns ha. My dad keeps saying, "man its like The Walking Dead tv show!" Haha. Kind of scary though.
The Jersey Shore is basically no more. Sand is piled as high as stop signs, peoples homes ripped from foundations and drifted away. One drifted into a small bridge and took it out leaving lots of people stranded because the other bridge was underwater! Boats and cars are everywhere. It is an insane site to see. You almost have to stop and think about everyone who lost everything because you get caught up in wanting to see more devastation. It is a real shame. There were reports coming from Atlantic City that sand sharks and fish were swimming through the streets. The towns of Brigantine, longport and Margate are all pretty devistated. Obama gave a speech a block away from my friends house. When she saw it she just broke down. Water was up to the front porch. God knows what it looks like inside. They just started allowing people back on the island.
That is about from my end. Like I said hopefully I will get back in the servers and back to normal. I still need my admin training! haha. Anyone else effected by the storm?
If you haven't seen the pictures on the news which I am sure you have. New Jersey got SLAMMED in the face with this Hurricane. I have been with out power since Monday afternoon around 2. I have just gotten it back thankfully. Most in town haven't. I am posting just to do a little freelance reporting and let everyone know I will be back in the game hopefully soon. Lots and lots of clean up to do.
Our house survived with no damage. We had some water int he basement but we also have a generator but a lot of people on my street have nothing. A few houses down a tree smashed their roof, and due to the winds gusting it created some crazy vacuum effect inside and blew out of the front of the house and it came crashing down. Another friend of mine, their barn blew apart and all the splinters of wood went crashing into the side of their neighbors house, breaking windows and splintering into cars. Huge pieces of wood just sticking out of this house. Right out of twister the movie ha. Insane to see. We have a crap ton of downed trees and power lines all over town. Most roads are closed and most gas stations are with out gas or only allow a certain amount. Cash only too which is pretty crappy cause most banks are still closed and with out power. People are traveling to PA for gas now. The lines are 3 hours long minimum....and where I am located in New Jersey, we got hit fairly lightly.
People are already jumpy as it is so if one person cuts another in line, there is bound to be a fight. I am surprised no one has been shot yet. My brother decided to go to the local gun store which stayed open. He said they were cleaned out of ammo and shot guns ha. My dad keeps saying, "man its like The Walking Dead tv show!" Haha. Kind of scary though.
The Jersey Shore is basically no more. Sand is piled as high as stop signs, peoples homes ripped from foundations and drifted away. One drifted into a small bridge and took it out leaving lots of people stranded because the other bridge was underwater! Boats and cars are everywhere. It is an insane site to see. You almost have to stop and think about everyone who lost everything because you get caught up in wanting to see more devastation. It is a real shame. There were reports coming from Atlantic City that sand sharks and fish were swimming through the streets. The towns of Brigantine, longport and Margate are all pretty devistated. Obama gave a speech a block away from my friends house. When she saw it she just broke down. Water was up to the front porch. God knows what it looks like inside. They just started allowing people back on the island.
That is about from my end. Like I said hopefully I will get back in the servers and back to normal. I still need my admin training! haha. Anyone else effected by the storm?
