FINAL UPDATED 08/11 - WE GOT SLAMMED BY THE STORM TODAY!

[chief38]

FINAL UPDATE: We finally got our power back on last night! That said, there are still thousands here that have not! PSEG is an incompetent organization IMHO!


THIRD UPDATE: 5pm 08/09 Not only isn't our power back, but they told me they can't figure out why! They are now saying Monday or Tuesday - man these guys are incompetent! They keep telling us we have no outage - I guess my entire neighborhood is wrong.


SECOND UPDATE: (08/08) It is now Saturday morning and the new update from PSEG to get power restored is late Sunday/early Monday! Emergency workers from out of State have told me they have never seen a power grid in greater disrepair/neglect and BTW we pay about the highest rates in the Country. So who will be held responsible you might ask - - NOBODY!


UPDATE 08/06 Well it's Thursday and still no power! PSEG is now saying Sunday morning for power restoration. All I can say is TG for our Generac! Wouldn't want my ice cream to melt! Still have not had the downed trees cut up and removed. the Town has been overwhelmed and all they have been able to do so far is to push them onto the curbs so that traffic can pass. Actual cutting and removal will be in the weeks to come.

We got hit about 1:30pm this afternoon and the storm lasted for about 3 hours. We lost two huge trees, had another two loose some big limbs and no one has power that I am aware of. Thankfully one of the trees barely missed my daughters car and no damage to house or pool. The pool however is a disaster and will take me a day or two to clean out. My neighborhood looks like a tornado hit us - but it wasn't a tornado - just incredibly strong winds and with very little rain for 2 months, the dry trees cracked like chopsticks!

Thankfully I have a huge generator and my house is running like normal - but many are in the dark. Tomorrow will be the big clean up. Here are some pictures.

 

[wood714]

That was the craziest storm I've ever saw.

It came right up the coast about 80 to 100 miles off shore, and all the rain and wind stayed east of me.

Had a few minute shower on Sunday.

Be safe cleaning up.

 

[K Frame Keith]

we've been on generator for about 8 hours now.

 

[Steve912]

We got hit about 1:30pm this afternoon and the storm lasted for about 3 hours.

Isaiha? North Carolina?

 

[chief38]

Isaiha? North Carolina?

Isaiha yes, but on Long Island.

Power Co. says we will not get our power back until Thursday or Friday - but our Generac is doing its job!

 

[bigwheelzip]

Lotsa tree damage at my kid's homes on LI, limbs landed on my son's roof and deck, but no major damage. Eldest daughter had to leave her vehicle and walk home when it got cut off by downed trees and power lines.

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[6518John]

Makes me sick to see trees like that gone, in such a beautiful neighborhood too. I am glad to see the heavy equipment, that makes clean up so much safer and easier.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

We had an earth quake a couple months ago. No damage reported. As a 3rd generation native we are used to a shake now & then.

 

[quikdraw67]

We had a tornado warning, with radar indicating a tornado near Ledgedale , Wayne County. I don't think that happened. But parts of Wayne and Pike Counties reported over 6 inches of rain. Honesdale got hit pretty hard. I had a small - medium sized tree come down in my backyard, but no damage to the house or garage. Very fortunate that was all.

 

[s&wchad]

I'm glad to hear you and your family made it through unscathed. Tree's can be replaced and pools can be cleaned. I'll bet you're glad you have a generator!

I hope our other east coast members survived the storm as well as you.

 

[jscheck]

I was away from home but tornadoes (sparked by the storm) went across my area. Got home the next day to no power but got it back around 1845hrs last night. We're used to hurricanes down here. Fortunately had no damage at my place. Sad when a hurricane is the most normal thing to happen in 2020!

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Here in Central NJ in our town power went out about 1230. Several big limbs came off a tree in our courtyard-which the kiddies quickly converted to a play area. One neighbor saw a news item warning we might not get power back until Thursday morning, but it came back on at 1930.

 

[wheelgun28]

Things aren't great here, power out almost twenty hours now. Trees are down branches are everywhere. Its a good mess all around. The main areas are ok, stores have power, and you can buy gas. Unlike Sandy storm where nothing had power...


Heres what is just down the street.

Hopefully, we get power back in a few days.

 

[Salty RI]

We had trees and limbs down but not much rain, glad we didnt loose power.

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[schutzen-jager]

Here in Central NJ in our town power went out about 1230. Several big limbs came off a tree in our courtyard-which the kiddies quickly converted to a play area. One neighbor saw a news item warning we might not get power back until Thursday morning, but it came back on at 1930.

northern central Jersey two blocks from Raritan river never lost power but lots of branches , trees , + wires down -

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Two of my children (ages 35 &37) live in the Vineland region of New Jerseystan. The one west of Vineland lost power about when everyone else did. The wife and babies went to her parents about 5:00, my son is batching it in his work shop with a generator running the 'fridge full of beer and a widow A/C.

My daughter lives closer to the coast, about 20 miles west of Atlantic City Their power is still out. They are avid trailer campers, so two generators were pulled out. One to keep the house Refrigerator and freezer cold, the other to power up the Holiday Inn on wheels! The almost 10 year old triplets are having a field day!
They live on the Northeast edge of the "Pine Barrens" National Preserve. The number of protected dead trees will make getting power restored take some time! The local towns are used to loosing power for a few days every time a hurricane or TS comes through! In fact, the local volunteer fire department tries to pass out bags of ice, but almost 90% of houses have a back-up system of some sort. The low income and apartment dwellers do get well cared for! (the fire house has 3 commercial ice machines, and can make up to 3 tons of ice a day!)

A third son (the oldest, 41) lives outside Philly and came home in time to rip the carpet out of the basement. The flooding was only 3/4 inch deep, just enough to soak everything down there. No indication of any power outage. Just more rain than the sewers and drains were designed for. He bought the 34 year old house about 2 years ago, and there was no indication that this had ever happened before!

I hope this won't interfere with the whole family campout in 3 weeks!

Ivan

 

[jimbo728]

Chief,
And all others , hope you fully recover from this mess of a storm.
I think NH dodged a bullet. Early forecasts called for a path closer to NH but it tracked west. We had some rain and 30-40 mph winds but no outage or damage.
Good Luck
Jim

 

[Golddollar]

Isaiha yes, but on Long Island.

Power Co. says we will not get our power back until Thursday or Friday - but our Generac is doing its job!

You make me glad I got my Generac generator for the house.

 

[6518John]

You make me glad I got my Generac generator for the house.

Randy The best insurance one can buy. I lost power about every three months for a day or so. Got a whole house generator and the power has never gone out again! Only work generator gets is it's weekly start up.

It's sort of like I heard from Woodrow on Lonesome Dove (about having a hog leg)—-it's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it!

 

[sureshotbob]

We just got our power back after 36 hours .
Luckily the generator kept the refridgerator's and freezer's and some basic light's going.
Ct. had over 700,000 out of power. Lots of tree's down we got lucky and just had small branches and lot's of leave's down I got most of it cleaned up yesterday.