Sandy Aftermath 11/22/12

It's Thanksgiving Day and I have been told that some people in New Jersey are still living in shelters and others still have no power. My prayers go out to the Sandy survivors

Superstorm Sandy - 11/9/2012

More than 275,00 homes and businesses in New Jersey are still without electricity. Many of them hope to have power back this weekend. To add to the devastation, heavy snow blanketed the area during the week. And more rain is expected this weekend. My thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by Sandy.

Superstorm Sandy - 10/31/12

As of 10/31/12, the Jersey Shore is slowly recovering. LaGuardia Airport in NYC will reopen tomorrow (11/1) at.7:00 AM. The Brooklyn-Battery and Holland tunnels in NYC are still closed. The NYC subway system will reopen 14 of it's 23 lines on 11/1. There will be no subway service below 34th ST in Manhattan because of flooding and no power. There are no subways between Brooklyn and Manhattan because of tunnel flooding. The army corps of engineers is deploying 250 high speed pumps to clear the subways and tunnels. Yes, I know many more of you have been hard hit, but this is the info I'm getting.

Hurricane Sandy - 9/30/2012

I'm see reports that millions are without power, FDNY reporting 2 city blocks fully involved in Queens, NYU Hospital losing back up power, 10 dead in the US including a Fire Fighter in Connecticut, 1 in Canada...Hurricane Sandy packing a punch I've also seen reports of flooding in subways and the Brooklyn battery tunnel in NYC. Mu home area at the Jersey Shore (Long Branch) was particularly hard hit when Sandy made landfall. There is heavy snow in western Maryland and West Virginia. I will have more later.

Hurricane Sandy - 10/29/12

I have not been posting to this blog, because most of the Atlantic Hurricanes have been heading out into the middle of the ocean and have not had impact on the mainland United States.

However, my thoughts and prayers are with the 50 million people in the Northeast who will be potentially impacted when Hurricane Sandy makes landfall later today.

This is a large and dangerous storm. I urge you to make preparations and/or evacuate ahead of the storm.

T.S. Debby - 6/29/12

Tropical Storm Debby is history, but the cleanup continues.

In N.E> Florida Black Creek has receded below flood level, but the Saint Mary's river is still above flood stage and has just crested.

Several roads have been washed out and sink holes have opened up.

Further west, the town of Live Oak, Florida is 80 per cent under water.

On Tuesday, 6/26, Tropical Storm Debby is slowly drifting eastward in the Gulf. We are still in a flood warning and it's still raining.

Several roads are closed by flooding, including portions of Interstate 10.

Debby is expected to move eastward across North Florida and exit into the Atlantic in the next 2 days.

2012 Hurricane Season

The 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season is underway. Two storms (Alberto and Chris) formed in the Atlantic and went Northeast and did not have any impact on the U.S.

Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall here in Jacksonville, FL and caused some property damage and local flooding.

While I'm writing this, Tropical Storm Debby is remaining stationary in the Gulf of Mexico but is inundating Florida with heavy rains.

This morning (6/25/2012), I could not get out of my house due to local street flooding. The flood water came within 2 to 3 feet of the front doors of some of my neighbors houses.