hd2000fxdl 422 Posted August 27, 2011 NEW JERSEY EVACUATIONS (updated at 4:55 p.m. Friday) MANDATORY Atlantic City Avalon Barnegat Light Bayhead Beach Haven Brick (barrier island) Cape May Cape May Point Dennis Township Harvey Cedars Keansburg Lavallette Long Beach Lower Township Ocean City North Wildwood Point Pleasant Beach Sea Isle City Ship Bottom Stone Harbor Surf City Toms River (beach areas and barrier island) Upper Township West Cape May West Wildwood Wall Township Wildwood Wildwood Crest Woodbine VOLUNTARY Bayonne Belleville Berkeley Township Hoboken Jersey City Lacey Township (east of route 9) Old Bridge Perth Amboy Sayreville South Amboy Woodbridge Wow, at least I am not mandatory evac. Crap and I have to go to the airport tomorrow if the winds are below 70 mph. Harry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted August 27, 2011 Yes it is...we got the recorded phone message from the mayor's office "recommending" that we evacuate. Still deciding if we stick it out or we pack up the van and head out to West PA...Pittsburgh? Pittsburgh? That's like 6 or 7 hours from you. Not including possible hurricane traffic. If we need to go that far to escape hurricane then I'm gonna die Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malsua 1,422 Posted August 27, 2011 Wow, at least I am not mandatory evac. Crap and I have to go to the airport tomorrow if the winds are below 70 mph. Harry ------ NEWARK, N.J. - The five main New York City-area airports will be closed to arriving passenger flights beginning at noon on Saturday because of Hurricane Irene, aviation officials said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airports and area bridges and tunnels, said Friday that many weekend departures already had been canceled in anticipation of the hurricane. The suspension affects John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports in New York City, Stewart International in the city's northern suburbs and Newark Liberty International and Teterboro in New Jersey. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark are among the busiest airports in the nation. The suspension applies to domestic and international flights. The Port Authority said Friday it was taking the action to avoid stranding passengers at the airports when the region's mass transit systems won't be running because of the hurricane threat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted August 27, 2011 Wow, at least I am not mandatory evac. Crap and I have to go to the airport tomorrow if the winds are below 70 mph. Harry Please don't go to airport tomorrow. They are canceling so many flights, that even if you think yours might squeak out hours ahead, you could get delayed and put on a last ditch flight that goes right into the death center of hurricane!!! Seriously, there is too much that can go wrong with travel. The possible shitty outcomes go way beyond being inside the hurricane on your planned itinerary. You could be stranded or jammed long before the hurricane hits, by air and sea and road trifecta. Eh, if you have to, good luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caine 147 Posted August 27, 2011 If I'm not mistaken, Harry works at the airport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hd2000fxdl 422 Posted August 27, 2011 ------ NEWARK, N.J. - The five main New York City-area airports will be closed to arriving passenger flights beginning at noon on Saturday because of Hurricane Irene, aviation officials said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airports and area bridges and tunnels, said Friday that many weekend departures already had been canceled in anticipation of the hurricane. The suspension affects John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports in New York City, Stewart International in the city's northern suburbs and Newark Liberty International and Teterboro in New Jersey. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark are among the busiest airports in the nation. The suspension applies to domestic and international flights. The Port Authority said Friday it was taking the action to avoid stranding passengers at the airports when the region's mass transit systems won't be running because of the hurricane threat. Oh I know, I have been on many conf calls about the operations all day today talking about it with facilities up and down the eastern seaboard, but there isn't a mandatory evac of the tower to close the airport for arrival and departures to hand hand off all traffic to the N90 and ZNY to keep all traffic away from the airport until we hit 70 MPH. Up to that point if-n you see the tower a rock-in don't come a knock-in. Harry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted August 27, 2011 Harry, Anastasia is flying out tommorrow at 11:00 am out of PHL, think it will stick? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hd2000fxdl 422 Posted August 27, 2011 Harry, Anastasia is flying out tommorrow at 11:00 am out of PHL, think it will stick? 11am out of PHL, maybe, maybe not, one of the reasons we are taking down the ops in EWR earlier is due to public transportation in the area. I haven't talk to PHL for about 13 hours when they went into a ground stop this morning so I am not sure of there ops plan, but if they have way to get to and from the airport they were originally planning on ops through noon. Harry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheWombat 67 Posted August 27, 2011 Does anyone know if Shoreshot will be open this weekend? My geography is not the best so unsure how close to the hurricane it will be. Nothing on their website. TheWombat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hd2000fxdl 422 Posted August 27, 2011 If I'm not mistaken, Harry works at the airport. Yup, gluten for punishment, said I'd do this gig for a little while but close to 25 years later I'm still there. Hey it's a job and keeps me off the street, and pays the bills so who am I to complain. lol Harry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted August 27, 2011 If I'm not mistaken, Harry works at the airport. LOL, OK Thanks, I feel better now. I hate travel problems. I'm not going to gunshow tomorrow because I'm afraid of some kind of hurricane panic on the Northeast Extension. Wouldn't be my first time stuck for hours on that horrible stretch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hd2000fxdl 422 Posted August 27, 2011 Does anyone know if Shoreshot will be open this weekend? My geography is not the best so unsure how close to the hurricane it will be. Nothing on their website. TheWombat Doubt they will be open and even if they were I believe you would need to take back roads to get there being the majors at least coming from the north would either be closed or heavily restricted. Harry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeFan 49 Posted August 27, 2011 Pittsburgh? That's like 6 or 7 hours from you. Not including possible hurricane traffic. If we need to go that far to escape hurricane then I'm gonna die If you believe the talking heads on the weather channel, they're saying you'd have to go at least as far as Altoona to get out of the way of this thing. I'm starting to think this is more hype than anything else... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeFan 49 Posted August 27, 2011 Dude, someone on 1st street boarde up their windows. Idiots According to one of www.wunderground.com's maps, based on current "estimates", if this thing is as big as they say it will be, the storm surge will push water from the south side of Bayonne all the way up to 7th street. If that is true....he won't need to board his windows...he will need a freakin' boat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Ray 3,566 Posted August 27, 2011 According to one of www.wunderground.com's maps, based on current "estimates", if this thing is as big as they say it will be, the storm surge will push water from the south side of Bayonne all the way up to 7th street. If that is true....he won't need to board his windows...he will need a freakin' boat. Then I will too, he's my friggen neighbor! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeFan 49 Posted August 27, 2011 Then I will too, he's my friggen neighbor! If you're on 1st street, then according to the NHC there's a 40 to 50 % chance that you'll see a 3 to 4 foot storm surge (above normal tide levels), and that is from Bayonne's south coast all the way up to 3rd street. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJScott 15 Posted August 27, 2011 If you're on 1st street, then according to the NHC there's a 40 to 50 % chance that you'll see a 3 to 4 foot storm surge (above normal tide levels), and that is from Bayonne's south coast all the way up to 3rd street. Don't know if that means I'm screwed, or if I'll be okay...I'm on Evergreen Street, a block and a half away from the Kill Van Kull ;-( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XDJohnTact 49 Posted August 27, 2011 A. CURRENT SYNOPSIS: The NJROIC and NJOEM are monitoring the progress of Hurricane Irene in coordination with the National Weather Service. At 0600 hours on 8/26/11 the NJROIC operational level increased to Level III and at 1200 hrs on 8/26/11 was raised to a Level IV . The Governor declared a Statewide State of Emergency on 8/25/11. B. INCIDENTS No Incidents at this time. C. EVACUATIONS ● Cape May County has ordered a mandatory evacuation of County residents at 0800 hours on 8/26/2011. ● Atlantic County ordered a mandatory evacuations of flood prone areas starting 0600 hours on 08/26/11. ● Ocean County - Long Beach Island ordered mandatory evacuations effective 0800 hours on 8/26/11, and Berkeley Township ordered voluntary evacuations at 0800 hours 8/26/11. ● Atlantic County OEM will be evacuated 7,500 people from public housing beginning at 0600 hours on 8/26/2011. The county advises that they have the resources to transport the evacuees, but may seek assistance with sheltering. D. SHELTERS ● Atlantic County OEM will be utilizing local shelters for evacuees. Rowan University (Gloucester County), IZOD Center (Bergen County), and the Sun Bank Arena (Mercer County), have been identified as potential additional shelter locations for evacuees. ● The following shelters are currently open: Ocean County - Southern Regional High School 90 Cedar Bridge Rd. Manahawkin, NJ with a capacity for 3,212 evacuees - PET FRIENDLY Ocean County - Poland Spring Arena - 1245 Freehold Road Toms River, NJ 08753 with a capacity for 550 evacuees. Atlantic County - St. Augustine Prep 611 Cedar Ave. 08350 Richland, NJ with a capacity for 250 evacuees - PET FRIENDLY Cape May County - Woodbine Developmental Center - 1175 Dehirsh Ave, Woodbine, NJ with a capacity for 305 evacuees. Gloucester County - Rowan University (Student Center) - 201 Mullica Hill Rd. Glassboro, NJ 08028 with a capacity for 2,200 evacuees. Salem County - Salem County Comm. College - 460 Hollywood Ave. Penns Grove, NJ 08069 with a capacity for 750 evacuees. Monmouth County - Wall Twp. High School 18th/New Bedford Ave. Wall, NJ 07719 with a capacity for 2,000 evacuees - CAN NOT ACCOMMODATE PETS Monmouth County - Holmdel High School - 4 Crawfords Corner Rd. Holmdel, NJ 07733 with a capacity for 500 evacuees - CAN NOT ACCOMMODATE PETS Monmouth County - Colts Neck High School - 59 Five Points Rd. Colts Neck, NJ 07722 with a capacity for 2,000 evacuees. - CAN NOT ACCOMMODATE PETS (to open at 0800 hours on 8/27/11) Mercer County - Sun Trust Bank Center is being used as a Reception Center for evacuees. Morris County - The Mennen Arena in Morristown is open as a shelter and has a capacity of 1250. Atlantic County - Big Blue Arena at Richard Stockton College is looking to close as a shelter and transport evacuees to Sun Bank Arena in Trenton. E. RESOURCES DEPLOYED/REQUESTED ● EMS Task Force has deployed 21 BLS Units in Atlantic County @ 0600 hours on 8/26/2011. ● Atlantic County EOC submitted a resource request for VMS Boards on the New Jersey Garden State Parkway mile marker 0 through 63 advising of the evacuations. ● Atlantic County EOC submitted a resource request for 20 NJ Transit buses to transport 7500 evacuees from Atlantic City to various shelters to be determined. NJ transit is currently deploying 20 buses to accommodate this request. F. ACTIVITIES State/Allied Agencies: ● The SEOC is fully staffed with representatives from appropriate State agencies and departments. ● Governor Christie has announced the Garden State Parkway will stop all southbound traffic at exit 98 at 2000 hours on 8/26/11 ● NJDEP will be closing all State Parks and Marinas effective 1800 hours on 8/26/11. ● NJDEP will be closing all Shellfish Beds effective 1930 hours on 8/27/11 ● NJDEP opened the Pompton Lakes flood gates at 1400 hours today, DEP dam safety personnel will be on-site for this operation. The released water will remain within the river banks. ● At 1600 hours Troop “A” Command Post opened for the Route 72 and Routes 347/47 Contraflow. Rt. 72 Command Post is located at Stafford Twp. PD. 347/47 Command Post is located at Bayside Prison in Leesburg, NJ. At 1800 hours both Contraflow plans are scheduled to commence. At 1800 hours all eastbound traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway will be diverted to alternate routes at the Pleasantville Toll. ● At 1200 hours on 8/27/11 NJ Transit will cease all train operations until further notice. ● At 1200 hours on 8/27/11 NY Metro and PATH trains will cease operations until further notice. ● On 8/27/11 at 1800 hours the DeLanco Bridge located in Burlington County will be closed until 0600 hours 8/29/11 Counties: ● Cape May County issued a County Wide State of Emergency. ● Gloucester County issued a County Wide State of Emergency. ● Burlington County - Washington Twp. issued a State of Emergency. ● Monmouth County issued a County Wide State of Emergency at 1400 hours on 8/26/11. ● Somerset County issued a County Wide State of Emergency at 1400 hours on 8/26/11. G. ROAD CLOSURES No road closures at this time. ● Atlantic County OEM requests traffic diversions for Route 30/Shore Road to be in effect for 1400 hours 8/26/2011. ● At 1800 hours Contraflow will be initiated for Routes 72 (causeway from LBI through mainland), and 347 and 47 (Cape May County) ● As of 2000 hrs. the Garden State Parkway is closed to Southbound traffic from Exit 98 south. ● At 2145 Hrs. Route 40 at Franklin Ave and the AC Expressway eastbound closed going into Atlantic City. H. WEATHER FORECAST Hurricane Irene is forecast to track North-North East through Sunday, which brings to center very near the New Jersey coast Sunday. The storm will bring damaging winds, torrential rainfall resulting in dangerous flooding of creeks, streams and rivers, and coastal flooding. The amount of rainfall anticipated is 6 to 12 inches. ● As of 1730 hours on 8/26/2011, the National Weather Service (Mount Holly) is reporting that Hurricane Irene is located at latitude 31.7N, Longitude 77.4W. This was about 265 miles South-Southwest of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Storm motion was North or 360 degrees at 14 MPH. Storm intensity was 100 MPH. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XDJohnTact 49 Posted August 27, 2011 My son flew into Philly this morning at 6am from San Francisco and said all was well. His boss was supposed to fly into NY later this morning but they cancelled his flight at 7pm last night so he is stuck in sunny California. His boss lives atop a fancy hi-rise on the east side so he is probably better off out there anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Ray 3,566 Posted August 27, 2011 Don't know if that means I'm screwed, or if I'll be okay...I'm on Evergreen Street, a block and a half away from the Kill Van Kull ;-( Damn Scott, we neighbors! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alowerlevel 77 Posted August 27, 2011 Beer - check Liquor - check Smokes - check Guns & plenty ammo - check Flashlights - check Generator - check Food and alot of water - check Bug out bag - check Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hd2000fxdl 422 Posted August 27, 2011 Well I was prepping for the storm at the OBRPC indoor range with a little practice and suffered the first casualty in the area I know of, I was shooting at the far end with the wall just on my right and a hot shell bounced back landed on my arm and I got a burn. oops, lol Hope that the worst we have here in NJ. Best of luck to all of us. Harry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted August 27, 2011 A. CURRENT SYNOPSIS: The NJROIC and NJOEM are monitoring the progress of Hurricane Irene in coordination with the National Weather Service. At 0600 hours on 8/26/11 the NJROIC operational level increased to Level III and at 1200 hrs on 8/26/11 was raised to a Level IV . The Governor declared a Statewide State of Emergency on 8/25/11. Holy crap! They have NJROITC and NJLMNOP on this? In that case, there won't even be any rain. Just alphabet soup and wasted money. Now it’s getting down to serious busine$$ !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malsua 1,422 Posted August 27, 2011 Well, the first band has hit up here in NW NJ. Pretty heavy shower...it should dwindle then come back up again based on the map. http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=dix&loop=yes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJScott 15 Posted August 27, 2011 Damn Scott, we neighbors! Definitely, Ray....between Hobart and Isabella. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rifleman1 32 Posted August 27, 2011 According to one of www.wunderground.com's maps, based on current "estimates", if this thing is as big as they say it will be, the storm surge will push water from the south side of Bayonne all the way up to 7th street. If that is true....he won't need to board his windows...he will need a freakin' boat. The jet ski's are ready on the trailer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony357 386 Posted August 27, 2011 Damn Scott, we neighbors! Their goes the neighbor hood.. will be getting out of hear soon!! have to drop some stuff of to the boys at the fire house and check out some equipment that the national guaurd gave them for rescue operations before and after the storm. seems this storm is peedering out so the only threat is high water.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Glock guy 1,127 Posted August 27, 2011 I doubt anyone actually expects that they will need to shoot a lot of people, or that anyone wants to do anything of the sort. It's a gun website. We love ANY excuse to load all of our magazines and handle our firearms Epic thread, epic post. Be safe everyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alowerlevel 77 Posted August 27, 2011 Irene First an earthquake, Now a hurricane, Whats next a fu**ing volcano? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeFan 49 Posted August 27, 2011 Irene First an earthquake, Now a hurricane, Whats next a fu**ing volcano? Sound's like "someone" is pissed at us for this: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites