Monday, December 27, 2010

State Of Emergency New Jersey

The first major snowstorm of the winter season hits New Jersey on Sunday to be expected with winds and accumulations of 18 inches in some areas this morning.
With wind gusts of 30 mph at times, the snow was falling horizontally, visibility to dangerous levels along the coast of New Jersey.
Stephen M. Sweeney acting governor, the president of the Senate and a Democrat from Gloucester County, is required to declare a state of emergency Sunday night. The Governor and Lieutenant Chris Christie Kim Guadagno is on holiday in the state for the holidays, so that the powers of the governor in the fall of President of the Senate.
New Jersey Transit bus service across the country Sunday night and the trains on the reduction due to the storm exposed on Monday. Buses were 20.30 meteorologist Jim Hayes with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly said exposed that the snowstorm would be clear at dawn, but the conditions could remain hazardous for the ride tomorrow.
"The snow is driving in the gusting 35-45 miles per hour, even after sunrise," said Hayes.
Road authorities warned New Jersey drivers to stay at home on Sunday and avoid driving through the streets more slippery which he said could take until today afternoon.
Sunday night, hit North Jersey Coast Line train a vehicle that was stuck on the tracks. The vehicle was empty and no one was in the incident, which injured at 06.30 clock on Monmouth Street in Red Bank, NJ Transit spokesman Dan Stessel happened.
Tinton Falls, an unidentified driver lost control of his sport utility vehicle running on the Garden State Parkway North fell to 103 miles round about 10:30 am Sunday. The driver in the crash of a car suffered minor injuries, state police.
In Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider, the storm led to a state of emergency for the city to explain.
not all non-essential vehicles should go park the car or on the streets of the city, said police Lt. Fred Dorner.
"Our biggest concern is that we are a city hospital, and we need to keep the streets near the hospital grounds," said Dorner, based on the Monmouth Medical Center.
The storm seemed to be a primary envy from some local residents, yesterday morning to fetch trigger, walking in the slippery streets en masse to their local hardware store a tool or a weapon to fight against the first season of heavy snow storm.
"It's crazy here," said Susan McCullen, a house for sale in Manasquan Center opened its doors at 8 clock in a rush of buyers trying to save the blades to melt ice, ice scrapers, sleds and snow.
Others appear in winter conditions, literally.
Steve Minnihan, 24, was from Somerset one of several drivers who in the turbulent waters of the Atlantic Coast Athletic Club on Sunday afternoon 47th Racing Polar Bear New Jersey to Asbury Park overthrown.
"It was a bit fuzzy. It was a little difficult to breathe." But Minnihan, dressed in a blue cloth and black trousers, had a good reason to take the plunge. "I have no fear of aging and things have in my youth"
Carl W. Block Ocean County Manager explained that the county road equipment has been mobilized in the early morning hours, began Stephen Childers, supervisor of the street, and her crew of 150 men to salt the roads as soon as the first snowflakes fell.
Geographically, the County of Ocean, the second state to Burlington. The county owns and maintains 621 miles of roads, a total of 1,500 "lane miles" and a greater distance than a trip between Toms River and Lincoln, Nebraska
And it's expensive, salt and plow. Every snow storm in the county average cost of $ 500,000 additional costs for the Highway Department, as well as salt, calcium, and cost of the brine.
Amidst calls with officials from other provinces, the block has the most from Sunday spent to dig his own house in Stafford.
Block said he had gone home store Manahawkin 08.30 clock, buy a snow blower, only to discover he was out of luck. He bought in the last two blades in stock, he said.
The storm also devastated in public transportation statewide.
More than 1,400 flights were canceled Sunday at three major regional airports in New York and Amtrak service between Boston and New York has been suspended because of the large snow storm.
Officials throughout the metropolitan New York region have been predicting a dangerous journey in the morning, and many other flights to be canceled.
NJ Transit said today in a train "Weekend Schedule Mayor" in all lines except the line of the railway in Atlantic City. To plan a train journey on Monday, passengers get up to 17 refer to January (Martin Luther King Jr.), the date of the trip.
Seastreak, the ferry to Manhattan offers from Atlantic Highlands and Highlands also announced a revised schedule for today at the company's website www.seastreak.com.
In addition, the Minnesota Vikings, who were scheduled with the Philadelphia Eagles in a game for Lincoln Financial Field Sunday night was postponed because on Tuesday night, a snow storm and rescheduled.

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