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me, myself and Irene
A firsthand on the ground account of Hurricane Irene during and prior to her arrival at the New Jersey Shore. Check out pictures of flooding, boarded up stores and houses and signs made by those who decided to ride out the storm
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Irene update
Bracing for the mother storm, all the hatches are battened down and the island of Wildwood is a ghost town. Early today I wasn’t all that concerned but by afternoon there was a voluntary evacuation of Cape May County and then a mandatory. Governor Christie describes Hurricane Irene as a “serious, significant event.” She’s pissed off and on a direct collision course with Cape May. Nothing is more thrilling and terrifying than being in the middle of this story. By evening everything was getting boarded up, bumper to bumper traffic trying to get off the island and maybe a few lone cars coming onto it. Lines for gas at the…
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this weekend…
The mother storm Irene barrels up the northeast, right after a 5.9 earthquake. I’ll be covering the story live at the jersey shore with pictures, videos and updates. Is there anyone brave enough to join? (I can feel the wind already..) Gov. Chris Christie asked all visitors to New Jersey’s shore to get out by midday Friday with Hurricane Irene poised to be a “serious, significant event,” with flooding a threat across the entire state when the storm arrives this weekend. (Couldn’t be more accurate)
