We're hearing from Clever Commuters and the AP that all train service on the Northeast Corridor is suspended out of Penn Station due to low voltage on the line. UPDATE: We hear Hoboken train service is operational. From Clever Commute:
Due to Amtrak power supply problem, all Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast Line and MidTOWN DIRECT trains are being held at stations. Service is temporarily suspended.
Heavy rain and loud thunderstorms have just hit Baristaville. There's a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 pm, and a remote possibility of a twister. From the National Weather Service.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY.A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.ACT QUICKLY & MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
Just in from Janice Harayda, a report that a small apartment building in downtown Montclair was hit by lightning:
An apartment building was apparently struck by lightning about half an hour ago at the corner of Seymour and Roosevelt in Montclair. It's the old brick building on the east side of Seymour. No smoke visible but fire trucks and cops are all over the place. Roosevelt is blocked off between South Willow and Seymour. The rumor is that one of the apartments was hit. This seems plausible, because no trees are down, so something else must have been zapped. Everybody is calm and no ambulances are on the scene, so there may be no injuries. One woman in a nearby building said that just before the damage occurred, she heard "the loudest noise I've ever heard." I heard it, too, and it was loud, but not as loud as a major bomb. Wonder if this has caused yet another evacuation at the library, a block away.
I was driving home and saw the cops blocking off Roosevelt and fire trucks down near Seymour. Everything looked OK from my viewing point on S. Fullerton. Another evacuation at the library? When was the first one?