Hurricane Irene Slams Montclair’s Inwood Terrace

BY  |  Monday, Aug 29, 2011 9:23am  |  COMMENTS (29)

Jill Nadison was in the kitchen of her home at 6 Inwood Terrace, with her neighbor Nancy, around 8 p.m. last night, when Nancy started screaming. Just a few feet away, in the family room, located at the rear of the house and where the Nadisons spend most of their time, a huge tree branch had come through the roof, decimating the room and leaving a monster tangle of branches in the backyard. The massive chunk of tree came from a neighboring backyard — from a tree residents of the street had been watching sway all day, wondering if it would come down. Part of it did and became a dangerous projectile, but fortunately Nadison and her family were unharmed. Continue Reading

Your Post-Hurricane Roundup

BY  |  Monday, Aug 29, 2011 8:20am  |  COMMENTS (26)

Photo by Michael Garrett

Good morning! This is what we know so far about life in Baristaville post-Irene:

  • DeCamp buses are running. Or as Montclairion Thom Kennon put it on Twitter: “A little nervous clot of NJT rail commuters huddle awaiting the resentful vibes of the DeCamp bus riders, should they allow us aboard.”
  • Some people have their power back! We have some happy reports from a couple of tipsters that their power is back on. PSE&G says it restored service to 240,000 customers overnight. The bad news is that 265,000 power customers are still without. Despite the 5 to 7 day estimates everybody heard yesterday, PSE&G says the “majority” of customers without service will be restored within 48 hours.

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Montclair: State of Emergency In Effect Tomorrow Morning

BY  |  Sunday, Aug 28, 2011 9:08pm  |  COMMENTS (1)

Acting OEM Coordinator Lt. Kenneth Miscia reports that the State of Emergency will remain in effect in the Township tomorrow morning while clean-up crews continue to make roadways and flooded areas safe. Residents are asked to take every caution and observe barricaded areas when traveling tomorrow morning.

The National Weather Service in Upton, New York has extended the flood warning for urban areas and small streams in Northeast New Jersey including Essex County.

NJ TRANSIT To Operate Bus and Light Rail Service on a Modified Schedule Tomorrow

Sunday, Aug 28, 2011 7:49pm  |  COMMENTS (0)

From NJ Transit website:

NJ TRANSIT will operate bus and light rail service on a modified schedule on Monday, August 29 as a result of residual impacts of Hurricane Irene.  Rail service will remain suspended until further notice, except for the Atlantic City Rail Line.  Crews are working around the clock today to assess storm damage and make necessary repairs.  As NJ TRANSIT redeploys assets in an effort to restore service for tomorrow, customers are advised of a number of service adjustments that will help mitigate the stress on the system.

NJ TRANSIT is advising customers of the following:

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A Moment of Grace

BY  |  Sunday, Aug 28, 2011 7:27pm  |  COMMENTS (0)

It’s not over, by a long shot. Winds are still gusting, thousands of Baristaville residents are without power, generators are roaring, basements are still deep in standing water, residents in Maplewood and Millburn don’t have drinking water after a NJAWC water main break and NJ Transit is going to try to get it together for a modified schedule tomorrow. But Carol Lintz of Montclair grabbed a few shots of a late-afternoon rainbow from her 7th floor Rockliffe Apartment as God or Whomever made a peace offering after two days of torrential rain.

It’s been a long day. Hope everyone has a good night sleep, whether you’re still in flashlight mode or not. I’m one of the unlucky four percent with a flooded basement and no electricity. But I am lucky enough to have good friends who’ve shared their power and their internet, and after getting up at 4 a.m. to try to cover the storm, was even able to sneak in an afternoon nap.

If you haven’t already, tell us how you weathered your storm, and what rainbows — real or figurative — came your way.

Trees Keep Coming Down From Irene

BY  |  Sunday, Aug 28, 2011 4:24pm  |  COMMENTS (7)

Update: another huge town tree fell at about 5:15 PM on Christopher St. below Chestnut -
straight across the street. No passage.

Montclair/Bloomfield arborist Steve Schuckman told folks to beware — here’s more proof. We’ve learned of two more trees that came down in the last half hour in Montclair.
This huge tree on Plymouth came down (top).

Another tree snaps on Cooper Ave — half the tree came down, pulling a phone line with it.

PSE&G: Be Prepared for “Lengthy Outages”

BY  |  Sunday, Aug 28, 2011 3:31pm  |  COMMENTS (1)

PSE&G says there are 330,000 customers currently without power and that they should prepare for “potentially lengthy outages” while power crews work around the clock to restore electricity. We’re hearing estimates of five to seven days. Here is the current PSE&G outage map for Essex County.

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Jerry Fried: Don’t Be Fooled By Blue Skies. Stay Inside.

BY  |  Sunday, Aug 28, 2011 2:19pm  |  COMMENTS (5)

Fallen tree on Forest Ave. in Glen Ridge. Photo by Lori Loebelsohn.


The storm is over, the sky is was blue, and people suffering from a day and a half of cabin fever are sauntering around outside like it was an Easter parade. Don’t, says Montclair Mayor Jerry Fried.

“The one single most important thing is that people need to stay in their homes,” he said. “It’s really dangerous out there.” Waterlogged trees are still in danger of falling. ”Stay inside,” he reiterated. “Don’t be fooled.”

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Weather Update For Irene

BY  |  Sunday, Aug 28, 2011 1:22pm  |  COMMENTS (0)

Update from National Weather Service: Rain tapering off, but Locally — strong winds will continue through afternoon.
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Irene Re-Creates Lake Watsessing, Bloomfield

BY  |  Sunday, Aug 28, 2011 12:21pm  |  COMMENTS (16)

Back in 1865, there was a Lake Watsessing (vintage photos from Frank Gerard Godleswki; Irene photos from Caroline Hayes):

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I was very glad to see this post. The running in the street around here drives me crazy, mostly because the the majority of the runners I've encountered (not every runner)seem to think that it's their right to take up half the street when what they are doing is in fact illegal. And let's not be silly. Yes, concrete is hard on the joints, but the pavement isn't that much better. It's not like the roads are made of track rubber.
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