Wish us luck here on the East Coast with the storm!

[t206hound]

Just had a text exchange with him... he seems in good spirits (considering).

No power yet. Traffic lights out. Taking cold showers.

He said many others around him aren't as lucky... reports of pulling bodies out of the bay near him.

He wanted me to give a shout to all of you and let you know he's doing ok.

[mcap100176]

I am the Little Ferry Borough Administrator in charge of the day to day operations of the town. We were hit with a 9 foot tidal surge where 90% of the town went underwater. It has been only 2 days in the sheer amount of debri people are pulling out of their homes is mind boggling. Today we had 8 30 yard garbage trucks, twenty 30 yard containers and large dump trucks and didn't scratch the surface of more than 2 blocks. My preliminary damage assessment of just government property is going to push 1.2 million dollars. And we are small town of approximately 11,000 residents. Are police vehicle fleet was cut in half and we are estimating that over a thousand of the residents cars will be totaled due to water damage. The sheer volume of destruction and the New Jersey and the New Jersey Shore community got it worse. It is amazing more people didn't die during the storm especially first responders. As someone who sees this from the unique perspective of looking at an entire town is mind numbing how much this is going to cost.

[barrysloate]

Mcap- I was well aware that Little Ferry was hit as hard as anyone, and my thoughts and prayers go out to all its residents. I know that area well- my wife is from Ridgefield Park and my dad had a business in Carlstadt. I have gone over that bridge in Little Ferry countless times. Hope the town finds the strength to come back again.

[MVSNYC]

I live right on the Hudson River in Hoboken, as you all know, our town got rocked. 90% without power (it's slowly getting restored) and major flooding. we were there thru thursday morning, then came out to my parents in PA. we're safe.

hope everyone is doing better. stay strong.

[judsonhamlin]

Back online here in Central Jersey. Came through dry and only dark for a day or so. The extent of loss around here is amazing. My thoughts are with those of you that are still without power or heat.
For any of you who can't access their beach houses, the NOAA website has hi-res photos taken on Thursday. You can see individuals houses. The LBI images are mind boggling.

Best to all.

[mcap100176]

Little Ferry had first big clean up day.....eight 30-yard garbage trucks running for 8 hours, pulled about 100 thirty yard containers and didn't make a dent. If you go to the state's Sandy information center, some utilities list timeframe of turning on electric as "town decimated" or similar verbiage. I have upped the local government cost to $1.5 to $2 million. I also met with the largest state municipal insurance carrier friday, it is a joint insuramce fund. They are the excess coverage providers and were in complete shock. We were town 2 of 380 or so they have to visit.

[z28jd]

I'm back online finally although it sounds worse than it was for me. I live out in the woods with less than 50 residents within a 1/2 mile radius of my house(50 is a safe est., might be 25), so we weren't high priority to get back into the swing of things. Four trees down on our property that did a combined $0 worth of damage. Boredom reigned supreme the last 5 days but we were very lucky.