Friday, February 8, 2013
Tonight's commute will be "treacherous," says state Police and Emergency Management
The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, in coordination with the National Weather Service, is monitoring a major coastal storm expected to impact the state today and tomorrow. State emergency management officials anticipate coastal flooding, high wind conditions, snow, sleet, and even blizzard conditions in the northeast corner of the state, according to a prepared statement from state Emergency Management. The State Emergency Operations Center in West Trenton will be activated at 7 a.m. today, and will remain open as long as necessary to meet anticipated challenging conditions. "This is a dangerous storm; and we ask motorists to be careful while driving. There is also the potential for downed trees and wires because of wind …
Monday, March 12, 2012
March 1888's blizzard buried trains and created a state of emergency in New York City and Philadelphia while freezing over most of New Jersey. And in 1993, a blizzard from March 12-14 that year would be called "The Storm of the Century."
"It was the blizzard by which all others are measured." The National Weather Service, on its historic weather events archive for the Mount Holly forecast office, is describing March 12, 1888. Monday, March 12, 1888, nearly everyone from as far south as Maryland and as far north as Connecticut and Maine awoke to snow that had begun to fall late March 11 into March 12. By daybreak March 12, the 3 inches of accumulation at midnight had turned into 18 inches, according to the NWS. From there, things got even worse and didn't stop until March 14. March 11-14, 1888 "Moderate to heavy snow continued throughout the day accumulating to 33" by midnight. Snow continued on and off through Tuesday the 13th, adding roughly another foot, until finally …
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Township should be more prepared now thanks to committee, purchases
A year later, and the numbers are still staggering: The blizzard that rolled in during the late afternoon hours Dec. 26, 2010 was one for the books. The storm lasted until late morning the following day, and most Brick residents hadn't been able to leave their homes for several more days. The township began its snow removal operation before the flakes began falling, Dec. 26, at 2 a.m. Trucks dispatched from the public works facility on Ridge Road began salting and pouring brine solution on township roads, and plows were out by late afternoon that same day. However, at 11 p.m. on Dec. 26, plows were called back after white-out conditions began causing a number of plow trucks to become disabled. No pieces of equipment were spared. A tandem …
Monday, March 7, 2011
Federal funding will help township pay for blizzard response
The township stands to be reimbursed a "substantial amount" of the approximately $1.4 million it took to clean up the feet of snow dumped during the Dec. 26 blizzard. Federal disaster funding, however, will only cover two days of the cleanup effort. Councilman Michael Thulen, who headed a committee formed after the storm to help improve the township's future snow removal operations, said he attended a meeting with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to obtain additional information about recouping some of the $1.4 million. Thulen said the federal disaster declaration covers cleanup operations for Dec. 27 and Dec. 28 only. Still, he said, the bulk of the township's cleanup efforts occurred on those days and will be …
Monday, February 7, 2011
Dec. 26 storm cost the township approximately $1.4M
Brick officials will try to recoup the lion's share of the approximately $1.4 million spent on snow removal during the Dec. 26 blizzard. On Feb. 4, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a federal disaster had been declared for 13 New Jersey counties, including Ocean. That decision means municipalities in those areas are eligible to receive reimbursement from the federal government for its storm cleanup operations. The effort to recoup expenditures during the storm is being managed by the Ocean County Office of Emergency Management, according to township business administrator Scott Pezarras. Brick has already submitted initial documents to the county OEM office as well as directly to the federal government, Pezarras said. "What…
Thursday, January 27, 2011
About half of the township's vehicles were stranded during the Dec. 26 blizzard
As Brick deals with its fifth snowfall of the winter, residents can take solace in the fact that the Shore’s most recent bout with snow can’t compare to the blizzard that hit the region one month ago. The Dec. 26 storm, in Brick, wreaked havoc on snow removal equipment and snarled the township for several days. Findings from an ad-hoc committee led by Councilman Michael Thulen uncovered a snowfall that the township was unable to handle. When all was said and done, the blizzard that dumped 34 inches of snow on Brick residents cost them $1.4 million, according to Scott Pezarras, the township business administrator. Pezarras said the township hopes to recoup 75 percent of its storm costs from the federal government. Thulen’s committee was …
Friday, January 21, 2011
Of the 11 employees who called out sick, six came in late, two produced doctors' notes and three have yet to be interviewed
The 11 public works employees who called out sick a day after the Dec. 26 blizzard will be interviewed to determine whether they were eligible to take a sick day. Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said this week that officials haven’t begun the formal process of interviewing the employees yet, but they will have to explain why they didn’t come to work on time during an emergency. In the wake of the blizzard, which dumped 34 inches of snow on the township, a total of 11 employees called out sick the morning of Dec. 28. The number of employees who called out sick eventually led to speculation that the workers called out on purpose as a job action to protest potential layoffs that could come later this year. Union officials have categorically denied…
Friday, January 7, 2011
No fire broke out, after all, officials say
A sprinkler mishap at the township Board of Education building on Hendrickson Rd. caused only minor damage to a lobby, and no offices or classrooms were affected, superintendent Walter Hrycenko said. Initial reports indicated that a fire had broken out in the Board of Education building after the Dec. 26 blizzard, but it was later determined that the building's sprinkler system activated without any fire or smoke having been detected. Hrycenko said fortunately, only one sprinkler head burst, causing some minor damage to a carpet. Before students came back to school, the carpets were cleaned and the room was dried out in order to prevent mold from forming. "The carpets have never looked so good," joked Hrycenko. The activation of the …
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Salt, other supplies along cost $400K
Clearing the biggest county road network in New Jersey of the Dec. 26 blizzard cost $866,00, according to Ocean County Freeholder James F. Lacey. “You guys spanked that storm,’’ said Vaughn Avenue, Toms River, resident Joseph Rullo as the freeholders met Wednesday. “The street (Vaughn Avenue) was black’’ as county crews kept the county road open during the storm, he explained. Freeholder John C. Bartlett Jr. said county department heads hunkered down, close to the action to open 620 miles of roads and keep them open. Road Supervisor Stephen Childers “slept in his office’’ when he was not on the road during the blizzard, Bartlett said. Buildings and Grounds Supervisor William Santos took a room in a hotel to direct efforts to clear parking …
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Brick mayor responds to comments made by Gov. Chris Christie on blizzard response
There's plenty of bucking-up to go around, according to Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis. A few days after Gov. Chris Christie, a fellow Republican, said mayors should "buck up" and stop blaming the state for local snow plowing woes, Acropolis said everyone should work to do better next time. "What I will say is that we can all do better, we all will do better, and I guess we all need to buck up a little. Everyone, not just Jersey Shore mayors," Acropolis said Tuesday night at the Brick Township council's reorganization meeting. Acropolis said public works crews will have a defined list of 100 main streets which will be cleared first so emergency vehicles can get into neighborhoods. "I am concerned about roads in Brick Township and the …
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Jo Amesco
1:01 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
Here we go again, I guess what they are trying to say to those who live along the water - here comes another flood, stay off the roads. Are the towns going to announce a state of emergency to be off the roads by a certian time like they did with sandy ? Brick sent out a call to everyone of a car ban in town the last time. ? more ›