Governor Chris Christie Declares State of Emergency As Winter Storm Hits New Jersey
Monday, January 26, 2015
Trenton, NJ – With Winter Storm Juno expected to impede transportation and travel throughout New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie today declared a State of Emergency, authorizing the State Director of Emergency Management to activate and coordinate the preparation, response and recovery efforts for the storm with all county and municipal emergency operations and governmental agencies. Commuters are asked to use extreme caution while traveling across the state. Governor Christie has authorized a staggered dismissal at 1:00 PM today as well as the closing of state offices on Tuesday, January 27th for all non-essential employees.
“The impending weather conditions over the course of the afternoon will produce a variety of dangerous travel conditions throughout the state,” said Governor Christie. “I’ve authorized state officials to take all necessary action in advance of the storm, and my Administration will continue monitoring conditions throughout the remainder of the storm. I encourage all New Jerseyans to use every caution as they travel today and to remain off the roads whenever possible so that our first responders and public safety officials can safely respond to any emergency situations.”
Already affecting parts of the state, Winter Storm Juno is expected to continue into the evening, bringing heavy snow accumulations, mixed precipitation, strong winds and freezing temperatures.
Trying to figure out if this storm is going to roar through rather than linger as has been suggested.
The former. As I suspected would be the case since the weather forecasters were all subtly but backing away from their earlier predictions of doom as the day wore on. It’s almost 2:00am on Tuesday, there is next to no wind, and we’ve got maybe one inch of accumulation since 7:00pm? I’m going to send WABC meteorologist Dr. Bill Evans the bill for all the emergency supplies my wife made me buy after he made his remarkably inaccurate forecast Sunday evening. BTW, who knew D batteries had gotten so expensive?
Can’t predict Putin or the weather, obviously