>Hurricane Irene : Readers put in their 2 cents
All in all, not a bad hurricane. Far less debris than I would have guessed.
Ridgewood NJ – My wife and I took a ride around town and all of the trouble spots were,
well, in trouble. Grove street by the path, duck pond, RHS field, Vets.
Maple was closed north of Linwood. Many cops evacuating people south of
Eastside – Albert & Maxwell were under couple of feet of water and a car
floated onto someone’s lawn. Down tree at the corner of Eastside and Alanon.
North Irving closed.
Funny but not expected was the 3 or 4 feet of water over RHS field except
for a 10′ bubble island in the center. I’d be curious what the cleanup bill
will be this time. Water had hit the bottom of the bridge’s roadway when I
drove through at 9am.
S&S and Kings were closed but Wide World of Bagels were open (yay!).
All in all, not a bad hurricane. Far less debris than I would have guessed.
I started thinking 24-30 hours ago that this was a trumped-up storm
tailor-made for the slow summer news cycle. Floyd made Irene look more like
a sunshower. We took necessary precautions and have zero problems on our
property & street. Even though we are a block from the Saddle River, we’d
need another 10′ of water before it touched our lawn. Floyd got within 1/2
block when the water crested.
Wherever you are, I hope you’re dry!
Take care,
Mike
