New Jersey residents ready for brunt of nor'easter
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EDGEWATER, N.J. (PIX11) — It’s a slow-moving storm that’s working its way up the East Coast.
As of Sunday night, for most of New Jersey, no drenching downpours or powerful gusts of wind and more importantly, no coastal flooding to speak of.
Even though the state of emergency has been in effect for more than 24 hours throughout New Jersey, shoppers in the Edgewater Marketplace have a wait-and-see attitude, bracing for the 60 mph winds and coastal flooding that have yet to materialize.
“I think I’m prepared. I have my hunters on,” Julissa Cabrera, West New York resident, told PIX11 News. “It will be, they say [Monday], so let’s see,” she added.
At nearby Taverna Veranda, diners were all inside, no outside tables on the Hudson. Many were just grateful the nor'easter hadn’t hit yet.
“I came down from upstate and beat the storm and we didn’t have any dinner prep, so here we are,” Mark Aombe, diner, told PIX11 News.
“Coming outside with the little one wasn’t easy,” Agnes Aombe, finer speaking about her 9-month-old baby. “It was a little scary for her,” she added.
In Secaucus, Hudson County Executive Craig Guy is watching an area along Secaucus Road that usually floods near Penhorn Avenue. The County spent millions recently on underground pumps.
“It is usually impossible. We are advising people to stay away from that area, and hopefully the pumps will work,” Guy told PIX11 News.
Jersey Central Power and Light trucks stand at the ready in the laydown yard in Monmouth County. 2,500 outside personnel have been brought in for the storm.
“We’re expecting peak wind gusts, especially along the immediate area near the water coming in later tonight, overnight, or in the pre-dawn hours when we expect peak winds,” Chris Hornig, the spokesman for JCPL, said.