Hurricane Sandy

JCP&L Readies for Sandy

Utility cautions that using generators can be dangerous

JCP&L is getting ready for Hurricane Sandy, with extra staff on standby and a lot of lessons learned. JCP&L clearly has not forgotten the criticism it took after Tropical Storm Irene ravaged New Jersey in August 2011. Utility officials learned from it, made a wide array of improvements in technology, communications and planning and they're ready to put that to the test, said JCP&L spokesman Ron Morano. "We've made improvements to how we provide customer information," Morano said, adding the company is doing all it can to prepare for Sandy and to plan on how to keep officials and residents informed and well-served. For starters, JCP&L is doing what everyone else is doing: closely watching weather forecasts, trying to figure out when and …

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NJ Officials Hurricane-Ready in Face of Increase in Predictions

Emergency management workers encourage residents to be prepared

The Atlantic Hurricane basin is highly active this weekend, and perhaps no one is more worried than the employees of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management.  Late Friday, Tropical Storm Harvey was upgraded from a Tropical Depression by the National Hurricane Center. While Harvey is forecast to remain in South America, there is plenty of other tropical action waiting in the wings. At least two tropical waves in the Atlantic have more than a 40 percent chance of tropical development, according to the National Hurricane center this weekend.  Back at home, we've seen plenty of record setting heat waves this summer. So with over two months left in the Atlantic Hurricane Season, it's no wonder that some are nervous about what the …

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Michael Megill

8:59 am on Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Not a Hurricane, but the Nor'easter of December 11, 1992. Full moon was on December 10th and the storm hit Monmouth County at High Tide. Highest recorded water levels, to date, at Sandy Hook.   more ›

Tropical Storm Emily Could Track up the Atlantic Coast

Storm could be a hurricane by Monday; meteorologists say Shore may see little more than big surf

Tropical Storm Emily is currently beating a path across the Caribbean, and while forecasters warn that the storm could track her way up the country's southern Atlantic coast over the weekend, meteorologists here say Emily will likely bring nothing more than big surf to the Jersey Shore. The fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Emily is now 180 miles southeast of the Dominican Republic, bringing sustained winds of 50 miles per hour to the area, according to the National Weather Service. The storm is expected to hit to the Dominican Republic and Haiti today, possibly dumping up to 10 inches of rain on the island of Hispanola, which is made up of both countries. But Emily will weaken as it travels northwest across the …

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