Hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans still reeling without power as temperatures took a decidedly colder turn the last two nights now face the prospect of a major Nor'easter striking the state Wednesday into Thursday.
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for the tri-state area, and it's predictions have grown more dire in recent days.
"A significant coastal storm will likely impact the tri-state region Wednesday and Thursday," the service said Monday. "Confidence continues to increase that strong, gusty winds ... rain/wintry precipitation ... coastal flooding and additional beach erosion will result from this system."
The storm is set to strike a little more than a week after superstorm Sandy, and the prediction comes the same day a minor earthquake struck North Jersey. It could seriously affect power restoration efforts.
DMAB6395
12:52 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
THAT'S IT WE ARE MOVING!!!
Brett Kaiser
12:22 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
To Florida?
peggy
3:34 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Great here we go again !!!! I thank God we are ok and our homes are safe but this is getting pretty depressing. I hope this will pass us without any power going off !!!!!
Makai
1:09 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Great! Another 2 weeks without power...Our complex didn't even get ours yet while everyone around us does.
Gokce Toruner
1:22 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
I have an issue with the statement from the Englewood's Mayor in a piece featured in The Record (see below the webpointer)
"There was progress in Englewood
on Sunday. “PSE&G got the job done,” Englewood Mayor Frank Huttle
said late Sunday night. “The city is lighting up as promised.”
I guess the mayor has totally forgotten (or forsaken) us leaving in the apartment complexes in Brownstones or Sheffield.
http://www.northjersey.com/cliffsidepark/Frustration_high_across_North_Jersey_as_promises_of_power_fail.html?page=all
Middle Valley Mayhem
2:07 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Most of Long Valley is still cold and in the dark. I read article after article about progress being made, yet not one single truck has come to this part of town (Middle Valley, Zellers, Springtown) to fix any of the dangerous power lines and fallen trees hanging over roadways. With the bridge out for construction, we were promised that our only way out would be well taken care of. So much for that! It's been a full week without any sign of help on the way. Patience is wearing thin. No power, no running water, no heat. Enough is enough.
Rob B
2:54 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
The National Guard is assisting in JCP&L in Warren Cty. What does it take for NW Morris Cty to get some attention. There are still two huge trees down on Fairview Ave tangled with power lines. I know this is a terrible time for many, but no progress in a week?
Ann
5:01 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
No PSE&G trucks anywhere in Bridgewater, either. Here's the problem: Vegetation Management with PSE&G has FAILED to "manage" the trees and then we're put on a very low priority because we aren't densely populated. Where ARE they "managing" the vegetation and trees? Nowhere! So write this moron: michael.koslowski@pseg.com
and tell him he's a failure, he doesn't deserve his salary, and then look up the Board of Directors of PSEG on their website, and write them at their place of business--that will drive them nuts. Or google their home addresses and write them there. Next Board meeting maybe they'll realize they can't continually ignore place after an event that they've already ignored with the failure to "manage" the vegetation so power lines don't come down. We have no power lines--they are all underground in my neighborhood but no power because a tree is down miles away. No flooding, no power lines but still no power?
Edward P. Campbell
9:06 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Why do we pay the same for our electricity, when PSE&G tells us we won’t get the same service as the big cities? I understand their plan, and their desire to get the electric on to the majority of the population as fast as they can, but that means we take a seat at the back of the repair line, and for that I want a discount on my electric rate, or I want the very same service as everyone else!
Teaneck_Resident
2:34 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Argghhhh!!!!!
Maria Henderson
2:44 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
You must be kidding. We haven't gotten our power back yet either. Makes me want to cry. We have twins that are almost 2 and it stinks not having power with 2 little ones.
Frank Smith
3:01 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
JCP&L is misleading everyone about progress and number of crews working!
Concerned Ridgewood Resident
3:09 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Still no Power on Branett and Mulberry in Ridgewood. Have not seen a PSE&G truck yet - day 7 coming to a close!!!!!
Jen
3:15 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
join the club! GR and Fairlawn are a mess, too.
Goldie
3:29 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Don't feel bad JCP&L customers, PSE&G SUCKS just as bad 5000 of us over here in Maplewood are still without power too. (8 days and counting)
Goldie
SB
3:50 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Midland Park - Pierce Ave, Cross Ave, Paterson Ave & surrounding streets - STILL NO POWER!
SB
4:07 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
8 days/ 7 nights all-uninclusive ...tks PSEG !
btw: not one truck in the area.
JMMEF
4:02 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Wayne - parish drive, french hill rd, still no power days 7
Mark Tully
4:10 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Sussex County Stillwater, the entire town closed down, have not seen one JCP&L truck yet ! Telephone poles still laying across Rt 521 CR with all the associated lines on the roadway. JCP&L is a fraud the entire upper echelon should be fired, they are incompetent !!! OUTRAGEOUS
Hank
4:40 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Love seeing the fake twitter updates from PSE&G on their progress. Unfreaking real. Everyone around us has power. No cops patrolling or hanging out in the unlit areas. Why the hell am I paying taxes!!!
Toni M.
5:43 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
I been saying that on Twitter. PSE&G retweets fake accounts, if u click on the accounts they have no followers and were just set up the same day or day before, I started calling them out on each fake account.
Richie
5:14 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Here's an idea...NOBODY pay your electric bill until this crap gets straightened out. They def. won't turn off everyone's power.
Laureen Smith
10:41 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Funny. I just told my husband we ought to do the same. We got the bill today.
Deb
5:20 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
West Orange no power DAY 8 and no we are not paying electric, gas and FIOS. Our mayor announced power was restored to 80% of the town. Not.
Ridgewood resident & parent
5:32 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
No power at north maple and Undercliff in ridgewood. Day 7!!! Where are our 20,30k taxes going to? ..Primitive electrical wiring that can't be repaired? Majority of Ridgewood residents have preschoolers and elementary school age kids and in a situation like this are cold and can fall sick. Not fair on responsible, value adding, tax paying citizens. I expected a lot more from this town and the area of north jersey.
Ira
9:08 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Your property taxes have nothing to do with power grid and electrical wiring.
But I understand your frustration,
PSE&G, O& R we are dealing here with unionized public company.
Ever tried to move a mountain?
Nothing will ever change. Nothing and never.
Paco
9:29 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Your taxes have nothing to do with your utilities, but I guess knowing things like that doesn't matter when you form your opinions. Then again, that is pretty obvious with your 'value adding tax paying citizen' comment. How dare Sandy hit the rich people, her nerve!
Dee
5:38 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
still no power on oliver road in paramus.. there's a center chunk of streets in the neighborhood without power, surrounded by streets WITH power. so depressing.. not to mention slowly getting sick from the cold, with temperatures dropping.
MOLLY McCULLOUGH
6:17 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
WE BELIEVE THAT THE AUTHORITIES ARE DOING THEIR BEST---LET'S PRAY FOR THEM AND STOP COMPLAINING!
Ojo Rojo
6:23 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
And the line workers, electricians, sanitation workers, road crews, firefighters and police officers who have been out there in the cold for the last week working their rear ends off and also dealing w/ having no power at home and families they need to find a way to take care of while they are out taking care of us.
Inthedarkstill
6:24 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Molly agreed the AUTHORITIES are doing their best, it seems like in many towns across North West New Jersey its hard to tell exactly who that is!!
Peter James
6:28 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Molly, go moo elsewhere!!
Rachel J
6:45 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
No power morningside road in Paramus with downed Eire we have to drive over and walk across and through all over and Oswego websites say to avoid at all cost only when convenient? Now because they're clearly lagging it's okay to go closer than 300 feet what a crock
Liz Golub
8:44 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
We ar on Wittig Ter. In Wayne. No trees, underground wiring and yet we lose power regularly. This is the beginning of day 9 without power. JCP&L has a responsibility that they are not upholding. But what choice do we have. Thank God for friends and family who offer shelter and food.
Ermel
8:57 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Maplewood, you are screwd!!
Ermel
9:04 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
PSE&G should be reporting every 4 hours on what's going on in every neighborhood that still has no power. That is very doable. Why they are not doing it is beyond me.
They have plenty of workers that are not actually working on repairing the downed lines, their management lacks leadership and innovation and common courtesy, don't forget we all of them, it's not free!
sb5002
11:47 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
My husband works for PSEG. And while I agree that the management could DEF handle things WAY better, and have better organization. Please keep in mind that that the workers themselves have no control over the bosses. My husband left the day BEFORE the storm, to make sure he didn't get stuck because of the storm and was not able to help. He has been working from 7 am- 11 pm for the last 7 days. He had to leave his family, we have 3 small kids, home without power.... to help others. I am very proud of how hard my husband works. And how he puts in more than the required hours bc he knows that there are people that need help. All the workers that people fell are doing nothing.... are leaving their families to HELP! We got our power back only yesterday. And I know its hard to be without power esp with kids or older people. But it is NOT my husbands fault or any of the other workers faults, they did not cause Sandy. But they are working to help fix it. Cut them some slack. I cant speak for the management (bc i am not a fan of them either), but i can speak for my husband and his fellow workers.... they are working hard and trying to help everyone. They are cold and without power too! Be kind.
Ermel
9:05 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
I meant we pay their salaries!
Edward P. Campbell
9:20 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Some say, wire, transformers and other items needed to repair some of the problems are in short supply. It is also rumored some critical parts needed in generation and switching plants will need to be custom manufactured, but the United States of American no longer has the manufacturing abilities to make these parts. But my wife refuses to believe me when I tell her we've become a 3rd world country!
We’d all better pray the big one doesn’t hit Californian tomorrow, or we could really be seeing the end of the United States of America!
Paco
9:45 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
3rd world? Seriously? Have you left your bubble lately? I'm curious, what 1st and 2nd world countries you are looking to move to?
GW
10:03 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Your wife has probably learned to be dubious about statements that begin "some say" and "it is also rumored". Find something solid and get a grip.
Rinji O Lizardo
9:49 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
PSEG car was outside in the street for more than 48 hours starting Saturday morning and they did nothing. We still don't have power and PSEG truck left the area today afternoon. I don't get what they were doing here because all I saw was one PSEG employee sitting in the car all day and night. It must have been boring for the guy but still, why are they wasting the man power when he could go somewhere else and help fixing and hurry up and come to my street.
Joe
9:51 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Everyone be safe.....got power tonight and hope you all do soon as well.
Power company preparedness needs to be examined and large fines put in place to force them to be prepared.
FGump
11:53 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
What a bunch of crybabies! For God sake, let the PS guys do their jobs!!! What would you people do in the face of a true disaster as those living at the shore face
Grow up
GW
12:23 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Do you know what any particular person or family is going through? The answer is, no, you don't. No one is doing any harm speaking their mind here, and it's really bizarre that you think that hectoring total strangers is appropriate. The maturity issue is yours.
GW
2:00 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Can't comply with your directive at this time, Mr. Jones, but we value your input---PSYCH!
John Jones
3:25 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Wasn't meant for you. It was for FGUMP. Should read more carefully.
GW
3:44 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Oh, you poor dear! You probably don't know the meaning of 'open forum '. See, anyone may respond to anything. And THAT is why it is called WWW.
Scott Hanley
3:50 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I was on the Garden State Parkway yesterday and saw 4 convoys of power & light trucks (15+ in each) from Miss, W.Va., Fla., and OK. Also saw convoys of out-of-state tree cutters.
Richard Dean
7:01 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Last Wednesday night I passed part of a Kansas City Power & Light convoy heading north on 287 from 23 in Riverdale to 202 in Oakland, 5 miles with one line truck about every 200 feet going at 50 with me doing 60. It was longer but I exited in Oakland.
Stephanie Mullin
7:57 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Pse&g. Please don't forget us on Colony Drive in North Caldwell. No power yet either ! Trees on wires and more- hope for power today ????
SB
8:12 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
PSEG is a joke. They've closed out tickets 3x telling me I have power ! WE HAVE NO POWER. Pierce Ave - Midland Park
JerseyRED
8:33 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Same here in Ridgewood. I called and reopened the outage report.
JoeJoeJoeThe Plumber
8:20 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Some of the comments here a nothing short of disgraceful....they said BEFORE the storm that a week to ten days, and maybe longer to restore power. Many families HAVE NO HOME to back to. Some have died and many have lost all their possessions in this storm... so to hear suburban NJ whine because they still don't have power is sickening.... have you any idea just how bad you could have it?? Wake up.
milly
8:28 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I saw 3 pseg trucks near my home. They sit there and watch the downed lines to make sure there are no sparks or fires at $60 dollars and hour. That's our money at work. Nice union monopoly PSE and Gouge!!!
Nose Wayne
8:34 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
THANKS JOE, at least we have something for them to turn on to when they get to your house. Thousands of people have NOTHING to go back to, count your blessings people, it could have been a lot worse.
Jen
4:21 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
why do we HAVE to use PSEG? Park Ridge has their own company and were back up and running w/i 12 hours. PSEG blows- lets come up with a solution- dump them!