Monday, November 5, 2012

Many on Barrier Islands don't know about Storm

N.J. sees a 'new normal,' but fears approaching storm
Philadelphia Inquirer‎ - 11 hours ago
Christie told residents Sunday the state was slowly getting to a "new normal" after the ravages of Sandy - while warning that progress could be ...
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Earlier Sunday in Hazlet, Monmouth County, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno expressed concern that some on the barrier islands, cut off from the mainland and operating without electricity and, likely, radio and television, didn't even realize another storm was headed their way.
 
Conditions are still dire on many of those islands, with natural-gas supplies to communities from Bay Head to Holgate cut off for what could be as long as eight months, Christie said.
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N.J. sees a 'new normal,' but fears approaching storm

All the work done to build up protective dunes on islands and on the mainland has been washed away by Sandy. God help those who try to ride out further winter storms on islands trying to protect their properties from further destruction. Let's hope people choose their lives instead of their properties as being more important in the end. 

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