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Old 08-05-2020, 12:50 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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...why don't they just get generators? there is a solution to their problem.
Not everyone:
-- can afford the $5500 outlay
-- lives in a house that can accept a backup generator
-- lives in a town (or HOA) that allows a backup generator
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Old 08-05-2020, 01:08 PM
 
Location: NJ
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Not everyone:
-- can afford the $5500 outlay
-- lives in a house that can accept a backup generator
-- lives in a town (or HOA) that allows a backup generator
its substantially more than $5500.

i believe that on the holmdel facebook page, many of the people complaining can make it happen. moving is also an option. the outages are going to happen, the power company doesnt have much ability to avoid them.

my mom will be spending the night tonight (unless her power is restored soon). im not sure what that means with the invite to the neighbors to spend the night. i gave them my old portable generator when i had the standby hooked up, im curious to see if he will get it going or not.
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Old 08-05-2020, 04:11 PM
 
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I live in Southern Bergen County and lights just flickered on and off a few times. Literally everybody else that I knew outside of my town lost power.
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Old 08-05-2020, 05:39 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I remember when i was much younger, having a dream of a house on a tree filled lot. So pretty...


Fast forward 30 years... my house does have many trees. It used to have more.... mother nature has ripped them out...


My future plans include a lot with ZERO trees
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Old 08-05-2020, 06:44 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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We just got power back. My family members in other parts of Jersey are still out. My neighbor’s car was crushed by a tree, luckily no one was hurt. Another neighbor had a big tree split in half and fall on their lawn.
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Old 08-05-2020, 07:31 PM
 
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How is everybody doing?

Eastern Monmouth County, not much rain atm, much wind, some gusts so strong when I went outside to check that I ran back into the house.

No power right now, either.
Northern Ocean County.. Walmart in Brick was closed today due to a power outage.

During the storm... I was driving on 295. A gust of wind caught the side of the car and blew me across a lane, and a van in front of me. Whoa. And my car is not light, it is more heavy than light..

I hate your County. No offense lol
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Old 08-05-2020, 08:02 PM
 
Location: Lake Huron Shores
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Mom & dad in Kendall Park did not see any power issues, but my relatives in Manalapan had power problems for 3 hours. No tree fall issues where family lives, but there are broken trees elsewhere.
My prayers go to those whose homes were damaged by trees. I have a large tree behind my house, but I live way up in Michigan. We don’t get hurricanes, but ice storms are a common threat in November and April, and then there is lake effect . It sucks when you lose power in winter.

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Old 08-05-2020, 08:14 PM
 
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My power went out 4:30pm yesterday (after the storm). Not supposed to come back on until 11pm tomorrow. All the food is spoiled. Can't go to a restaurant thanks to Murphy's COVID policies. When the power comes back on no doubt the stores will be cleaned out (especially since Shop Rite West Orange lost power and they're the biggest store around). It's really hot and really loud because of my neighbors with generators. All in all, this year is disaster.

Did a bike ride earlier. Saw lots of downed trees in Summit, mostly just branches elsewhere (Livingston, W.O., Chatham, Madison, Morris Twp). Didn't hear any chainsaws or see any work crews, except one in Green Village not working.
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Old 08-05-2020, 09:58 PM
 
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Not everyone:
-- can afford the $5500 outlay
-- lives in a house that can accept a backup generator
-- lives in a town (or HOA) that allows a backup generator
Portable generators can be had for $400.
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Old 08-06-2020, 12:28 AM
 
Location: Bay Area
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My parents got power back today and they live in Morris County.
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