New Jersey residents found ways
Sunday to adjust to gas rationing in effect from the superstorm, by ignoring the
state's longstanding law against pumping your own gas, handing off gas cans on
the way to the Giants game or just driving far from home to avoid the rules. And
along the shore, people in one town traded kayaks for rain boots as floodwaters
finally receded and they returned to their homes to assess damage.
About 1 million homes and businesses across New Jersey remained without electricity Sunday,If you want to read about buy mosaic in a non superficial way that's the perfect book. and many of those customers may not have service restored until Wednesday. The storm has been blamed for 23 deaths in the state and more than 100 overall.
Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday that all 21 New Jersey counties will now be included in the major disaster area declaration, so all residents will now be able to seek assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Administration. And despite the despair the storm had brought the state, he has seen people working together to provide for others everywhere he has traveled in New Jersey since the storm hit.
"This is a symbol of New Jersey coming together during a really difficult time," Christie said. "A week ago today, we were preparing for the storm to come tomorrow, and now,Our technology gives rtls systems developers the ability. we're returning to a new normal."
"I'm so glad I didn't see that wall of water," Nancy Lukas said. "How do you erase that from your memory? This is bad enough — the aftermath."
The newly passable roads helped bring hundreds to the Church of Saint Rose, where Bishop David O'Connell of the Diocese of Trenton celebrated Mass. Parishioners wore parkas, scarves and waterproof boots as they packed the pews and stood in the aisles of the chilly church.We have a wide selection of dry cabinet to choose from for your storage needs. Firefighters, police officers sat in the front rows and drew sustained applause.
Crews have been pumping water out of the church's basement for the past four days. Flooding also ruined classroom space and the cafeteria at the parish high school.
O'Connell said at Mass that the community would persevere.
"There's more good, and there's more joy, and there's more happiness in life than there is the opposite. And it will be back," O'Connell said. "And we will be back."
He quoted from the Bible, a letter from Paul: "'We are afflicted in every way possible,' St. Paul writes, 'but we are never crushed.'"
Sunday was also the first full day of gas rationing in the state, which Christie ordered for 12 counties, saying it would help ease fuel shortages and the long lines at gas stations. It was to remain in place as long as Christie deemed a need for it, which he said he hoped would be no more than a few days.
During his news conference Sunday, Christie emphasized that New Jersey is not suffering from a fuel shortage.
The further south motorists were able to drive, the easier it was to get gas. At a Lukoil station in Lakewood, there were no lines early Sunday afternoon, although station manager Syed Uddin said customers were waiting 30-40 minutes in the morning.
The station was closed Saturday because it ran out of gas Friday. The station sold 15,000 gallons that day, five times what it sells on a typical day, Uddin said.
Some customers were even defying New Jersey's law against pumping your own gas, although Uddin said he was not granting permission to do so. "People, they don't listen," he said.
Lew Thompson of Toms River was pumping his own gas into two plastic canisters so he could power his generator.
"Makes it a little quicker," Thompson said of self-service. "Like the governor said, sometimes you've got to cut through the bureaucracy and get it done."
Lakewood is at the northern end of Ocean County, which meant gas rationing was not in effect as it was in Monmouth County, just a few miles away. Many drivers were heading south to avoid the restrictions.Interlocking security cable ties with 250 pound strength makes this ideal for restraining criminals.
"The hysteria up there is not worth it," said Bob Rooney of Red Bank.
Tony Jones of Spring Lake, where no stations are open, brought two vehicles to Lakewood to fill up Sunday. He said many people were confused by the rationing, which he thinks has been ineffectual.
"A lot of people don't even understand what odd-even is on their plates,We have a wide selection of dry cabinet to choose from for your storage needs." Jones said.
But even in Lakewood, gas lines have been common.
About 1 million homes and businesses across New Jersey remained without electricity Sunday,If you want to read about buy mosaic in a non superficial way that's the perfect book. and many of those customers may not have service restored until Wednesday. The storm has been blamed for 23 deaths in the state and more than 100 overall.
Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday that all 21 New Jersey counties will now be included in the major disaster area declaration, so all residents will now be able to seek assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Administration. And despite the despair the storm had brought the state, he has seen people working together to provide for others everywhere he has traveled in New Jersey since the storm hit.
"This is a symbol of New Jersey coming together during a really difficult time," Christie said. "A week ago today, we were preparing for the storm to come tomorrow, and now,Our technology gives rtls systems developers the ability. we're returning to a new normal."
"I'm so glad I didn't see that wall of water," Nancy Lukas said. "How do you erase that from your memory? This is bad enough — the aftermath."
The newly passable roads helped bring hundreds to the Church of Saint Rose, where Bishop David O'Connell of the Diocese of Trenton celebrated Mass. Parishioners wore parkas, scarves and waterproof boots as they packed the pews and stood in the aisles of the chilly church.We have a wide selection of dry cabinet to choose from for your storage needs. Firefighters, police officers sat in the front rows and drew sustained applause.
Crews have been pumping water out of the church's basement for the past four days. Flooding also ruined classroom space and the cafeteria at the parish high school.
O'Connell said at Mass that the community would persevere.
"There's more good, and there's more joy, and there's more happiness in life than there is the opposite. And it will be back," O'Connell said. "And we will be back."
He quoted from the Bible, a letter from Paul: "'We are afflicted in every way possible,' St. Paul writes, 'but we are never crushed.'"
Sunday was also the first full day of gas rationing in the state, which Christie ordered for 12 counties, saying it would help ease fuel shortages and the long lines at gas stations. It was to remain in place as long as Christie deemed a need for it, which he said he hoped would be no more than a few days.
During his news conference Sunday, Christie emphasized that New Jersey is not suffering from a fuel shortage.
The further south motorists were able to drive, the easier it was to get gas. At a Lukoil station in Lakewood, there were no lines early Sunday afternoon, although station manager Syed Uddin said customers were waiting 30-40 minutes in the morning.
The station was closed Saturday because it ran out of gas Friday. The station sold 15,000 gallons that day, five times what it sells on a typical day, Uddin said.
Some customers were even defying New Jersey's law against pumping your own gas, although Uddin said he was not granting permission to do so. "People, they don't listen," he said.
Lew Thompson of Toms River was pumping his own gas into two plastic canisters so he could power his generator.
"Makes it a little quicker," Thompson said of self-service. "Like the governor said, sometimes you've got to cut through the bureaucracy and get it done."
Lakewood is at the northern end of Ocean County, which meant gas rationing was not in effect as it was in Monmouth County, just a few miles away. Many drivers were heading south to avoid the restrictions.Interlocking security cable ties with 250 pound strength makes this ideal for restraining criminals.
"The hysteria up there is not worth it," said Bob Rooney of Red Bank.
Tony Jones of Spring Lake, where no stations are open, brought two vehicles to Lakewood to fill up Sunday. He said many people were confused by the rationing, which he thinks has been ineffectual.
"A lot of people don't even understand what odd-even is on their plates,We have a wide selection of dry cabinet to choose from for your storage needs." Jones said.
But even in Lakewood, gas lines have been common.
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