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Re: Snor'Eastercane
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Is J.C. offering places you can fill up sandbags?

Posted on: 2012/10/27 18:32
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Re: Snor'Eastercane
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thor800 wrote:
Jersey City Home Depot out of car batteries, generators, most pumps.

I drove to eatontown and got a wet vac, backup utility pump (shallower than a subpump), rain gear, extra batteries, extension chords. Still need sand / clay / mulch bags.

It was worth the extra effort and cost for piece of mind.



Your forgot some essentials.. Scotch, Vodka, and Beer.. don't go into Armageddon without them...

Posted on: 2012/10/27 0:48
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Re: Sweep the storm drains
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I did the 4 on my block last week... filled up more than 1/3 rd of the can with trash. The grates even have more garbage on them now. JCMUA really cut back on their cleaning crews.

Posted on: 2012/10/26 21:33
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Re: Snor'Eastercane
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fip wrote:
when irene was headed in, someone posted a link with altitude info for downtown JC. much of it was around 6'. anyone have that link?

-fip


If you install Googleearth you can see the elevation by just putting the mouse pointer over the area you are concerned about.

Posted on: 2012/10/26 17:18
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Re: Snor'Eastercane
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Latest run of the ECMWF model (European computer model that so far seems to be the most accurate in tracking the storm) show the storm tracking farther West, hitting the Jersey Shore with sustained winds of 75+knots.

We have above normal water temps off the coast which is helping fuel the storm. In addition, the hurricane is forecast to merge with another system, like the Perfect Storm did in 1991.

While Irene was over-hyped, Sandy appears to be the real deal (for now anyway). To make matters worse, the storm will hit during high tide on Tuesday morning. If the storm hits just South of us, we will get the worse of the surge.

Posted on: 2012/10/26 17:13
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Re: Snor'Eastercane
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thor800 wrote:
Can anyone recommend flood preparation equipment ?

Anything else ?


How do you plan to run the generator? You can't put it outside while its raining. So if the power goes out, you will still not have power to run the pumps.

I would pickup pallets so you can get all your stuff at least 4 to 8 inches off the floor.

Posted on: 2012/10/26 13:20
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Re: Snor'Eastercane
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heights wrote:
I remember last year at this time we had a sudden abrupt snow storm I think it was our only one.


The moderate El Nino predicted is collapsing.. We have a better chance of getting a winter like 2010 (Snowmageddon) than 2011.

Posted on: 2012/10/26 3:28
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Re: Snor'Eastercane
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Concern on this one is not the winds but the storm surge, like what happened during the 1992 December Nor Easter. I knew a guy who came home really wet and distraught, after wading his way out of a stalled PATH train. The Hudson River was pouring down the stairs of the Hoboken station.

I remember trying to drive to work that day. I have never seen such flooding since then (Irene included).

Posted on: 2012/10/25 21:48
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Re: Snor'Eastercane
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The trend has been towards the really 'bad' (for us) storm tracks:


http://blog.weathernationtv.com/

https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/sta ... 23455471616/photo/1/large

Posted on: 2012/10/25 15:26
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Re: Developers Bring New Wealth of Poverty To J.C.
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Frank_M wrote:
so hooray for maids, janitors, security guards, parking attendants, doormen, and dog walkers.


And HVAC mechanics, electricians, painting contractors, building engineers... High rise residential will provide steady work for the people I listed. Employment goes to skilled and semi-skilled trades long after the architects and iron workers have left.

The bigger the complexes the better: You get economy of scale to justify more complex HVAC systems. For example: it becomes worth it to install cogeneration and central chiller systems opposed to those PTAC units (heat pumps) that are so popular is mid sized residential developments. The guys who maintain the big systems make in the $35 to $50 per hour range.

Posted on: 2012/10/16 22:41
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Re: Is it really possible? Does the PATH really lose $400 million per year?
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ExUWSguy wrote:
But it's an insanely low salary, could even a SINGLE person afford to live anywhere near a PATH station or terminus on it?


That is $7k (inflation adjusted) more than I made out of school. I walked to the PATH.. I could afford a place by sharing an crappy apartment with equally low paid (or lower) roommates. Would I want to go back to that type of life? No... but I was in my early 20's.. it beat moving back home. I wasn't living in luxury by any means.. but I wasn't starving or wanting of basics either.

Posted on: 2012/10/15 19:12
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Re: Environmental Investigation: Shua Group
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reading the title, I thought this thread was about a hazardous waste spill.

Posted on: 2012/10/15 1:13
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Re: Is it really possible? Does the PATH really lose $400 million per year?
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heights wrote:

You make $23/hr. sound like a windfall you can barely survive on that at today's rate of inflation. Could you imagine doing that with a family. A living wage is what they calll it.


Even after adjusting for inflation, that is way more than I made during my first three jobs after leaving college.

Posted on: 2012/10/15 1:12
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Re: Is it really possible? Does the PATH really lose $400 million per year?
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Back when the fare was $1, it was said PATH costs about $3 per passenger. If you want an idea where some of the money goes, take a look at the salaries paid to PA employees. I used to have a link to what the train engineers made with overtime as well as other employees (can't find it at the moment).

To be fair, PATH when it was the Hudson Manhattan railroad started to lose out when the Holland tunnel opened. By the 1960's, the railroad was pretty much broke.

Posted on: 2012/10/14 19:33
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Re: Paging fellow landlords, have you noticed this with recent prospects?
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speaking of ugly... Woke up this morning to find my building got tagged again. Different guy from last time (they got caught earlier in the year.. 2 kids spray painting the hell out of the Heights).

I can't imagine how many hours I have wasted cleaning up spray paint. I am at the point of thinking these vandal need to be wrapped in a polyester sheet and set on fire.

Posted on: 2012/10/12 20:13
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Re: Paging fellow landlords, have you noticed this with recent prospects?
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Yeah.. the find the area to be too scary looking... They don't even bother looking at the apartment or even going to the building.

I guess I have been living here too long... The Heights has some butt-ugly buildings, but I never considered it scary.

Posted on: 2012/10/12 11:44
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Re: dishwasher repair
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If you just want to do the repair yourself:

http://www.repairclinic.com/

You can get exploded parts views from them. I have been using these guys for over a decade.

Posted on: 2012/10/11 23:51
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Paging fellow landlords, have you noticed this with recent prospects?
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I have been getting a definitive uptick in cancellations once people see the neighborhood (Heights, near where Healy lives).

I had this happen before when the economy was good: I was getting the 'overflow' from Manhattan and a lot of suburbanite transplants. Seeing JC for the first time would freak a fair number of them out.



On a different note: There was a landlord who owns a two family a few blocks from my place. He found a sure fire way to make money. Rent to Indians.. LOTS OF THEM! I was always curious why there were so many names written on the bell buzzer.

Turns out the fire department got called there for some reason. They found 16 people living in a single apartment (over 30 people in a 2 family). Per one of the tenants: He would rent out a space in the place for $600 a month.

Christ.. for $1,200 they could have a 2 bedroom with central A/C.

Posted on: 2012/10/11 23:29
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Posted on: 2012/10/6 22:29
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Re: PATH (pathetic attempt at transporting humans)
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I was taking the PATH back in the early 90's when they renovated Newport (it was a REAL horror show before the renovation).

Newport has a problem with water infiltration. You can here the 100+ year old pumps running, pumping the water out. Right after they installed the sprayed concrete on the ceiling, a lot of it turned black from moisture getting inside it. One day, after a period of really wet weather, a huge chunk of the ceiling came down (with lots of water) at one end of the platform.

They repair it and it gets screwed up again due to the hydrostatic pressure placed on it. Not sure how you fix it. Newport is basically filled in swamp / salt marsh.

Posted this before.. this is what the above area of the Newport PATH used to look like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4 ... /in/set-72157622579761251




Quote:

ripple wrote:
The farthest end of the platform at the Newport station looks like a horror movie set. It is a huge contrast to the rest of the stations in the system.

How did they let it get that way? Who has decided that it is acceptable to spend money on other things and let the dank nastiness remain in place?

When are they going to fix it?

Posted on: 2012/10/4 22:06
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Re: Why can't JC manage traffic/street repairs so buses can run?!
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I looked it up. Its PSE&G running a new, underground, high voltage transmission line to the downtown. Its part of a electric grid upgrade.


http://www.cityofjerseycity.com/uploa ... east%20Grid%20Project.pdf

It is scheduled to be finished around October 15th.

Posted on: 2012/10/2 18:10
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Re: Why can't JC manage traffic/street repairs so buses can run?!
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Its not Jersey City. There is a major utility upgrade of sorts going on. Looks like new gas mains, but I am not sure.

Posted on: 2012/10/2 17:29
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Re: PATH (pathetic attempt at transporting humans)
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Quote:

Vigilante wrote:
Think of how wonderful it's going to be when they add 7,000 or 8,000 or maybe 10,000 new residents to the Paulus Hook neighborhood.


I would imagine that some of the traffic from those living along the waterfront, would shift to NY Waterway. Especially if PATH fares continue to rise.

Anyone know exactly how much of the PATH system cost is covered by the fare? Years back (when the fare was still $1), the figure used was is cost $3 per passenger.

Posted on: 2012/9/30 10:08
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Re: PATH (pathetic attempt at transporting humans)
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bjay wrote:


Another amazing fact: Current ridership is estimated at 78 million this year. On the PATH website history page, it says the peak ridership was 113 million in 1927. There is no possibility that those trains were 45% more full than they are now. There must have been frequent service all day long. It would be interesting to see historic PATH timetables.



Back then, NYC / Manhattan was a major manufacturing center making everything from clothing, meat packing, to machine tools. Manufacturers typically ran three shifts, so you had a steady flow of people back and forth all day and all night.

Today, pretty everyone goes to work at the same time.

The H&M train (pre-PATH) started into decline once the Holland tunnel was opened (in 1927).

Posted on: 2012/9/28 23:02
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Re: WTC and JC home prices/rents
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someguyinjc wrote:
For what it's worth, I have been experiencing exactly what some others have already described on this thread during my house hunting expeditions of late--limited inventory and abundant buyer interest.


IMHO, a lot of this demand is being propped up by artificially low interest rates courtesy of the Federal Reserve. The latest action, the Fed is purchasing billions in real estate securities.

If at some point we get growth all this liquidity created by the Fed will create inflation (1970's style or worse). The Fed will have to do what it did in the early 1980's: send interest rates to the moon or let the dollar get destroyed. Real estate was affordable (if you were the few buying) in 1982 and again in the mid 90's (when a typical mortgage rate was over 8%). I bought in 1997. Adjusting for inflation, I paid about $114k for a 2-family (2011 $).

If it is cheaper for you to rent.. then rent. We have QEIII doing damage and have likely slipped back into recession. At some point, the government support for the real estate sector will end. When it goes, a lot of people won't be able to afford to buy or hold on to the homes they have. There will be a lot of deals via foreclosure.

Posted on: 2012/9/28 19:13
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Re: Good place to buy a fairly large quantity of dry ice?
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I've worked with dry ice before. I want to fog up a stairwell that nobody will be in (except for some kind of mechanical monster that will pop out of the fog). Nobody is going to get near the ice as the stairwell will be barricaded.

Posted on: 2012/9/25 14:59
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Good place to buy a fairly large quantity of dry ice?
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Toying with the idea of creating a little Halloween display. Those fog machines just aren't powerful enough. Anyone know where you can pick up dry ice in or around J.C.?

Posted on: 2012/9/25 0:34
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Re: PATH train to Newark Airport - Yes!
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The 33rd train would just continue from JSQ to Newark Penn Station. The track is already there, its just that trains are not scheduled to run from Newark to 33rd (they did after the 9/11 attack though).

The issue is getting the PATH train from Newark Penn Station to EWR.

Posted on: 2012/9/24 15:02
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Re: PATH train to Newark Airport - Yes!
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I got shocked at some of the estimates to do the extension such a short distance to EWR. I figured they would be building it along an existing ROW and it wouldn't be 100's of millions of bucks.

Posted on: 2012/9/23 23:00
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Re: Jersey City Council encouraging residents to raise chickens and cultivate bees
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Just got back from my friend's place in South Jersey. He raises chicken. I told him about the council's proposal. He informed me that if chicken coops are not cleaned constantly, they stink all to hell.

Can't be worse than the building next to me that smells like cat piss.

Posted on: 2012/9/23 20:00
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