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Flooding everywhere.. walking down Grove looks Taqueria is under a foot of water.. basements flooding.. ugh...
Posted on: 2010/3/14 1:28
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Marin along the A&P Plaza was crazy flooded earlier. Wonder if that caused some chaos in the Holland Tunnel.
Can only imagine that the Turnpike on ramp off of Columbus is probably wrecked... I learned the hard way (and stupid way) that its NOT passable when flooded... though miraculously my car came through it unharmed. ETA: There has also been a TON of sirens... pretty steadily for about an hour or two (I live near the Medical Center)... not sure if its flood related (accidents, etc)... seems to finally have calmed down.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 2:04
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1st and Colgate has reached the saturation point. The last time this happened the city was a mess. This is not good. Has the city done anything since the "100 year flood" a few years ago? I guess 100 year floods now occur every three years or so.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 2:36
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Drove through Grand and Marin intersection about an hour ago - water was above my wheels! Warren was a river from above Columbus down to Montgomery.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 2:50
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Ditto on Marin and Grand.... I held my breath as I drove through it. Really surprised I didn't stall out.
Does this kind of rain usually cause problems with the sewars? I live in a basement apartment, and just a few months ago our bathrooms flooded with sewage after a main line backed up. It was horrific. I don't know what I'd do if it happened again...
Posted on: 2010/3/14 3:04
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I thought one of the main problems was that the rain water mixes with the sewage and that we don't have a separate drainage system.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 3:11
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5th and Monmouth starting to flood now. :(
Posted on: 2010/3/14 3:15
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Can anyone tell me why there is a firetruck at 9th and Coles right now? Just wondering. Does it have to do with flooding, or...
I'm concerned because the house where I'm babysitting has sprung a leak. Wish I could go home and see if my house is still sealed! What a storm.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 3:16
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My basement in the Heights is flooding for the first time ever. Not fun.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 3:36
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JC government needs to wake up and start requiring all these new developments to incorporate some sort of stormwater management into their plans (green roofs, rain gardens, porous pavement, etc)!
Posted on: 2010/3/14 3:45
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How easy is that to do in a neighborhood full of 1800's or 1900's era brownstones? Can that be done? How would that help our buildings?
Posted on: 2010/3/14 3:49
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Got 6 inches in our basement on Brunswick. Basin tub is filling up with sewage.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 3:53
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It's raining brown crap in our bedroom on Ninth St. And we're not even on the top floor of the building.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 3:56
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i'm just saying the NEW developments should have to have this incorporated...or at the very least, incentivize it. by mitigating stormwater runoff from huge paved areas (street trees, rain gardens, etc.) and roofs (green roofs), you have less water running into the sewers during a rainfall event, and less overflow. maybe if newer developments around here did that, more people would be aware of the stormwater issues, and would start to incorporate them into their own renoventations and such. or not. but for all of this development to be going on and having nothing like this required or encouraged is just plain dumb. you can find tons of info online about stormwater runoff issues...and JC has combined sewer systems, meaning when the sewers overflow, there's raw sewage being combined with the stormwater runoff.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 4:06
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All I know is that I have been aware of the so called stormwater issues for years now. But that doesnt help the water that is seeping in thru the bricks of my building with this storm. Ugh I hate this storm!
Posted on: 2010/3/14 4:17
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Oh god you have sewage overflow? I really feel your pain. I'm terrified it's coming my way... once again
Posted on: 2010/3/14 4:18
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I haven't had to make a claim for flood (yet) however, I know when I set my flood insurance up, we chose to cover only the structure, not personal property to keep the overall cost down. I have heard dealing with the fema thing can be difficult, I never given using it much thought...though I have 3inches in my basement coming from the wall I share with my neighbor next door so I might be having to investigate that further!
Posted on: 2010/3/14 4:31
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Maybe new developers should be forced to pay a percentage into a fund that would be used to make much needed upgrades to our city's infrastructure. Starting with the sewer system. Think of all the new residents flushing, and washing everything from their cars to their bodies and everything else they'll be putting into the sewers. This is going to be very taxing for these already over taxed, antiquated sewer lines. Not so sure they can handle the "load".
Posted on: 2010/3/14 4:33
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A 100-year flood does not mean that this type of flood occurs every hundred years. It is a term which is no longer used by the National Weather Service, because of this confusion from the public. It refers to a flooding event that has 1% chance of being exceeded by any other flooding event in a given year. Basically, there is a 1% chance of a so called 100-year flood happening every year (or a 63% chance of happening every 100 years).
Posted on: 2010/3/14 4:39
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As far as I am aware the fema flooding insurance is a scam. Basically you are obliged by the mortgage company to get it (almost $2,000 per year) and in case of a flood it will only cover structural damage up to $200,000.
We are flooding too, water is coming in from both sides / ends on our bottom floor. We have spent the last 8 hours trying to get it out but still there, we have 5 pumps working in the front and two in the back...... hoping for the rain to stop
Posted on: 2010/3/14 4:50
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It's times like these that you remember Jersey City was built on a swamp and shall forever remain a swamp.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 6:12
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There were 4 stalled cars in the water at that exit. Had to reverse up on the emergency lane the whole way back to take the Holland Tunnel exit.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 15:37
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Video on flooding in Hoboken.. looks like it is near Zephyr Lofts.. the commentary is relatively entertaining... if somewhat insensitive..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0S5Z2faUq8&feature=player_embedded
Posted on: 2010/3/14 16:52
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Is JC or Hoboken going to access the federal stimulus money to build pumping stations?
Posted on: 2010/3/14 16:54
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Poor Pete!
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Posted on: 2010/3/14 19:21
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"Its like the Titanic for Pete"....LOL!!!
Posted on: 2010/3/14 19:47
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"Pete" deserved what he got. I would LOVE to be that cop who got to laugh in Pete's face.
Posted on: 2010/3/14 21:43
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regarding FEMA.. they will only pay if everyone files..so everyone please make a claim. If only one or two file, they ignore it.
Posted on: 2010/3/15 0:20
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Wouldn't it be great if the videographer tracked down "Pete" and posted an interview with him (her?) as a companion piece? I'd love to know what his insurance company would say if they saw that.
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We are first time flood 'victims' - just came back from a wedding for the weekend and had a foot of water, but it was 3 feet (so we're thinking the sump pump gave out). Even the guy who came to get the water out was like, 'Jeez.... I need more equipment.' They are coming back first thing in the AM to take care of it. We're obviously pursuing the insurance claim route as everything is ruined.
Any advice from others on what we may want to do once it's all cleaned up - we know it's important to get dehumidifiers and such. This is our first house (just bought in Oct) and first water issue so any advice or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Posted on: 2010/3/15 3:00
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