A tropical storm watch was issued Sunday evening in several states, including New Jersey, as Hurricane Jose continues to make its way toward the East Coast. The National Hurricane Center issued the watch as the hurricane’s maximum sustained winds picked up speed from 80 to 90 mph. As of 5 p.m. Sunday, the hurricane was […]
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Faith-based groups – Christian nonprofits, specifically – have been busy bees of late, providing more aid to hurricane victims than even FEMA, the federal agency that’s supposed to swoop to the scenes of natural disasters, assess the situation and speed the recovery and rebuilding process. Just goes to show: Where charity ex-ists, government is not […]
New Jersey continues to do what it can for the southern states ravaged by monster hurricanes heading into Irma’s “landfall” weekend. Late Friday afternoon, Governor Chris Christie authorized the deployment of two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, a UH-72 helicopter and Army National Guard and Air National Guard crewmen to South Carolina. “We are continuing to effectively […]
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One week after deploying New Jersey National Guard equipment and personnel to assist Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Governor Chris Christie announced on Wednesday afternoon that he is affording similar support to Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma’s anticipated arrival: – I approved the deployment of NJ Army National Guard Co. 253 to Florida […]
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Frank Luna is best known to (most) of our readers as a prominent NJGOP operative and charmingly unapologetic and plain-talking Jersey Shore partisan who canvasses on a skateboard and rocks a mane that would put the Duck Dynasty cast to shame. Don’t let the free spirit facet of Frank’s persona fool you. He’s a brilliant […]
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With flooding conditions in Texas continuing to deteriorate, Governor Chris Christie approved an “Emergency Management Assistance Compact” request for National Guard resources as part of the national response to historic Hurricane Harvey. Units will be deployed from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Texas including four Army National Guard pilots and four crew chiefs in addition to four Air […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are en route to Texas for a first-hand look at the flood-ravaged state, even as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to dump heavy rain on the region. Trump and his wife are stopping first in Corpus Christi, near where Harvey, then a powerful hurricane, first made landfall […]
Twenty Texas representatives opposed the Sandy aid package a few years back; no one should be surprised that that decision elicited a strong response from Chris Christie on Monday as Harvey continued to pound the Houston region: But will a future Harvey bill contain the same level of pork barrel spending that characterized the Sandy […]
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Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann said Sunday that, while global warming didn’t cause Hurricane Harvey, it surely “worsened” the effects of the storm through higher sea levels and increased atmospheric moisture. Mann’s explanation, however, goes against the prevailing evidence of global warming’s measured impacts on storms. Many climate scientists have been careful not to […]
Houston-area allies of that grand Texas city’s Democrat mayor, Sylvester Turner (pictured above), now claim evacuating ahead of Hurricane Harvey would’ve been “nonsensical” notwithstanding the fact that everyone KNEW super-flat Houston was in danger from heavy rains. Residents were told to bunker down and avoid protective action: Ignore unfounded, unsourced weather predictions that have needlessly frightened Houstonians. Get […]
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On Sunday night, Governor Chris Christie announced that he is sending NJ Task Force 1 to Texas to assist with Hurricane Harvey rescue and recovery efforts. “As Americans, we come together during times of crisis and today New Jersey’s heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the people of Texas at this very difficult time,” said Governor […]
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Nearly five years ago, Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and forever changed its landscape. Ocean County — my home — was the epicenter of the storm, and half of all New Jersey Sandy flood claims happened here. An estimated 346,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, resulting in over $30 billion in losses. Worse, thousands […]
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WASHINGTON — Legislation to renew operations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency through 2020 would require a study of why disaster costs continue to rise and what can be done about it. The bill was introduced Friday by the leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the chairs of the subcommittees that oversees […]
NEWARK–As the sun came up this morning, more than 5,000 people were still in the dark from Tuesday’s storm. Utility crews worked overnight restoring power to customers, but thousands–mostly in the southern part of the state–still were out of service as the new day dawned. Public Service Electric and Gas Co. and Atlantic City Electric […]
A 40 to 50 mile shift in a low pressure system over the ocean has made a big difference in how much snow South Jersey and the Jersey Shore will receive from the nor’easter. That’s likely to result in a major change in snow totals for southern counties as the rain-snow line has pushed much […]
New Jersey’s Attorney General is warning state residents of price gouging today, Save Jerseyans, as this late-winter Nor’easter pounds our state. There are laws on the books (which they sometimes enforce). But let’s never forget the #1 Save Jersey rule: NEVER accept a bad or questionable premise at face value. That’s lazy thinking and you’re better […]
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