wonder if the governer will be in state for this or busy in CT with mcmahon or touring the nation with his head up romney butt

hope PSE&G is prepared!

Gov Christie must be making his Disney World reservations about now!

I wonder how many homes that are "under contract" for sale, will have the deals fall apart on them AFTER the storm hits??? Mortgage companies are first and foremost are going to want "re-inspections" on these homes before they lay out any money.. Currently between Wayne, Pompton Lakes and Little Falls there are over 30 homes in flood areas under contract...If the storm hits like they say it might...Oh well, say goodbye to about 20 of them

Yeah...whenever Christie is needed in NJ he is either vacationing or stomping for other politicians.

concerened for students: I hope the govenor closes all schools and colleges for Monday and Tuesday !!

This is a handy link to look at the plots of the various models for this storm...
http://vmcluster.wright-weather.com/model_tracks.html
Under "Storm List" in the upper right click on "Atlantic: Hurricane Sandy

I just posted this in the other story...
In the last 24 hours the weather models have converged on a common solution, with the majority indicating that Sandy will phase or combine with what we would usually call a Nor'Easter, pulling Sandy's heavy moisture and winds inland. There's still some wiggle room as to where it will hit the coast, but any chance that this will move out to sea is disappearing fast. NWS says a 70% chance it hit somewhere between DelMarVa and Maine. Currently the model consensus brings the hybrid storm ashore on the NJ coast, which puts us in the area with the highest winds and heaviest rains. Stay tuned. Seriously.

This is no joke folks. I don't like weather hype, and I hope it doesn't happen, but there are forecasters who have talking about this kind of scenario for years and it has the potential to be the strongest storm most of us have ever seen in our lives.

I don't see any water being released from the Oradell Dam.

What's an economical place to find "suite" hotels inland that are likely to have power if this thing ends up in another week-long mess? Spent way too much money last time trying to stay in NJ.

This "wind probability chart" is pretty neat: http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/at201218.windprob.html

Not totally easy to digest (gotta keep the IB yuks going) though.

You can also just hope that the path in blue here is WRONG:

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201218_model.html

PSEG is preparing:

http://www.pseg.com/info/media/newsreleases/2012/2012-10-25.jsp

For those with generators please take them outside now and test them. If they do not try and make the necessary repairs. Let the generators run for a good half an hour and be sure they are providing power. Don't wait until the power goes out to see if your generators works.

United Water is not going to release any water unless the Governor requires them to. They keep saying it would not make a difference even if they were empty. Well empty them and prove it to all the people who flood down stream.

Well here's hoping that the town does the same excellent job of posting information of Facebook, Twitter and the Website that they did during the Octoblizzard last year. Knowing what roads were closed was a real help.

I haven't noticed any updates to the Facebook page lately, what's up?

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of an emergency generator. Portables may or may not get you through a storm provided you are at home when the outage occurs. We went with a propane “Generac” unit that kicks in automatically after 15 seconds and has power enough to keep our sump pumps, refrigerators, and main lighting operating. I recommend Chris Heil and Black River Electrical Contracting with offices in Hackettstown and Chester for installation and maintenance.

Save Wayne this time. Lower the Pomton Lake now and manage the gates.

It would be REALLY helpful if the Township of West Orange cleaned up the leaves that have already been raked to the curbs, BEFORE the storm hits. The schedule posted on the Township website says they are supposed to be cleaned up on my street this week, but so far no signs of anyone. If some portion of the leaves are washed into the storm drains, there will be no where else for the water to go but into people's homes. The water table is already high and the ground is pretty well saturated due to the frequent rains we've had over the past several weeks.

As a college consultant, I just wanted to remind HS seniors who are applying to college for Nov 1 deadlines (EA, ED), that you can't "push the button" without electricity and internet. So try to get all questions answered by guidance counselors on Friday and push "submit" over the weekend before the storm hits!

Last year, the freak snowstorm created a problem for Nov. 1 applicants too. In fact, Northeast colleges extended deadlines because it was such a problem for applicants. We don't know what they will do this year, of course. So get ahead of the storm! Good luck, seniors!

We have a portable generator and a transfer box for the electricity to be switched over to its power if we lose it. Best money ever spent. All I have to do is roll the generator out, hook it to the house, start it, flip the switch and I have 10 circuits running, heat and all. Much more affordable than the whole house generators and we can still have what we need, cable/internet so hubby can work from home, lights, heat in the winter, sump pumps, fridges, etc. All can be done for approx.$ 2,000.00. Cheap price for comfort and safety in the long term.

Has Belleville made any plans with the on going problems for Fairway??

We had a lot of problems with last year Halloween storm, and per prediction we are up for another challenge, yet nothing on the Belleville Website as far as any warnings or plan of action if god forbid there is a need for it.

Extremely windy here in South Florida (eastern shore, gusts at 35-45 mph). Sandy is traveling 65-75 mph off and up the coast of the peninsula. Headed straight for NJ, may hit the coast early Tuesday with winds at 80 mph.

we should all call our town mayors and encourage them to call Gov. Christie's office to get him to get the water companies to order the lowering of the reservoirs to ease flooding. Christie has the power to do it and it needs to be done.

EVERYHOME OWNER SHOULD HAVE A GENERATOR LIVING IN NEW JERSEY. PEOPLE SHOULD BE READY FOR A STORM. NEW JERSEY TOWNS SHOULD ENFORCE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS CLEAN UP AND PRUN ALL OF THEIR TREES. THIS IS A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM IN A STORM. TO MAN PEOPLE LET THEIR PROPERTY GO AND THINK NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO CLEAN UP AFTER THEM. INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE @ FAULT THEY DON'T CHECK ON PEOPLE. NOBLDY PAYS MY TAXES SO WHY WOULD I WANT TO CLEAN UP AFTER ANYONE. IT TIME FOR THE TOWNS TO STEP IN AND MAKE PEOPLE CLEAN UP THEIR OLD TREES AND BRANCHS OR FINE THEM. NOT CLEANING UP IS A COP OUT. WAKE UP EVERYONE!

As our Governor would say.. "Get the hell off the beach"" You go gov

This is--for the most part--the most civilized, helpful set of comments I have ever read on the Patch.

I'm perfectly content to be without power for a few days. It makes for a nice change and I'm sure I can live without my computer/phone/tv for a few days. Plus, I'll get to patronize those establishments (with generators) and help support our economy.

Expect major power outages from mon pm - wed

Power went out at Morristown Memorial during Irene just before my 5 week old son was supposed to be prepped for emergency surgery. They have generators but they can't operate on backup power. I had settled in before Irene hit and I was prepared - but you can't foresee something like that. It's easy to take the availability of emergency services for granted. Power loss can make them unavailable when they're critically needed.

QUICK!!!! Get to the store before all the milk,eggs and bread are GONE !!!!!!

I hope hurricane sandy doesn't come to Newark NJ because I have little bros and sis who is here with me but I don't live with them in the same house so God I beg for this situation not to happen

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i just want all who the storm pass by be ok god dosen't make mistakes on anything. Keep im mind who mkes the weather. And when did he ever say that it would be easy. I'm from NJ and i only been away for a year now. We the took on alot of storms floods snow storms and we made it. Just do what you god given sense is teling you to do walk by faith not by sight.

We were hit hard in Newark thank God we made it though this. It was the worst storm I've ever seen in my 48 years in Newark.