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12-09-2008, 06:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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MASSIVE BLACK OUT!!
I just got power back, but there was a MASSIVE black out for most of Monmouth County, Ocean County, parts of Middlesex.
There was a large explosion at the Neptune Substation. The fireball from the explosion is said to have been 150ft into the air.
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12-09-2008, 06:44 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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Damn it Al.
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repo bigals turd gen and part it out to a loving home
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12-09-2008, 06:44 PM
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11 second club / Moderator
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Location: West Berlin, NJ
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Jen just texted me saying the whole parkway is dark
said she seen the flash and thought it was lightning
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12-09-2008, 06:46 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
Join Date: May 2008
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Its chaos out there. I saw an accident at every light coming home from school.
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Originally Posted by KirkEvil
repo bigals turd gen and part it out to a loving home
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12-09-2008, 06:51 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Yeah, its bad news on the roads. I saw only 2 lights working, everything is 19th century on the way home.
Power is back on now...dur
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12-09-2008, 06:51 PM
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I <3 sheep
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Belmar
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deadtrend1
Jen just texted me saying the whole parkway is dark
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FREE TOLLS!!! 
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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy
Steve has a thing for sheep....
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12-09-2008, 06:56 PM
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11 Second Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Edison, NJ
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"Theres a squirrel on the grid!"
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12-09-2008, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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free tolls!!.... I knew somebody would say that haha
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12-09-2008, 07:25 PM
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Mr Fantastic
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Milford NJ
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see, central sucks again
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12-09-2008, 07:31 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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haha my lights dimmed then came back. kicked me out of xbox live though. reset the modem.  i was winning.
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12-09-2008, 07:36 PM
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Power Member / Load Driver
Join Date: May 2006
Location: PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deadtrend1
Jen just texted me saying the whole parkway is dark
said she seen the flash and thought it was lightning
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i'm jen!
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Originally Posted by SteveR
FREE TOLLS!!! |
The toll booths still work.... but there were no lights on the express lanes
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Originally Posted by NJ Torque
"Theres a squirrel on the grid!"
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I was listening to the same radio station! 
it was pretty freaky being that dark on the parkway....... apparently a sub station blew up according to 101.5
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12-09-2008, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Somerset, NJ
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thank god this happened tonight...i lost power in somerset county and my alarm never went off...if it had been tomorrow i would have missed one of my finals...regardless im setting my phone alarm tonight
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12-09-2008, 07:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: middletown NJ
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I helped install ezpass they have backups for the backups. No free tolls with EZPASS
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12-09-2008, 08:26 PM
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11 Second Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Edison, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bandit88
i'm jen!
The toll booths still work.... but there were no lights on the express lanes
I was listening to the same radio station!
it was pretty freaky being that dark on the parkway....... apparently a sub station blew up according to 101.5 |
Haha. I knew someone else would grab onto that! They only said it about 20 times.
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2008 Sierra Vortec Max. 6.2 swapped, headers, Magnaflow catback, GMPP CAI, NHT optioned tow package.
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12-09-2008, 10:12 PM
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Power Member / Load Driver
Join Date: May 2006
Location: PA
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yeah well i only half listen in traffic
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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
yep. jenn loves teh leghumping.. so much so that most ppl dont realize her name belongs to a chick |
I'd be unstoppable if not for law enforcement & physics
2011 Regal CXL TO2
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12-09-2008, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Yep i was at sea girt police academy and it blacked out on us for awhile too.
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12-10-2008, 06:36 AM
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Banned Camp Director Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somerset County
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Quote:
Originally Posted by madness410
thank god this happened tonight...i lost power in somerset county and my alarm never went off...if it had been tomorrow i would have missed one of my finals...regardless im setting my phone alarm tonight
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you lost power too? we lost power at work (Montgomery) twice for a few seconds. thought it was just a local thing.
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Originally Posted by baddest434
and 1 more smart ass answer by you and i'm going to reach into this monitor and grab you by the throat
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12-10-2008, 09:48 AM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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I was at work in Flemington and the lights dimmed for a few seconds and then came back on.
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12-10-2008, 09:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Browns Mills NJ/ Rotondo West FL
Posts: 3,054
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Good thing i no longer live in oakhurst
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