Ocean City Residents Must Clear Island by 4 P.M. Sunday
The city's emergency planners will release details on a mandatory evacuation and emergency shelters in the early afternoon.
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Workers cut plywood to secure windows at the appropriately named Making Waves store on Asbury Avenue in downtown Ocean City on Saturday morning as Hurricane Sandy approaches.
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All Ocean City residents must evacuate the island by 4 p.m. on Sunday as a major coastal storm is expected to make landfall somewhere on the New Jersey coastline late Monday (Oct. 29).
The mandatory evacuation order for all residents of barrier islands in New Jersey was issued by state officials on Saturday morning and confirmed by Ocean City Business Administrator Mike Dattilo.
The city released more information on the evacuation, on planned shelter locations and on road closings on Saturday afternoon. Access to Ocean City will be shut down by authorities at 4 p.m. Sunday. A staging area for residents in need of shelter will open at Ocean City High School at 9 a.m. Sunday. Residents will be transported to Upper Township Intermediate School, which will open to people with their own transportation at 1 p.m.
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See attached PDF to read statement from Mayor Jay A. Gillian
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A new weather briefing to emergency management officials updated at 10 a.m. Saturday morning (see attached PDF) suggests the region will see sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph (with gusts up to 65 mph) over a 24- to 48-hour period. But as it approaches the coast late on Monday, the storm will still have sustained winds of 70 mph with hurricane gusts (74 mph or greater) possible.
"This is a very dangerous scenario," Joe Miketta of the NOAA National Weather Service's Philadelphia/Mt. Holly Office writes.
As in earlier briefings, the NWS suggests that record coastal flooding is possible, as the storm will hit during an exceptionally high full-moon tide.
"A ten foot storm tide (surge + astronomical tide) is possible along the Atlantic Coast and in the Delaware Bay based on where the storm center comes ashore. This would result in record coastal flooding in some areas," according to the briefing.
High tides at the Ninth Street Bridge in Ocean City occur at 8:27 a.m. and 8:46 p.m. on Monday (Oct. 29) then at 9:02 a.m. on Tuesday (Oct. 30).
tara golden
12:34 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
If I have to work till 5 pm ... Then what will happen ... Will I be stuck here
Gabriella Fields
5:57 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
If it's mandatory wherever you work will probably have to shut down and let you go home.
Duffer
12:46 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Not leaving cause they won't let you back on once you leave. Sorry but as a homeowner that is totally unacceptable to me. I'll ride it out at home.
Eleanor
4:33 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
I have heard nothing yet about shelters or where they are. But Duffer and Tara make a good point. People work on weekends. What if you have to work until 5,6,7 and then want to go home to pick up your cat or need more time to secure the place?
Also - an evacuation by 4 PM sounds a little strange. If it is going to be a big rainstorm until late Monday night, why do people have to get out by 4 PM on Sunday? What is the big deal if they wait until late Sunday or even before noon on Monday? I hope it isnt about accommodating the schedules of the people on the publics payroll.
Eleanor
4:42 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
The New York Times has posted an interactive map that you can put in your zip code to see how likely Sandy is to hit. It gives a 68% chance that Ocean City NJ will feel tropical force winds.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/26/us/hurricane-sandy-map.html?smid=tw-nytimes
Liz
11:18 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Thanks for the link.
oclocal1
5:51 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
riding out the storm here on asbury ave
tileguy
8:21 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
riding out the storm on saint charles as well
Eleanor
10:59 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
So if there is a loss of power for a week after the storm what will happen to the election? Will they have to get generators for the electric voting booths to work?
VAL SIMONELIE
12:21 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Riding out the storm in Long Branch
Nibs
2:01 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Riding out in Laurence Harbor
Wyatt
5:36 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Nice that the evacuation deadline is posted. Now the looters can schedule their "work" knowing that no one will be here to bother them.
Eleanor
9:18 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Did anyone else see some suspicious looking people sort of trolling around the side streets and alleys yesterday? I am getting more nervous about leaving when i think about coming home to a broken in house. I can take carryable valuables but not things like TVs or heavy expensive stuff.
Shoobie Doobie Doo
2:21 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
Hey Eleanor, why don't you just call one of those EMERGENCY RESPONDERS that you have so much to say about, maybe they can post a police officer outside your home to protect your valuables. Since you think they are afraid to respond to emergencies maybe this would benefit you and ONLY YOU!
Instead of bad mouthing them why don't you think about stopping over at one of the firehouses or police station when the water is gone and just say THANK YOU!
Martin
8:17 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Smith & Wesson will be be guarding my neighborhood.
Carmela Wbaldo
8:20 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Riding it out on asbury too
oclocal1
9:24 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
all o.c. people riding out the storm lets coordinate a party!!!!!!!!!!! riding the biggest wave all we can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Morgan
9:25 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Riding it out on Glenwood Drive
propertywatcher
11:03 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Riding out the storm on 200 block of Simpson Ave.
If anyone wants to hear "the real deal" on Sandy, read Brian Norcross' Blog on undergroundweather.com. Brian saved many lives and calmed our nerves during Hurricane Andrew in S. FL in the 90's. He still works for TWC but he also blogs and he does not sensationalize. I wish I could give you all the direct link but the best I can do is to say Google Brian Norcross and after a few biography and wikipedia links, you'll see "undergroundweather". He says it like it is! Sorry to say but Dan Skelton is a poor excuse for a weather man.
Frank Worrell
12:27 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Staying here on Simpson ...
Ann Daly
1:46 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012
John.
Planning on staying here on Simpson 2100 block
tileguy
2:13 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012
did anyone else have the emergency truck siren blasting and the pa saying you must leave at 4....im not evacuating to somewhere else thats getting it just as bad nakes no sense
Gabriella Fields
3:06 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Good luck to all that are staying and "Waiting it out""!!! Just remember that emergency crew will probably not be able to get to you if you need them. That's why they are having an evacuation.
Parker Miller
4:12 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Since it is a mandatory evacuation, it's a shame that emergency personnel might have to risk their lives to get to the stubborn, dumb, or cheap residents who aren't leaving. Sandy could hit NJ 60 miles farther south than forecast and devastate OC and wash or blow away homes. Those staying would be the loudest screamers that the city and state didn't do enough to help them. I forget, how did staying work out in New Orleans?
Tom Durkin
5:01 am on Monday, October 29, 2012
anyone on the south end ?
Ocean City Homes?
jaimie
9:52 am on Monday, October 29, 2012
Anybody in the gardens? Is it underwater by coast guard station?
Denise Fisk-Baj
10:02 am on Monday, October 29, 2012
Can't compare Sandy to Katrina--c'mon now---it's a cat 1 not a cat 5----I hate it when everyone is like ---"ahhh---we're all gonna die" get a grip!! If you know your area gets flooded in the reg rainstorms... and you're on a first floor--- sure I would leave-- but my street any showing any flooding and I'm on the second floor.... and if my roof blows off (third floor) I'm still good--- the mainland is getting it almost as bad as the shore--- I see no real reason to leave---period--- got plenty of food, water, flashlights, and even 6 sterno's to cook with if the power goes out--- we're set!!
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