Author: ann

Owners of the Deli and Avalon Supermarket recruited a crew to shovel snow off of the roof today.

 

 

 

 

Piles of snow in the 29th Street beach parking lot.

I saw a young man using a boogie board as a sled on a similar pile of snow on Pelican Drive!

 

 

Unfortunately, the beach felt the effects of the blizzard, too.  This picture was taken today from the 22nd Street beach path looking north.  There’s a steep drop off at the end of the path to the sand below.

 Electric service is slowly returning to Avalon and Stone Harbor- including our office as of this afternoon.  My car substituted for a desk the past few days  🙂

 

 

Electric crews are EVERYWHERE on the island.    I saw trucks from PSE&G and Central Jersey Power and Light helping Atlantic Electric with this overwhelming job.

 

 

On a brighter note-  the snow covered boardwalk and beach are beautiful. 

Will post updates on our slow return to normalcy!

My techie son was able to retrieve a few pictures from my cell phone  🙂

This picture was taken from my front porch yesterday afternoon during a complete white out!

 

 

 

 

96th Street beach parking lot this morning- sledding hills for the locals??

 

 

 

 

 

Ice covered wires throughout town.

 

 

 

 

 

Action News in Avalon- we don’t have cable, so I couldn’t watch their report!

Back on line for a few minutes- borrowing my son’s computer and Internet connection!  We are fortunate to have electric service at our home (most of our neighbors do not)- but lost our Comcast service (cable, phone, and Internet). 

We were able to walk and drive around the island today- amazing sights.  Electric wires are covered with ice, and many are sagging over the streets- or on the ground.  Snow plows did their best to stay ahead of the snow- but many streets are impossible to navigate without 4 wheel drive.  Homes facing north look like they were sprayed with snow- especially those along the inlet in Avalon and on Stone Harbor Blvd! 

Crews from the elecrtic company were lined up along Stone Harbor Blvd to make repairs.  Also saw a crew over the 21st Street bridge.  Property owners are concerned about frozen pipes if their heat stays off too long.  Hopefully, we will have good news over the next few days.

On the positive side, the town looks beautiful covered with snow!  After a LONG day and night trapped in the house (with on and off power and no cable), it was great to go outside today in the bright sunshine.   I took pictures, but can’t post then until my computer at work is functioning (aka- electric service back on at the office).

In the meantime, I am able to “Tweet”- and will continue to post updates on:  www.twitter.com/AnnDelaneyBeach

Power was out for almost 2 hours early this morning- thankfully, back on now (with occasional flickers).  Snow plows running all night.  High winds blowing snow sideways.  Looks incredible outside- glad to be indoors with working heat!