 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 🙂
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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.
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On a brighter note- the snow covered boardwalk and beach are beautiful.Â
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!
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96th Street beach parking lot this morning- sledding hills for the locals??
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Ice covered wires throughout town.
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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).Â
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!Â
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:Â 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!
The snow is here. Temperatures still above freezing, so not covering the roads.  Wet, heavy flakes.
Temperatures in the mid-40’s, and calm south east winds bringing moisture and a fresh, salt air smell to the coast.
Hard to imagine this changing to blizzard like conditions over the next few hours!
Checking the NOAA web site for updates:Â http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/
Click on the storm total snow forecast to view the colorful PA / NJ/ DE map. Cape May County is expecting 21+ inches.
Yesterday, I thought this would make for an interesting picture for my blog…
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until I saw my new beach friend! Birds just can’t compete with a seal (see yesterday’s post).
Expecting MORE snow on the beach this weekend. Will post updates here and on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AnnDelaneyBeach
For a seal!
I get excited when I find sea glass on my beach walk. Imagine my reaction when I saw this little guy?
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The Stone Harbor police dispatcher said she knew about the seal, and had talked with someone from the Brigantine Marine Mammal Stranding Center. Apparently, the seal is just sunning himself by the dunes- and the pink marking on his head indicates he was found doing the same thing last week in Wildwood Crest!  A real beach bum 😉
Snow overnight…and another storm expected this weekend.
More Blizzard News
Owners of the Deli and Avalon Supermarket recruited a crew to shovel snow off of the roof today.
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I saw a young man using a boogie board as a sled on a similar pile of snow on Pelican Drive!
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