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BigAls87Z28
12-09-2008, 05:44 PM
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.

LTb1ow
12-09-2008, 05:44 PM
Damn it Al.

deadtrend1
12-09-2008, 05:44 PM
Jen just texted me saying the whole parkway is dark

said she seen the flash and thought it was lightning

LTb1ow
12-09-2008, 05:46 PM
Its chaos out there. I saw an accident at every light coming home from school.

BigAls87Z28
12-09-2008, 05:51 PM
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

SteveR
12-09-2008, 05:51 PM
Jen just texted me saying the whole parkway is dark


FREE TOLLS!!! :lol:

NJ Torque
12-09-2008, 05:56 PM
"Theres a squirrel on the grid!"

NjbadSS
12-09-2008, 05:56 PM
free tolls!!.... I knew somebody would say that haha

GP99GT
12-09-2008, 06:25 PM
see, central sucks again

sweetbmxrider
12-09-2008, 06:31 PM
haha my lights dimmed then came back. kicked me out of xbox live though. reset the modem. :sad: i was winning.

bandit88
12-09-2008, 06:36 PM
Jen just texted me saying the whole parkway is dark

said she seen the flash and thought it was lightning

i'm jen!

FREE TOLLS!!! :lol:

The toll booths still work.... but there were no lights on the express lanes

"Theres a squirrel on the grid!"

I was listening to the same radio station! :rofl:

it was pretty freaky being that dark on the parkway....... apparently a sub station blew up according to 101.5

madness410
12-09-2008, 06:45 PM
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

ChevyHank
12-09-2008, 06:49 PM
I helped install ezpass they have backups for the backups. No free tolls with EZPASS

NJ Torque
12-09-2008, 07:26 PM
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! :rofl:

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.:lol:

bandit88
12-09-2008, 09:12 PM
yeah well i only half listen in traffic :rofl:

Rich189
12-09-2008, 10:10 PM
Yep i was at sea girt police academy and it blacked out on us for awhile too.

Ian
12-10-2008, 05:36 AM
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

you lost power too? we lost power at work (Montgomery) twice for a few seconds. thought it was just a local thing.

WildBillyT
12-10-2008, 08:48 AM
I was at work in Flemington and the lights dimmed for a few seconds and then came back on.

MonmouthCtyAntz
12-10-2008, 08:14 PM
Good thing i no longer live in oakhurst