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BigAls87Z28

12-09-2008 05:44 PM

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.

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadtrend1 (Post 521217)

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadtrend1 (Post 521217)

Jen just texted me saying the whole parkway is dark

said she seen the flash and thought it was lightning

i'm jen!

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveR (Post 521225)

FREE TOLLS!!! :lol:

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by NJ Torque (Post 521226)

"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

Quote:

Originally Posted by bandit88 (Post 521265)

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by madness410 (Post 521282)

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

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