Island beach and NJ State Park updates

[Monty]

New Jersey Beach Buggy Association
Some pics of Island Beach are here:
http://www.njbba.org/beach-news.html#sandy

[finchaser]

For you guys that Like to fish IBSP..


Update!
Wednesday, November, 21, 2012 at 6:45AM
IBSP took a pretty bad hit from Sandy and members of the NJBBA took a ride with supervisor Ray Bukoeski on the 16th to assess damage. The park will remain closed until the families in Midway Beach ans Seaside get their lives back in order. The NJBBA has volunteered to help when needed as usual. You can see the pictures they took at:
www.njbba.org
Grumpys is best described as being on hold until utilities are restored and there is public access to the barrier island! Only residents and owners with re-entry permits are allowed at this yime. We were able to empty the bait freezers before it became a toxic waste site and are ready to reopen whenever things normalize. We are very fortunate and have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!
The Borough of Seaside Park has done a remarkable job of dealing with the countless problems in the Sandy aftermath. West of Central Ave. had the worst flooding damage and to the east, the damage lessened the closer you get to the ocean. It is heartbreaking to see all the piles of flood damaged posessions being piled up at the curb. Did I mention the we are very fortunate and have a lot to be thankful for. Say a prayer for those less fortunate.
Grumpy hisself

[DarkSkies]

Sent in by Fin, and courtesy of the Brick Patch and Jeff Childers of Childers Realty

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MANTOLOKING: The Long Road Back After Sandy

The exclusive community was hit especially hard by the superstorm, and much of the town remains in disrepair

• By Tom Davis
• November 23, 2012

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The houses always seemed so detached from everywhere else, set back against the Mantoloking beach and away from Route 35, close but distant in spirit.
The thousands of tourists who pass by them each day, during the summer, could barely see anything beyond the giant bushes that stand between them and the front door.
Over the past month, however, and since Hurricane Sandy hit, those same houses have become a bit too visible, while Route 35 has virtually disappeared.
Few towns were hit as hard, or harder, than Mantoloking, and its adjacent towns. Few have been able to get as close as Jeff Childers did, photographing a community where fires burned long after the winds of the storm died down.
Now, the people will try to pick up the broken pieces of a community that always seemed too distant from tragedies like this.
Over the past month, some of those exclusive houses have been in the water. Or they were smashed, boarded-up and tilted on their sides. Some debris of a demolished house even ended up on the Mantoloking Bridge.
A new inlet even formed where the Atlantic Ocean breached into the Barnegat Bay, leaving a sliver of a sandbar in between the two.
Route 35, meanwhile, has looked like it did in the 19th century, with sand covering it from side to side.
Here are some of the photos that Jeff Childers, a local land agent, took of the devastation.

About this column: News and essential information about Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey.

[fishinmission78]

Maybe some good news - saw this posted on another site.


"IBSP will reopen to beach buggy's with limited acess from Gillikins to OBA1. This will happen once acess to south Seaside park opens to the public. The date that is floating around is some where around January 7 th if all goes well with the natural gas restoration. Also IBSP is extending 2012 buggy permits to March 31 2013."

[DarkSkies]

A step backward?.....

Sent in by Fin, thanks....


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Tidal Flooding Hits Some Neighborhoods, Breaches Reported on Barrier Island

No rescues, however, and few reports of water intrusion into homes

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The midday high tide Thursday caused water to overflow bulkheads in some Brick Township neighborhoods, but no one had to be rescued and there were few reports of water intruding into residential homes.

Some streets, but not all, in the Shore Acres neighborhood were under water, and bay water was overflowing the lagoon along Paul Jones Drive in that area. Most streets, however, remained passable.

It was a similar story in the Cherry Quay section, where many streets were under water, but generally passable.
In Seawood Harbor and off St. Lawrence Boulevard, there was no obvious flooding, though it was clear the neighborhood had seen some very minor tidal flooding earlier judging by a small amount of debris in the road.

Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said the township prepared for potential rescues and manned fire houses with personnel ready to help, but rescue crews were not needed.

On the barrier island, personnel were evacuated around 1 a.m., Acropolis said.
There were several small breaches on the island, though most could be described as water overflowing dunes rather than a true breach. By 1:30 p.m. Thursday, all of the breaches had been repaired, Acropolis said.

The mayor credited the township's construction of a sand berm along the entirety of the Brick oceanfront with helping to prevent more serious setbacks, including the possibility of a true breach.

There were more serious breaches in Mantoloking, however, Acropolis said.
By 2 p.m. Thursday, 56 customers out of about 35,000 total in Brick were out of power, according to Jersey Central Power & Light.
The traffic light at the intersection of Route 70 and Brick Boulevard was not functioning, however police were directing traffic and there were no delays in the area.

[fishinmission78]

For anyone who wants to help out and get rid of your old christmas trees

Drop your trees off at Cattus Island Park. The tree will be used as storm fencing to catch sand and help replenish the dunes. http://www.tomsrivernjonline.com/201...nishment/9992/

[fishinmission78]

Volunteers needed January 19

Rebuilding IBSP's Damaged Dunes Starts on January 19th

After meeting with Island Beach State Park manager Ray Bukowski, NJBBA have scheduled three dates(January 19, February 2 & February 16) for instituting their pilot project of installing discarded Christmas trees at IBSP dunes damaged and destroyed by super storm Sandy.NJBBA members having open rear bed 4x4 pickup trucks are needed to transport the trees from the bathing pavilion parking lot onto the beach and to remove debris when leaving the beach. We also need members with 4x4 vehicles capable of transporting volunteers to the the clean up and dune replenishment areas. NJBBA members will meet at IBSP Bathing Pavilion #1 at 8:00AM. Coffee and donuts will be served in the morning.