probably will assess in the morning and make the call. Really hope it’s still on.
Could the Game be Postponed?
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probably will assess in the morning and make the call. Really hope it’s still on.
Piscataway also closed schools for tomorrow. the Piscataway YMCA is currently being used as a refuge center for people who are without power.
You want to believe this go right ahead. The NWS is now the weather channel. Fact is we now live in a panic state all the time - one panic after another. How many times do we hear - this is the worst storm in history. When you live in fear you can be manipulated. It is "not" unprecedented!
Yes. And I’m not saying I think it will happen. However, I also don’t know that it won’t.
This has been a ridiculous amount of rainfall in a very short period. The Raritan Is forecast to be well above flood stage by mid day tomorrow.
Maybe it’ll have no impact on the game. Maybe it will. We’ll see.
Now projected at 37.5' - making it the 4th highest crest on record (Floyd was over 42')
Still think the biggest issue against a game being played is the resources needed. They’ll likely be sent other places due to this storm
Every major thoroughfare in NJ will have closures.
Surprised if we play, thousands of people won’t be able to get there
Surprised if we play, thousands of people won’t be able to get there
What people post on an internet message board or on various social media sites does not "make" them A-holes. Maybe they make A-holish comments. Know and have met several people on this board who are perfectly nice in real life, but in game threads, and on certain topics and in certain threads say "mean" things. That does not make them Aholes.
As an example, on a NextDoor thread in an area we own a vacation home had a topic on recycling bins overflowing. The thread quickly turned into a bunch of name-calling, gaslighting and threats. All over an overflowing recycling bin. Not life or death kind of stuff.
We can all be better at this.
Or maybe because it just keeps getting worst. Maybe you can educate us when the last time we had this much rain in the same time period. Fact is people just make up their own facts now.
Have a junior in the dorms on College Ave. Power is on, life is fine there. Parts of New Brunswick along Route 27 have flooding and issues.
Firefighters and other emergency responders - listening to the radio, towns calling each other for mutual aid and no one is able to provide it because every town is so busy...
the thing is I don’t know these messages board “people”. I know them as a screennane. So yes..they’re a-holes until I actually meet the person..
In March 2003 there was a very heavy rainstorm on a Saturday and on Sunday I needed to pick up my sister as the bus stop near the Turnpike. I came down River road which was flooded out around landing lane. Rutgers 18 was flooded out between Albany st and Douglass. This was 10-12 hours after the rain stopped. This storm is much worse. I am guessing that Rt 18 in New Brunswick and River road around landing lane will be still flooded out by game time. I think it is likely anyone coming from the TP will have to use exit 10 and come to the game from the north. It will be a traffic nightmare.
It was raining moderately to slightly heavy for 30 minutes, but now it is quiet again. Down the shore everything is all right. People from our office live near Yardley, PA, which is flooding. I feel for those in areas that are experiencing flooding or where the tornado moved through.
I’ll never forget watching the flooding from my window in Frelinghuysen. The stuff we saw floating down the river was amazing.
You don’t get 10-12” of rain in 4-5 hours across half of NJ many times. I have never seen a storm like this in my 35 years in NJ.
If they do postpone it, it better be Friday night. A day game would be a complete friggen bummer to say the least.
F this storm man.
F this storm man.
Appreciate that proud. We’ve been very fortunate. It was ******* crazy at 7 when I went out to grab dinner.
I live in a spot that has some storm drainage back up. I have 5 cars floating in front of my house. We had some basement leaks, but the sump pumps held. My neighbors haven’t been as lucky.
Haven’t seen the footage yet out of the low lying areas of Wayne and Paterson, but my heart is already breaking for those people - they have so little and when this happens, they need to start over.
Should be in your kid's e-mail.
"
Members of the Rutgers Community:
Hurricane Ida has had a profound effect on our New Brunswick and Newark campuses and their surrounding communities. Please know that the university remains open, with the following changes to our operating status for Thursday September 2:
New Brunswick & RBHS New Brunswick/Piscataway:
- Classes delayed until 1 p.m.
- Employees who can work from home should do so and should alert their supervisors.
- Employees deemed essential will be told where and when to report by their supervisors.
- Classes delayed until 1 p.m.
- Employees who can work from home should do so and should alert their supervisors.
- Employees deemed essential will be told where and when to report by their supervisors.
- Normal operating status
- There is no change to clinical operations at any location
Thank you for your attention to this update, and please be careful.
Antonio M. Calcado
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer"
Didn’t we have a game a couple years ago, or maybe in the last 5 to 10 years, where the Rarita had overflowed almost to River Road?
Par for the course in emergency services for an event like this. Calls for service come in bunches at height of storm. First responders deal with this stuff. It looks overwhelming to those who are not first responders. Give it time.
not sure where you've been as we had this in the beginning of the summer along the coast with 'name of storm escapes me'
Skip the honeymoon, (s)he will understand
Even if the game isn't postponed, there will be a significant attendance hit with people dealing with damage to their homes, businesses, and/or not wanting to deal with a logistical nightmare with all the road closures, etc.
what makes this unprecedented is the scope. 90% of the state got what the coast got in what you reference.
He is referring to emergency responders required to host a large event such as this. People don’t understand the logistics of hosting an event of this size. You have EMS, Police and homeland security personnel involved. If they are needed elsewhere due to flooding in their primary jurisdiction then they might not be available.
They have to plan for the worse case scenario and can’t just say well we will reroute people. Getting teams and fans to the game is not an issue. If their a mass causality event are all of the planned emergency evacuation routes open?
At this point anything wouldn’t surprise me. Cancellation, delay or even playing with no fans.
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