By ZEYUE LI SEPT 23, 2017
According to the update on the New Jersey website,9/18 at 4pm, Middlesex County will not be impacted by the hurricane. However, other parts of the state, such as Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean, and eastern Burlington counties, will have up to 39 mph winds.
When asked what they felt about these conditions and the hurricane, the students at HPHS gave a mixed reaction. Some were depressed, including Anonymous, ‘19, who commented, “Dang, I thought school would close. I wished it were something like Hurricane Sandy, but no power outage, and we still lose 2 weeks of school.” Another student, Andrew Xie, ‘19, feels relieved. “We avoided a natural disaster,” he states with relief.
The hurricane has started to affect New Jersey. A fishing pier in Belmar had 3 pilings collapse, after it had been rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy. Waves crashing caused a great deal of pressure, and resulted in damage to the pier.
On a bright note, the hurricane is expected to turn into a tropical storm on Tuesday or Wednesday, the 19th or 20th, which is weaker and causes less destruction. We still all hope that everyone affected will be safe, and that they will not be affected too much.
Hurricane Jose, however, did impact other states to a more extreme degree. Rhode Island, especially, was impacted, with ferry rides to Block Island cancelled and a school in East Greenwich closed. Five people were injured because they stood on a jetty, but were knocked off by harsh surf, and all of them had to rush to the hospital. Narragansett Emergency Management Agency had to release a message asking people to stay off rocks near the shore. Nantucket, MA, lined sandbags near areas that may experience flooding. We can see small impacts by the hurricane, but nothing too major.
UPDATE: Hurricane Jose bypassed land, and only impacted the shores. Large waves and winds were spun up, dangerously so, but the hurricane itself never passed above land. As long as people stay away from the shore of the East Coast in New Jersey, the hurricane should not affect anybody.
When asked what they felt about these conditions and the hurricane, the students at HPHS gave a mixed reaction. Some were depressed, including Anonymous, ‘19, who commented, “Dang, I thought school would close. I wished it were something like Hurricane Sandy, but no power outage, and we still lose 2 weeks of school.” Another student, Andrew Xie, ‘19, feels relieved. “We avoided a natural disaster,” he states with relief.
The hurricane has started to affect New Jersey. A fishing pier in Belmar had 3 pilings collapse, after it had been rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy. Waves crashing caused a great deal of pressure, and resulted in damage to the pier.
On a bright note, the hurricane is expected to turn into a tropical storm on Tuesday or Wednesday, the 19th or 20th, which is weaker and causes less destruction. We still all hope that everyone affected will be safe, and that they will not be affected too much.
Hurricane Jose, however, did impact other states to a more extreme degree. Rhode Island, especially, was impacted, with ferry rides to Block Island cancelled and a school in East Greenwich closed. Five people were injured because they stood on a jetty, but were knocked off by harsh surf, and all of them had to rush to the hospital. Narragansett Emergency Management Agency had to release a message asking people to stay off rocks near the shore. Nantucket, MA, lined sandbags near areas that may experience flooding. We can see small impacts by the hurricane, but nothing too major.
UPDATE: Hurricane Jose bypassed land, and only impacted the shores. Large waves and winds were spun up, dangerously so, but the hurricane itself never passed above land. As long as people stay away from the shore of the East Coast in New Jersey, the hurricane should not affect anybody.