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New Jersey, Mobile Homes,Temporary Housing Ready for Families of Sandy Victims

Posted in News by Donna, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 11, 2012| 3 Comments »

In New Jersey, temporary housing in the form of mobile homes ready for families Sandy victims. A parking lot at Six Flags in Jackson is serving as a staging area for mobile homes  Currently, the 40 units are composed of one and two-bedroom homes, with 10 additional, three-bedroom units being delivered shortly. They would be available up to 18 months to commercial parks with vacant pads, it is being reported.

FEMA Housing Supervisor Donna Weise said,

Most the houses here are for home owners who are currently rebuilding their primary residences.  The homes will be deployed depending on where the need is, and right now the greatest need is in Monmouth and Ocean. (counties). Most of the people who will be identified for these will be homeowners that are rebuilding their damaged dwelling.”

Steve Minnick, FEMA’s federal staging unit lead, said,

What these offer are basic needs. It’s everything you need to get going after a disaster.”

Feds may put up FEMA trailers in New York for Sandy victims.

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Nominates 2 to State Supreme Court

Posted in News by Donna, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 10, 2012| 3 Comments »

New Jessey Governor Chris Christie nominated 2 to state Supreme Court. New Jersey Supreme Court could see the first Asian-American on the state’s highest court if confirmed by the state Senate.  Both men have already been confirmed once by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

David Bauman 56, of Holmdel, who was born in Japan and immigrated to the United States at age 3, is the presiding judge for the civil division of the Superior Court in Monmouth County. He is the son of a Japanese mother and an American father of German and Irish heritage who was serving in the U.S. Navy.

Robert Hanna, 54, of Madison. Now, the president of the Board of Public Utilities that oversees the state’s regulated utilities, were nominated to fill two vacancies on the seven-member court that could be called on to decide such weighty cases as public school funding and gay marriage.

Christie said,

I’ve got lots of Democrats in my administration as well, and they don’t automatically because Republicans just because I nominate them to something. And I worked with a lot of people in the U.S. Attorney’s Office who were both Republicans, Democrats and independents. If you talk to anybody in the United States Attorney’s Office who served at the same time Bob and I did — in fact, I spoke to one of them this morning who told me there was no one in his experience that relished disagreeing with me more than Bob Hanna. He has kept that personality streak through the last three years. You are what you say you are, not what other people say you are.”

 

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Paulsboro, New Jersey, Vinyl Chloride Chemical Spill, Train Derailment Meeting, Nehaunsey Middle School

Posted in News by Donna, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 6, 2012| 1 Comment »

At Paulsboro, New Jersey, the site of the 2.2-square mile town had a vinyl chloride chemical spill train derailment meeting that turned ugly and uninformative.  A line wrapped around the Nehaunsey Middle School 30 minutes before the doors opened with hundreds of aggravated and irate residents with questions that were not answered it was reported.  It is day six of this evacuation period. Approximately 600 to 800 gallons of the chemical remained in the breached 84-car freight Conrail train  tanker.

Tennile Blake said,

My son has been coughing like crazy since this happened. I’ve been lightheaded, dizzy.”

Samuel Davis declared,

They just tell us to come here, and you come here, and its pure nonsense. It’s disorganized.”

Treva Oster also said,

We’re not going to get the proper answers that we need.”

Other residents questioned,

We’re wondering why those people who are so far away have been evacuated and we have not?” “It’s not like God put up a shield.”  Another person said,“It’s upsetting. I want to know about the air quality.” A Mother said, “The kids are off from school, and they want to go back.”

Lawrence Ragonese, N.J. Department of Environmental Protection replied,

Right now the public health is good. They are in good shape; the air levels and the samples are very low.”

The livid crowd shouted,

It’s a lie!, tell us the truth!” “It’s worse than what he’s saying,”  “Go home tomorrow morning and listen for a bird to chirp. You won’t hear it!”

Kathleen Moore from the U.S. Coast Guard stated,

We are in very good shape right now. We are moving ahead in removing the product from the tank car.”

I would like to know Governor Chris Christie opinion of this situation? He has remained silent but was so vocal during Hurricane Sandy.

Anyone with questions about evacuations or assistance is asked to call 1-800-230-7049

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Paulsboro, New Jersey, Derailed Tanker Cars Leaked Chemical Train of Vinyl Chloride to be Mixed with Acetone

Posted in News by Donna, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 5, 2012| 6 Comments »

In Paulsboro, New Jersey, derailed tanker cars leaked chemical train of vinyl chloride to be mixed with acetone. 

Capt. Kathy Moore, the Coast Guard incident commander said,

We are working as safely and quickly as possible to move through the progression of this cleanup and get the Paulsboro community back to normal, More than 200 technical experts and responders are working on the incident and we’re assembling the specialized equipment and resources we need to complete operations.”

Paulsboro, New Jersey bridge was adjusted day before train derailed causing vinyl chloride gas to be release into air at residential neighborhood.

Human error, automation, aging bridge blamed for Paulsboro derailment

NTSB: Railroad bridge that collapsed was inspected in November

Paulsboro, New Jersey: Focus of Environmental Concerns

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Paulsboro, New Jersey, Shelter-in-Place Order Due to High Vinyl Choride Leak, December 3, 2012

Posted in News by Donna, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 3, 2012| 6 Comments »

Paulsboro, New Jersey, shelter in place order was issued to residents have been advised, by way of Reverse 911 due to higher than normal levels of vinyl chloride leaked in air, air quality from the train derailment Friday, December 3, 2012.

UPDATE Shelter In Place Order Lifted In Paulsboro, New Jersey

The Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is also being delayed in issuing using a statement with the cause of the accident but are still conducting interviews.

US Coast Guard captain Kathy Moore repeated,

When we began to detect these heightened levels, we pulled the responders, we pulled out work crews, and we pulled local officials away from the derailment site.”

NTSB Chairperson Deborah A.P. Hersman said,

The first concern is evacuating the hazardous materials and making sure it’s safe to enter (the area).”

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