Howling winds and dancing trees

Hurricane Ernesto arrives in New Jersey and cranks up the wind gust today; up to 44 mph/71 kph. Maximum temps. is also quite cold at 65F or 18C for summer. A good day to stay at home and curl up on the sofa with a good book or if you're a tennis buff, watch the US Open tennis on CBS. Unfortunately, matches are postponed due to rain and high winds. So, we're watching re-runs :(

The wind is tremendously strong outside. Short videos of the initial winds taken outside my apartment.

Then suddenly! The New Milford EMT came by. Someone must have needed help. Poor fellow. Didn't linger around long enough to see the commotion. Musn't be so "nosey" or a "kepo-mah" (Miss Busybody in my Hokkien dialect).

6 hours later....

The wind is still going on strong! Seems to have gained strength. It's still raining. Raining the whole night and day? Sounds like the Malaysian monsoon season, hee..hee!

A power outage/blackout occured in the middle of mass in church just now. We had to grope our way around in darkness :( Now, where's that famous Genesis line again..."Let there be light??"

Earlier in the morning, there was also a power outage at the Chinese supermarket when Adrian went to buy some dim sums. The cashiers had to break out the calculators & write down our purchases on a Prozac note pad. Hmm...a "happy pill" to help us through the day.

A downed tree at Boulevard Avenue on our way home. The policeman (in orange raincoat) was trying to hack the tree into pieces to remove it.

Branches all over the place...

P.S. PSE&G reports 33,600 customers in north Bergen without power tonight. I should be thankful I still have electricity to blog. Hahaha!